Although the population of players, and therefore marines, have been steadily rising to the point where hipop rounds regularly have 140+ players, the command organization has not been able to keep up with this change. I am proposing that the marines reorganize from the quasi-platoon organization they are in right now, to a full on company. This post is not about adding more medics, engineers, or specialists, but instead of reorganizing the command structure to give marines the opportunity to be more organized.
Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole):
This will allow marine command to stay organized in higher pop situations, and will give the server room to continue growing in the future. Currently marine population is hitting over 100 marines on hipop regularly, yet we are still operating as a platoon in name. Furthermore the increased layers of command and rank will allow for a more visible chain of command. This will help prevent Rambo marines and squads from disobeying orders and running off on their own or with a different squadron.
Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc):
I have put some preliminary work into creating a new order of battle for marines. I have used some of my own military experience as a guide here, although I may have made some mistakes as I am not an American and had to do my own research to convert what I know to apply to the Marine Corps. The marines would be reorganized into a company with 2 rifle platoons, with a third rifle platoon which could be added later on if our pop numbers continue to climb as high as they are. These platoons are based off of the organization of a real rifle platoon, which consists of 3 rifle squadrons. Some ranks have been streamlined to make things simpler, leaving out some of the more senior NCO ranks like Gunnery Sergeants and the First Sergeant. Platoons are commanded by 2Lts, and The BOs have been changed to a staff officer role where they will assist the CO and XO on the Sulaco with passing down orders and overwatch.
Platoon organization would be as seen below. The platoon commander(PC) would be a 2Lt, and his 2IC would be a SSgt. The PCs would take up similar roles as the SLs currently do now, acting as the bridge between the ground troops and command. The SSgt and Sgts would be SLs that lead their squadrons under the direction of the PCs. The total number of medics, specialists, and engineers will remain the same in a platoon.
The number of Standard marines shown in each squadron is just for illustration purposes, and is not a hard limit as actual rifle squadrons have 13 men in them.
