January 5, 1923.
A car stopped in front of the bow-shaped facade and two people stepped out of the vehicle. They walked towards the main door of the building where another man greeted them by name.
"Your Majesty, good morning and welcome to the General Staff Building," Minister of War, Alexei Lavrov, greeted Alexander with a bow.
"Good morning! Have they arrived yet?" Alexander asked, stepping inside the building followed by his Rolan.
"Yes, they should be waiting inside. Your Highness, may I have the honor to accompany you to the room?"
"Of course!" Alexander answered as he continued to walk into the building. "By the way, this is Rolan, Chief of Staff of the Imperial Guards,"
Alexei glanced at Rolan who was carrying two pieces of luggage and one drawing leather tube slung on his shoulder. Rolan gave a bow upon Alexander's introduction, to which Alexei responded in kind before returning to Alexander.
After three minutes of walking through the long corridors, Alexei stopped in front of a pair of large double doors with two armed guards standing on either side of it. He nodded to the guards before opening the door and gesturing to Alexander to enter first.
Alexander saw four figures donned in a military uniform sitting around a long rectangular mahogany table; Alexander recognized one of them.
Chief of the General Staff of the Imperial Ruthenia Armed Forces, General Vladimir Sadoski stood up to greet Alexander. The rest followed suit.
"Your Majesty!"
The five high-ranking military officials intoned together as they stood up and performed a salute.
Alexander returned the gesture.
Not wanting to waste any more time. Alexander strode to his seat and sat on it. Rolan stood by his side while Alexei stood next to his seat.
"At ease," Alexander said and the five military officials except Rolan sat back down. "Now that we are all present, let us start our meeting. As I know that some of you have questions regarding why you have been summoned here."
He took a deep breath and glanced at Alexei. "Minister of War, Alexei, will debrief you. Minister, you may now proceed."
"Thank you, Your Majesty," Alexei said before continuing. "As you are aware, His Majesty, Alexander, has summoned you here to be debriefed about the proposed reorganization of the Imperial Armed Forces of Ruthenia..."
As Alexei was speaking, Rolan began handing each of the military officials a file that contained the proposed restructuring plan.
They opened the file while listening to Alexei, perusing the contents until they reached the section on the restructuring. When they did so, they began discussing the plan with each other and discussed the details, but since it's long, let me summarize it for you.
The new proposed military structure of the Ruthenia Empire will be similar to the United States except that there won't be a Marine Corps. The reason he chose the United States as a reference is that it's the only structure Alexander knows of.
The Ministry of War will be renamed into the Ministry of Defense to make it more friendly and peaceful.
The new Imperial Russian Armed Forces are composed of four coequal military service branches. The Imperial Ruthenian Army, The Imperial Ruthenian Navy, The Imperial Ruthenian Air Force, and The Imperial Ruthenian Coast Guard.
The Imperial Ruthenian Army is the land service branch of the Ruthenian Empire Armed Forces and part of the civilian-led Department of the Army, which is led by the Secretary of the Army. The military head of the Ruthenian Army is the chief of staff of the Army, who is assisted by the vice chief of staff of the Ruthenian Empire Army and sergeant major of the Army.
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