Insurrectionist military tradition

As the years of the were a formative time for the , they also saw the development of forces, and with it, a range of traditions that ran the gamut across the many militant bands and standing forces.
===Gilgamesh Free State===
====Reporting for Duty====
The tradition of reporting for duty came with the first graduating class of the Gilgamesh Free State Officer Candidate Academy. For newly graduated enlistedmen in the Gilgamesh Free Army, they began to recreate the Gilgameshan Wedding to the Sea as a special ceremony commemorating their dedication to serving the Free State. In , the cadets at the Academy petitioned to have a similar ceremony with Marshal of Gilgamesh Edward Garan overseeing them. Garan accepted the proposal, and the Academy's cadets were summoned to meet with him in New Belgrade. Each of the individual cadets reported into Garan, who would officially admit them to active duty. This ceremony itself was based off of one Garan himself had gone through during his days as an officer with the rebels on , when Colonel would do the same with officer candidates nearing the end of their training.
After the fall of the Gilgamesh Free State, the tradition came to an end, however, with its resurgence in , the tradition was brought back. With Garan's office destroyed during the UNSC-GFS War, a replica was created on the extreme right of the offices of the Gilgameshan Armed Forces General Staff. Post-commissioning, newly-minted officers would step into the office and perform the same reporting procedures, and sign in his guestbook, which was saved from destruction during the war.
====Changing the Guard====
The Changing of the Guard was a tradition practiced among the regiments of the Gilgamesh Free State. Its roots came from a tradition practiced by some militant groups within the Gilgamesh Free Army prior to the establishment of the GFS. On a certain date, either the group's birthday or the anniversary of a particularly famous engagement they fought in, the group would gather together for a time of celebration and remembrance. New recruits who had joined the unit and those being promoted would throw a party in celebration. As the celebration came to an end, there would be a solemn roll call for those who had fallen in battle since the previous celebration.
With the establishment of the Gilgamesh Free Army as a standing military force, some regiments took up the tradition, adding a new military character to it. On the regiment's birthday, new recruits and officers would officially be 'accepted' into the unit as those retiring from the military marched in separate formations, passing in review before the regiment's officers. Afterward, a roll call of those who had fallen in battle from the regiment over the past year would be called, followed by another pass in review, this time as a slow march to Auld Lang Syne. 
===Victorian Independent State===
===Republic of Levosia===
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