Naval Reorg Act Mk.II

[Lord Q]

RZ ___ THE NAVAL REORGANIZATION ACT

WHEREAS, "The Glorious (but Unarmed) Royal Fleet Act" submitted by Robert Madison and Wes Erni officially created the Royal Talossan Navy on 30 November 1987, and

WHEREAS, in July of 1998, former Prime Minister Chirisch Caveir re-established Talossa’s Navy by way of Prime Dictate, and

WHEREAS, nothing much has happened to it since,

THEREFORE, the Navy is hereby reorganized as the BUREAU OF THE NAVY, to be placed under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defence. This document supersedes any previous Prime Dictate or law concerning the establishment and administration of the Navy.

FURTHERMORE, there is lots of other cool stuff to do, so here goes:

1. The Navy shall be officially known as El Marì Rexhitál Talossán, or in English, The Talossan Royal Navy.

2. Vessels of the Navy shall be styled Vaißál da Sieu Maxhestà (abbreviated VSM) followed by the name of the vessel. The English translation is “His Majesty’s Ship,” but is not to be used for styling.

3. The Navy shall have a Marine Corps and an Air Corps at its disposal for operations on land and in air.

4. Bases of the Navy shall be styled El Marì Rexhitál Talossán (abbreviated MRT) followed by their designation (translations may be used):

Regular Navy: Port (Port) <name>
Marine Corps: Castrâ (Camp) <name>
Air Corps: Luc’htstaziun (Air Station) <name>

5. The Monarch or Regent is the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, and may hold no other position in the Navy.

6. The Defence Minister shall establish rules and regulations, consistent with the provisions of this Act, regarding the organization and discipline of the Bureau of the Navy, and the recruitment, training, assignment and promotion of its personnel.

7. The Navy shall be administered by an Admiral, appointed by the Monarch or Regent upon recommendation by the Defence Minister and approved by a majority vote in the Ziu.

8. Officers receive their commission by the Monarch or Regent upon recommendation by the Defence Minister.

9. Enlisted personnel receive their rating by the Defence Minister upon recommendation by the Admiral.

10. The Prime Minister and Defence Minister may not hold the position of Admiral; if the Admiral achieves one of these positions then he or she must resign the appointment of Admiral and all relinquish all privileges of the rank.

11. Officers other than Admiral and enlisted personnel becoming Prime Minister or Defense Minister will be placed on inactive status until such time they no longer hold the aforementioned government positions, when they will be placed back on the active duty roster.

12. Any citizen of voting age may enlist in the Navy at the rate of Seaman. Citizens receiving commissions as officers must be 21 years of age or older.

13. Naval officer ranks from highest to lowest, with counterpart designations and stylings are:

Amirál (Admiral) – One 2-inch gold stripe on lower sleeve or epaulette

Comodôr (Commodore) / Cuminár (Colonel – Marine Corps) / Comándereu da flanc (Wing Commander – Air Corps) – Four ½-inch gold stripes on lower sleeve or epaulette

Capitán (Captain) – Three ½-inch gold stripes on lower sleeve or epaulette

Leftenanteu (Lieutenant) Two ½-inch gold stripes on lower sleeve or epaulette

Aspirînd (Midshipman) (Cadet – Marine Corps and Air Corps) One ½-inch gold stripe on lower sleeve or epaulette

14. Warrant officer officer ranks from highest to lowest, with counterpart designations and stylings are:

Prima Schturmaneu (Chief Warrant Officer) / Mestreu Schturmaneu (Master Warrant Officer - Marine Corps and Air Corps) - Two ½-inch gold stripes, top stripe double looped on lower sleeve or epaulette

Schturmaneu (Warrant Officer) - One ½-inch gold stripe with loop on lower sleeve or epaulette

15. Naval enlisted rates from highest to lowest, with counterpart designations and stylings are:

Cunceláin Mestreu Prima (Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy) / Sërxhënt Maxhôr (Sergeant Major of
the Marine Corps) / Sërxhënt Prima Mestreu (Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force) - Three ½-inch green chevrons (point down), one ½-inch green stripe arced over top with red trim on upper sleeve

Cunceláin Prima (Chief Petty Officer) / Sërxhënt Prüm (First Sergeant – Marine Corps) / Sërxhënt Mestreu
(Master Sergeant – Marine Corps and Air Corps) - Three ½-inch green chevrons (point down), one ½-inch green stripe arced over top, diamond in center with red trim on upper sleeve

Cunceláin (Petty Officer) / Sërxhënt (Sergeant – Marine Corps and Air Corps) – Three ½-inch green chevrons (point down) with red trim on upper sleeve

Mastelôt mestreu (Leading Seaman) / Corporál (Corporal – Marine Corps) / Aviatéir mestreu (Leading Airman – Air Corps) – Two ½-inch green chevrons (point down) with red trim on upper sleeve

Mastelôt (Seaman) / Privat (Private – Marine Corps) / Aviatéir (Airman – Air Corps) – One ½-inch green chevron (point down) with red trim on upper sleeve

Rescrusteu (Recruit) – no styling

16. Private Adventurers in possession of royal letters of marque and reprisal shall be granted commissions as officers in the reserve of the Royal Talossan Navy in inactive status, in a grade befitting their command. Private Adventurers' vessels shall be registered as reserve vessels of the Royal Talossan Navy, and shall be entitled to the style of Vaißál da Sieu Maxhestà, but shall not be required to conform to any classification requirements of the regular fleet. In the event of a declared war between the Kingdom of Talossa and any other state, the Admiral of the Royal Talossan Navy, at the direction of the Minister of Defense, shall activate such Private Adventurers and their vessels as in his discretion may be necessary to supplement the regular fleet in order to combat the regular naval forces of His Majesty's enemies, which activated Private Adventurers shall be placed on the active duty list and subject to regular military discipline until the earlier of the cessation of declared hostilities or their release from active duty by the Admiralty.

17. The authors of this bill would especially like to thank Marc Moisan for his input.

Uréu q'estadra så: Quedéir Castiglhâ

[Lord Q]

Cresti and Troxta, would you like be included as authors?

I still think that the DefMin is all the civilian oversight that is necessary, which is why I didn't change that.

Any questions and/or suggestions for round two are most welcome. Sorry I took so long on this.

[Sir C. M. Siervicül]

castiglha said:

Cresti and Troxta, would you like be included as authors?

I would be honored to be listed as a cosponsor!

Looks like the ranks of Talossan Navy ranks are rapidly swelling - no matter, we still have only half (or less) as many as the U.S. Navy, Army, or Marine Corps.

[Trotxâ]

The Ministry of Defense supports this proposal.

On a personal note, I would be pleased and honoured to co-sponsor this bill.

Trotxâ

[King John]

Just an opinion, but I think rather than saying "the Monarch or Regent" is C-in-C of the Navy and commissions officers, etc., the law should simply say "the Monarch" or "the King". Lots of things in Talossan law reference the King alone; but when there's a Regent, the King acts only through the Regent, so it's kind of superfluous (and potentially misleading) for one law (this one) to speak of the Monarch or Regent as having a particular function or power.

The principle is that when the Regent acts as Regent, the Monarch is deemed in law to be acting.

— John Woolley, UrN

[Lord Q]

If that makes it clearer, then let's go ahead and make that change.

[Sir X. Pol Briga]

As noted in previous discussion, shall royal letters of marque and reprisal be available to Marine Land Forces?

When operating my land yacht (Volvo V70XC) I occationally see symbols of pirate activity on my travels, specifically those attributed to the "Oakland Raiders" and "Tampa Bay Buccaneers". As I believe that that these organized crime syndicates are enemies of both the Florencia Packers and the Cezembre Broncos to the point of direct conflicts twice per year (not counting possible playoff action), I would like to have these letters of marque and reprisal to be available to me, stored in my glove compartment, for brandishing at opportune moments when said heathens approach.