Buena War College Training Battalion

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Buena War College Training Battalion
Affiliation Lyran Commonwealth
Parent Command War College of Buena


The Buena War College Training Battalion was the training unit assigned to the War College of Buena.

History[edit]

The War College of Buena required every cadet, whether front line soldier or technician, to serve for six months in the training battalion. This provided the cadets with practical knowledge to supplement the theory they received in the academy's classrooms. The cadets in the battalion also underwent a series of live-fire exercises on the Tomasova Martial Range, and field deployments in the Bolan Province and Timbuktu Theater were also common. Instructors in the battalion also forced the cadets to operate at their physical and mental limits. The harsh discipline forced the cadets to adapt their classroom lessons to a practical format and work as part of a team. Cadets who were unable to do so washed out of the program.[1]

In 3067 the Buena War College Training Battalion reduced their student's service cycles from six months to three months. This allowed the battalion to train twice as many cadets, which was critical to rebuilding a military damaged in the FedCom Civil War.[2]

After the end of the Jihad, the battalion found that two thirds of its equipment was removed and reassigned to active duty LAAF units to rebuild.[3] The shortened training cycle remained in place in 3085. The largest problem that the Battalion had at that time was finding enough equipment for its cadets. Nearly a third of the graduates of the War College were sent straight to their assignments with no time at all spent in the Battalion.[4]

In 3148 the Training Battalion was conscripted into the defense of the Buena Collective. They fought alongside the 3rd Collective Guards at the War College, facing the 8th Lyran Regulars. When the Regulars withdrew, the Training Battalion struck the Collective Guards' positions from behind, allowing the Regulars to drive the Third Guards from the field. The cadets of the Training Battalion were forced to serve, and didn't see they had a choice until the Lyran Regulars arrived.[5]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the Buena War College Training Battalion
Kommandant Florence Elinwood Landers 3050 - 3067[6][7][1][8]
Colonel Brad Engle 3085[9]

Tactics[edit]

As a training unit, the Buena War College Training Battalion lacks any signature tactics.

Composition History[edit]

3040[edit]

Buena War College Training Battalion (Battalion/Green/Reliable)[10]

Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Buena.[10]

3050[edit]

Buena War College Training Battalion (Battalion/Green/Reliable)[11]

Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Buena.[11]

3050[edit]

Buena War College Training Battalion (Battalion/Green/Reliable)[12]

Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Buena.[12]

3054[edit]

Buena War College Training Battalion (Battalion/Green/Reliable)[13]

  • CO: Kommandant Florence Ellinwood Landers[13]
Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Buena.[13]

3062-3067[edit]

Buena War College Training Battalion (Reinforced Battalion/Green/Reliable)[1][8]

  • CO: Kommandant Florence Elinwood

3079[edit]

Buena War College Training Battalion (Battalion/Green/Reliable)[14]

Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Buena.[14] The post-Jihad training battalion was reduced to a company in size. This leaves most of the cadets using simulators.[3]

3085[edit]

Buena War College Training Battalion (Green/Reliable)[9]

  • CO: Colonel Brad Engle

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Field Manual: Lyran Alliance, p. 122: "Buena War College Training Battalion Unit Profile"
  2. Field Manual: Updates, p. 174
  3. 3.0 3.1 Field Report: LAAF, p. 16
  4. Field Manual: 3085, p. 105
  5. Shattered Fortress, p. 48
  6. 20 Year Update, p. 28: "AFFC Deployment Table - 3050"
  7. Objective Raids, p. 20: "AFFC Deployment Table - 3054"
  8. 8.0 8.1 Field Manual: Updates, p. 179: "LAAF Deployment Table - 3067"
  9. 9.0 9.1 Field Manual: 3085, p. 107: "LAAF Deployment Table - 3085"
  10. 10.0 10.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 138
  11. 11.0 11.1 20 Year Update, p. 24
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 20 Year Update, p. 28
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 Objective Raids, p. 20
  14. 14.0 14.1 Field Report: FWLM, p. 16

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