Wing IX Report #100
From the desk of Lieutenant Colonel Rejili Holthaus...

FLEET NEWS
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1. SCO COMPETITION RESULTS
I admit, I was very suprised to find out that Wing IX placed 3rd overall in the SCO Comp! We were the second highest ranking wing after Wing VIII. If we had actually put in any effort, we could have easily won the TCCOM's own title. Anyway, I'm a little less mad than I was last week, so I did decide to award a few medals this month after all. And Shield is off latrine duty :P

2. WEEKLY NEWS ITEM OF THE WEEK THAT'S COMPLETELY INCONSEQUENTIAL AND UNIMPORTANT BUT IT HELPS FILL UP A REPORT
Republic Commando demo is out, weighing in at an amazing 431 MB!!

3. TOKEN TACTICAL OFFICE NEWS ITEM OF THE WEEK TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE WE ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THEM
They've released three new XWA battles this week. Unfortunately, they are all bugged to Hell and back :P

4. ELITE NEWS WHICH IS PROBABLY INNAPROPRIATE FOR THIS TYPE OF REPORT BUT IS INCLUDED ANYWAY
We kicked Avengers arse in the SCO comp. We came in third, they came in fifth. I feel that we have avenged our loss in the MP comp, and now we have to go to their mb and post lots of derragoty comments.


WING NEWS
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1. 100th WING IX WWR CELEBRATION
In case you didn't notice, this is the 100th Wing IX report. In celebration, I've put a few trivia questions, with an IS-SR/IS-BR to the respective best entries.

-Who was the last Wing IX WC to earn the rank of General?
-Which former Wing IX WC moved on to become Commodore of the SSD Avenger?
-This former Wing IX WC was the first ever CMDR of Hammer Squadron.
-Which former Dagger CMDR recruited me to Wing IX?
-This COL and former Wing IX WC initiated the Wing IX merit award system on11/21/2002

Send me your responses quickly, medals are first come, first serve!


2. FREE WEB HOSTING
Mell has agreed to give all our squadrons free hosting on tcbg.net. CMDRs who have not yet contacted me about this, please do so. Also, remember that you may have to bug Mell a little bit, he's been kinda slow to reply to things lately :P

3. NEW RANT COMP
I've run out of rants for our morale section, so there will be an IS-SR for first place, IS-BR for second. Rants will be judged based on how good they are or funny, and secondly the more you send me the more points you get! At this point, any submission will win!

4. **RECRUITMENT DRIVE** - #1 PRIORITY
Our numbers are lower than they have ben since our last recruitment drive, so it's about time for another. We realy need to get some new blood in here, go for rl and reservists, stay away from cadets. I will be VERY generously awarding everyone who brings in recruits.

5. WEEKLY ACTIVITY
I want to see stuff I can submit to the EH newsletter to promote Wing IX. Each submission get's you a medal in and of itself, plus I'll offer ISM/PC if you send me enough stuff to merit it. This is something easy to do, the newsletter will publish just about anything, so let's get out there and make ourselves known.

6. ELITE MP COMP
This comp ended this week, and we lost 5-0. Good job to the participants, and to those who won medals.

7. I NEED SQUADRON COLORS
EMAIL ME YOUR COLORS. No one has replied yet. I'm beginning to think people don't read this...

8. RUNON RIDDLE COMP
Fahrer is running a comp on the MB. Details are probably already there, but i will send some out by email shortly.

9.NEW TCBG BANNER COMP
http://www.ehtiecorps.org/competitions/details.asp?ID=1757
There's an IS-GR for the winner, and an SR for second ;)

10. WC NEEDS CUSTOM UNIFORM
This isn't really a comp, but whoever makes me one will get a very nice note put on their MSE evaluation.

11. ATTENTION FMs AND FLs!
I noticed on this round of MSEs that some pilots didn't have all their activity accounted for. Your CMDR keeps track of activity, but you can't expect them to know every little thing you do. When I start saying it's MSE time, I want you guys to send a report of your activity for the month to your CMDRs. This is more for you then for me, because if you tell us things that you've done which we haven't recorded, you're more likely to get better medals and rewards.

12. DRINK OF THE WEEK
Straight from the bar of the Stardrifter Lounge, and personally tested and approved by Major Rejili Holthaus, this week's serving suggestion ...

Anal Sex
1 oz. Advocaat
1 oz. Bailey's Irish Cream
1 oz. Port
2 oz. Vodka
1 oz. Cream
1 tsp. Brown Sugar

Mixing Instructions: Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and strain into a white wine glass half filled with ice.

THE WING IX MORALE OFFICE
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A Rant from the Desk of Colonel Steve the Cricket Bat ...

Note: Steve has been locked in the closet until someone writes a rant for the comp for me to post in this section.

Your friend
Col. Steve the Cricket Bat

ACTIVITY
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103 mission(s) flown - :)
0 IWAT(S) passed
2 WSR's issued - :(
2 High Scores
1 Competitions Processed

Decent activity, and it came from 5 people this week instead of 2 :P Good job on the SCO placing. Dagger and Shield need to start putting out MSE's though, and I think CM Morpheus was assigned A:CMDR for this week >:P

I would like to see a general rise in activity, and I'm proud of the response the riddle comp has attracted. I would like to hear back from you guys about whether you want me to put out more comps like that.

POSTINGS AND PROMOTIONS
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None

AWARDS
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Squadron of the Week: Hammer - 99 missions flown
Pilot of the Week: CPT Hermann
IS-BR to MAJ Drachen
IS-SR to LT Bajorn


COMPETITIONS
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FO COMPS - see TC news for details
RANT COMP - see above
WING IX WWR #100 TRIVIA COMP - See above
MESSAGE BOARD COMP - See MB for details, or ask Fahrer

STANDING ORDERS
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-ALL MEMBERS-

Weekly Contact
At the very minimum, all members of the Wing will make contact with thier direct superior at least one time per week, VIA EMAIL. This is the very minimum to be considered active in Wing IX. If you intend to be off of the internet for more then (5) days, email your Commander and let him or her know as a common courtesy. If you are taking a Leave of Abscense more then ten (10) days, notify your Commander -AND- the Wing Commander via email.


-SQUADRON COMMANDERS-

Weekly Squadron Reports (WSRs)
WSEs will be submitted NLT 12.00PM each Thursday by email to the Wing Commander, Your Squadron, and the Wing IX Email List. Also, each report must contain statistics for Total missions flown, and IWATS passed.

Monthly Squadron Evaluations (MSEs)
MSEs will be submitted to the Wing Commander NLT the last day of the month. It should cover activity throughout the whole month.

AWOLs / MIAs / Reserve Requests
If you have found a pilot to be AWOL (no contact in 30 days), or MIA (bad email address), or a pilot has requested to go the reserves, you WILL NOT make the database request yourself. Forward the relevant information to the Wing Commander, who will verify the information, and make one last effort to 'save' the pilot before he or she is removed from the wing. This is NOT to take authority away from the CMDRs, but to allow the flags to ensure that a pilot really wants to leave. A good example is a pilot whos pissed off at his CMDR and has requested the reserves, when it's entirely possible the pilot would be happy in another squadron.

Flight Leaders
EVERY Flight Leader position in the Wing will ALWAYS be filled. If your Flight Leader leaves the squadron for whatever reason, you will appoint a new Flight Leader immediately. The Flight Office requires that all three flights have a leader in order for new pilots to be placed in that Squadron. We will not miss any opportunity for new pilots!

Designated XO
Every Squadron will have a designated XO. This person will know what he or she needs to do in the event that you are unable to come online, specifically in the area of filing a report for you.


QUOTE OF THE WEEK
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"It's slightly disturbing thatthe Rel got 3rd, i must admit... it was the lowest comp turnout weve ever had "
-COM RA La'an, commenting on our surprise SCO Comp victory



In service of the Empire,

Lieutenant Colonel Rejili Holthaus
NHolthaus@Hotmail.com - "Baron de Menari"
WC/LC Rejili Holthaus/Wing IX/ISD Relentless
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