Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Peer review/Battle Assembly
I started this article about the latest nomenclature for US Army Reserve monthly meetings as there wasn't one previously. Hope you like it. --Eplack 21:50, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
Very informative article, but a few things:
- Expand the intro to summarize the entire article.
- Needs many more inline citations and sources. If you want it to be A or FA level, I would suggest having an inline citation every paragraph. There must be other books or websites that detail what the Army Reserve is and how it functions.
- Some questions you might try to answer in the article:
- Where are reserve garrisons usually located?
- Where are their field training sites located?
- Do they usually use regular Army sites for their field training, or does the reserve have it's own field training sites?
- Since their battle assembly can last from two to four days, how many days are they actually getting paid for, and how does the whole battle assembly pay structure and retirement system (points for "good years" etc) work?
- What happens if a soldier is injured during a battle assembly and do injuries occur very often?
- Are there any special preparations that a reserve unit undertakes during assembly if they know they will be deploying in the immediate future?
- Are there any full-time positions in active reserve units and what is there role in planning, preparing, and participating in weekend assemblies?
- What do the soldiers do on Saturday night? Do they return home, or do they sleep in the garrison or field location somewhere?
- Do they take their weapons and equipment home with them, like they do in some European countries, or is all of their weaponry kept in the garrison or another location?
- Do they ever take part in any ceremonial assemblies, like presenting awards, honoring fallen comrades, marching in a local parade, presenting the national colors at an event, or honoring a visiting dignitary?
- How are reserve members notified if an assembly schedule or location changes suddenly?
- What do reserve members do between assemblies? Work regular jobs? Are they in contact with their comrades at all? Are they required to keep a certain level of physical fitness or remain within a certain area?
- What is the history of assemblies? How were they originally structured? How have they evolved over time?
- Who decides what type of training takes place at an assembly? Is there direction from national leadership, or almost wholly local? Is an annual training plan developed, or is the unit training plan shorter or longer than that?
- How is the assembly structured? Does it begin and end with a unit formation? Is roll call taken? What happens to soldiers who don't show up or arrive late or leave early without authorization?
I know that some of these questions are answered in the main Army reserve article, but any of them that pertain at all to assembly you might should consider addressing in this article. All in all, an excellent start on the article. Cla68 21:21, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
Just a thought but why isn't this part of the United States Army Reserve article? That isn't so long that it would struggle under the weight of this as well .... --ROGER DAVIES talk 01:21, 8 December 2007 (UTC)