NCO Guidelines

## Senior Non Commissioned Officers

Senior Non Commissioned Officers are the NCOs who have excelled in their regular duties as an NCO and have been chosen to help lead and train the lower NCOs. While training lower NCO, a Senior NCO is also expected to keep up with the regular duties of an NCO.

### SNCO Duties

Senior Non Commissioned Officers will hold many duties and responsibilities they are expected to carry out the best of their ability. The first and most important duty of an SNCO is to act as a teacher and mentor to NCOs ranking E-4 to E-6. They are to help them transition into the role of an NCO, and teach them what is expected of them. In addition to teaching new NCO, Senior NCOs are also the ones who will hold promotion boards for rising NCO. They will be the ones to test them in discord and assess them to decide if they should lead or not. After a SNCO does a Board, they will report to their officer if they pass or not. The final duty of a Senior NCO is to handle the regular duties of an NCO that are written below.

## Non Commissioned Officers

Non Commissioned Officers are the front line leaders of the Navy. NCOs are sailors or marines who have proven themselves to be competent, and loyal members to the USN. Non Commissioned Officers are responsible for setting the example for all Junior Enlisted members and are responsible for guiding them on their navy path.

### NCO Duties

As stated above, Non Commissioned Officers are the front line leaders of the Navy. They are the ones who will interact with the Junior Enlisted the most, and will be the ones they go to for guidance and help. This responsibility requires all NCOs to be well rounded and experienced members of the discord but also SoT, to be mature leaders, active both in game and in chats, and competent. Some NCOs may have training permissions. These allow that NCO to lead official voyages. In order to qualify to lead voyages as an NCO, you must be your rank for at least 1 week and have gained some experience as an NCO. It is not required for anyone ranking E-4 to E-9 to have training perms. If you do, you are expected to lead voyages or you will lose your perms. NCOs are also responsible for being the eyes and ears for Navy Command. They are expected to keep an eye out for major discipline issues and report that up the chain of command. NCOs are permitted to enforce smaller rules and punish people.

#### Squad Leadership

Some NCOs may be given command of a Squad. If you do, you are solely responsible for those under you. You are responsible for their activity, actions, mentoring, and there experience in the Navy. In order to be a good Squad leader you should try to interact with your Squad everyday and get to know them. Some of you may have Inactive Squads. It is up to you to fix that until people can be replaced. When you mentor those under you. Teach them what is expected of a leader and what your duties are. Who knows, they may be your rank one day.

### NCO Allowed Awards

As NCOs, you are allowed to award certain ribbons and citations. The decorations you are allowed to reward are the following:

See Award Info for specific information on requirements for all rewards.

* Service Stripes
* Sea Service Ribbon
* Combat Action Ribbon
* Citation of Service
* Good Conduct Medal

You are expected to be knowledgeable of the descriptions and requirements to earn these awards. When someone has met the requirements for one, you are free to award them. When it comes to the Good Conduct Medal and the Citation of Service, those are down to your discretion. Just make sure you are not over rewarding people and they actually earn it.

## Official Voyages and Logs

It is very important that our official voyages are logged. This helps the Navy Command keep track of our operations and who participates and leads them. They also help inform all Navy personnel of our activity. Here is the template and an example for the log report.

* **Events** - Log all events you did with remembering to add as much detail as possible.
* **Gold Confiscated** - Say how much gold you made (we recommend writing down your starting gold prior to starting the voyage)
* **Doubloons Confiscated** - Say how many doubloons you made (like above write down your starting amount)
* **Ancient Coins Confiscated** - Only add this if any are earned on the voyage.
* **Crew** - State the crew and ping them in the log. (When stating the crew put (CO) next to whoever lead it. Then put (XO) to whoever was 2nd in command. Ship roles will also get put in to the right of the name. )

### Voyage Log Example

```
**<Name> Log Of The Xth Voyage For The <Ship Name> (Auxiliary To The <Main Ship>)**

The crew of <Ship Name> woke up at New Golden Sands Outpost and started off our voyage by choosing our emissary, the crew decided on Gold Hoarders. Once collecting our necessary supplies, we straight away spotted a sloop closing in on our crew. We managed to sink them quickly and efficiently. The crew decided that we would be embarking on a gilded voyage of restitution which took us to every corner of the sea of thieves. We began by heading to both Sandy Shallows and Sailors Bounty with no issues at all, when we were making our way to Black Sand Atoll however, we were met by the infamous Kraken which we took out before encountering a Skeleton Galleon that we also took care of before receiving any damage. After these encounters we saw this as a perfect opportunity to sell what we had already confiscated. After this we saw fit to call in a day and turned in for some well-earned rest.

**Events**
- 2 Player Sloops Sunk
- 1 Skelly Fleet Defeated
- 5 Skelly Galleons Sunk
- 3 Skelly Sloops Sunk
- 2 Ashen Winds Completed
- 1 Kraken Vanquished

**Gold Confiscated**
376,354
**Doubloons Confiscated**
849
**Ancient Coins Confiscated**
120

**Crew:**
- @Voyage Leader (CO) (QM)
- @Voyage XO (XO) (Boarder)
- @Crew Member (Cannoneer)
- @Crew Member (Carpenter)

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## Captaincy Rules and Regulations

Those E-4 and higher with training permissions may choose to use Captaincy for a Navy ship if they so desire. In doing so, you are expected to follow the following rules, in addition to all other rules of the Navy that apply to ships.

* A Captained ship must be in full cosmetics in accordance with their dry-dock specifications.
* A Captained ship must have the correct name, with USS at the start in full caps, and the first letter of each word capitalized. For example: USS Constitution
* A Captained ship may be decorated to the NCO/Officer's liking.
* A Captained ship must be painted and repaired (restored) before embarking on another voyage. This can be done at anytime *before* a voyage begins.
* All those who are not the CO of a Navy ship in the discord can only use their ship's Auxiliary ships for Captaincy