TASK FORCE 68

RANKS	ABBREV.	PICTURE	STIPULATION TO GAIN RANK
PRIVATE	PVT	OR	New player on a Coalition team
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS	PFC	OR	One Month on a Coalition team or One Scenario Game
CORPORAL	CPL	OR	Two Months on a Coalition team or Two Scenario Games
SERGEANT	SGT	OR	Four Months on a Coalition team or Three Scenario Games
STAFF SERGEANT	SSG	OR	Eight Months on a Coalition team or Four Scenario Games
GUNNERY SERGEANT	GySGT	OR	One Year on a Coalition team or Five Scenario Games
MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANT	MGySGT	OR	One Year and Six Months on a Coalition team or Seven Scenario Games
FIRST SERGEANT	1SG	OR	One Year and Six Months or longer on a Coalition Team, Ten or more Scenario Games; Appointed by Team Commander
SERGEANT MAJOR	SGM	OR	Appointment from State Commander
SECOND LIEUTENANT	2LT		Platoon Leader/Team XO (Team size: 8-14 players)
FIRST LIEUTENANT	1LT		Platoon Leader/Team XO (Team size: 8-14 players)
CAPTAIN	CPT		Team Commander/Company XO (Team size: 8-14 players/2 Platoons as Company XO)
MAJOR	MAJ		Company Commander/State XO (Company size team: 2 or more Platoons)
LIEUTENANT COLONEL	LTC		State Commander (Elected by team captains within state) (November of each year) (State size: 2 Companies or more)
COLONEL	COL		Regional XO (Appointed by Region CO)
BRIGADIER GENERAL	BG		Regional CO (Elected by State Commanders in Region) (November of each year) (Minimum of 5 states in Region)
MAJOR GENERAL	MG		Regional CO/Coalition Staff (Coalition Staff appointed by Coalition Commander) (Coalition Staff includes: S1 – Administration Officer; S2 – Training Officer; S3 – Field Operations Officer; S4 – Scenario Operations Officer; S5 – Equipment Officer) (Staff Officer Descriptions will be posted elsewhere than this list.)
LIEUTENANT GENERAL	LTG		Coalition XO (Appointed by Coalition Commander)
GENERAL	GEN		Coalition CO (Nominated by Team Commanders, Elected by Regional Commanders) (December of Each year)

ALL RANKS MUST BE ONE OR THE OTHER, THERE CANNOT BE ANY MIXING!!!

IF YOUR TEAM CHOOSES TO GO WITH ARMY RANKS, THE ENTIRE TEAM DOES IT!!!!

EXPLANATION OF COALITION STAFF:
Coalition S-1
The Administration Officer is responsible for taking down notes at meetings, making sure teams are scheduled and maintaining the paperwork for chain of commands, changes of command, etc. Also, the Admin Officer is in charge of maintaining the website to ensure its accuracy.

Coalition S-2
The Training Officer is responsible for making sure teams get the proper training on tactics and strategy and is also responsible for making sure teams maintain their practice schedules and actually have practices.

Coalition S-3
The Field Operations Officer is responsible for maintaining good communications on the field along with knowing where each team is at on the field and what mission they are doing.

Coalition S-4
The Scenario Operations Officer is responsible for getting scenarios together for coalition teams to attend as an entire unit and placing the correct officer in charge at the event.

Coalition S-5
The Equipment Officer is responsible for making sure that teams have all the proper equipment to participate at events and making sure that everyone's teams each have their own equipment technician and all equipment works properly.

Coalition Executive Officer
The XO is responsible for making sure that all of the Regional Commanders have a steady flow of communications and have a healthy relationship between the teams in the coalition and everyone is getting along and no one is screwing around.

Coalition Sergeant Major
The Sergeant Major is responsible that everyone does what they are supposed to do, when they're supposed to do it.

Coalition Commander
The Commander is responsible as a whole that everything the Coalition does or does not do, whether or not it is wrong or right and no matter what team is doing what, the Commander is wholly responsible for what happens with the coalition. The Commander is also responsible for making sure that coalition meetings are held in an apprpriate manner and that everything on the agenda gets taken care of. The Commander appoints the Coalition Staff officers.