Code of Conduct

Preamble

The Combat Corps was founded on August 6th, 2006, with the sole purpose of providing a fun and fair gaming community to its members. We strive for excellence in gaming and friendships. It is our goal to extend this excellence to all Combat Corps members. The Combat Corps personnel are the military unit that serves the President also known as the Commander in Chief. The primary goal of this military unit is to protect and serve the Corps from any threats at all times.

Section 1: Chain of Command

1. The Combat Corps has established a Chain of Command Structure. The Chain of Command includes the following ranks from highest in Command to the lowest:

   1. President (only 1 member may have this rank)
   2. Vice President (only 1 member may have this rank)
   3. General
   4. Lieutenant General
   5. Major General
   6. Brigadier General
   7. Colonel
   8. Lieutenant Colonel
   9. Major
   10. Captain
   11. First Lieutenant
   12. Second Lieutenant
   13. Command Chief Master Sergeant
   14. Chief Master Sergeant
   15. Senior Master Sergeant
   16. Master Sergeant
   17. Technical Sergeant
   18. Staff Sergeant
   19. Senior Corpsman
   20. Corpsman First Class
   21. Corpsman
   22. Recruit

2. It is expected that Corps members are to follow orders given by members with higher rank, as long as orders are proven to be lawful, plausable and necessary. Corps personnel are to address higher ranking members with Sir or Ma'am in the forums.

Section 2: Personnel Conduct

All Combat Corps personnel are required to conduct themselves in a professional and friendly manner. At no time, which includes on the forums, xfire, MSN, teamspeak and in game chat, will a Combat Corps member use profanity, topics of sexual nature, harassing, threatening, vulgar, racial, demeaning or harmful statements or actions while wearing the Combat Corps tags "[CC]" next to their name. Any violation of this conduct could result in disciplinary action or discharge as described in section 5, or as deemed just by the Presidency.

CC members are expected to uphold the values of loyalty to the clan, honesty, maturity, and activity.

All Corps members below the rank of Second Lieutenant unless otherwise denoted, will be required to submit 1 weekly Combat Report (CR) due every Saturday by 11:59 pm your time.

All Corps members are required to attend at least 1 regularly scheduled weekly training session for the division you are assigned to.

All Corps members are required to use the Xfire instant messenger network and to provide a valid Xfire account upon registration into the clan. Xfire activity will be monitored from time to time. When accepted into the clan, you are expected to wear the [CC] tags and your forum name as indicated elsewhere in this document.

No Combat Corps member shall be a member in any other clan while enlisted in the CC. Dual clanning will result in a dishonorable discharge from the Corps. Furthermore, a CC member cannot have admin powers for another clan without permission from the CC Government or higher.

All Corps personnel may have a forum signature. Signatures may have images no bigger than 150 pixels high by 550 pixels wide and in total the signature can be no bigger than 325 pixels tall by 550 pixels wide. Members of the rank of Second Lieutenant or higher may request to have their signature hosted by the Combat Corps.

All Corps members are required to use the same name in these places: Combat Corps Forums, xfire, TeamSpeak and in game name. Members must keep their name for a period of at least 90 days (3 months) before it can be changed.

Note: It is acceptable to spell your name using special characters such as "§", "µ", "â", etc., as long as it is readable. It is also acceptable to place small icons at the end of your name such as "™" or "©" to create a sense of uniqueness. If your name gets too carried away, you will be asked to change it. Use common sense. Also note that the forums cannot accept many special characters in your name, so it is preferred to not get carried away when creating your forum account.

Using the Combat Corps website as a means of advertisement is strictly prohibited, and is viewed as exploitation. Any members using the Combat Corps as a means of advertisement are subject to disciplinary action. Examples of such advertisement are: displaying a link or images displaying information or hotlinks to your personal website, or to a website that you use for merchandising, etc. You may however put a link to such website in the "Website" field in your personal profile. Any exceptions to this rule needs to be approved by the CC Government.

Section 3: Promotions & Demotions

Members that are designated as a Full Commanding Officer of a division or who hold a similar "commanding" position of a department may issue promotions up to their Promotion Regulation without the approval of the Government. Commanding Officers must obtain permission from the Government to promote a Division member higher than their respective Promotion Regulation. Demotions can be made only upon approval from the Government.

Promotions can only be of the nature of "one rank higher" at a time. You can only promote a member if 2 weeks has passed since their last promotion. Promotions from Command Chief Master Sergeant or lower (Enlisted Ranks) to Second Lieutenant or higher (Officers Ranks) requires Government majority approval. Additionally, promotions of more than "one rank higher" require Presidential approval.

The Presidency may, at any time, as they deem, for any reason undefined, promote or demote any member at any time to any rank.

Promotion regulations:

Corps members may be promoted for but not limited to:

1. Making the required weekly Combat Report,
2. Being active in the forums,
3. Attending weekly training sessions,
4. Recruiting new members.

Section 4: Leave of Absence

All Combat Corps personnel may request an official leave of absence from active duty. Leave requests can only be approved/denied by the Department of Intelligence members or Officers that hold the rank of Brigadier General or higher. Leave periods can only be a maximum of 4 weeks in length with longer leave periods only being granted in special situations by Government or higher.

Military Leave is available for those members who serve in the armed forces and who have to go on leave for military reasons and is not restricted by the leave duration times indicated before. Otherwise, they work in a similar fashion to normal leaves.

While a Corps member is on leave, he/she is not required to make any Combat Reports or post in the forums.

Section 5: Discharges

All Combat Corps personnel from the rank of Recruit through General are subject to being discharged from the Combat Corps as deemed necessary and prudent. Only Corps personnel that are designated as a Division Commanding Officer and hold the rank of Second Lieutenant or higher, or members of the Government, may issue discharges. Only the Presidency may issue a discharge to a Brigadier General or above.

Personnel may be discharged for breach of the Code of Conduct, insubordination, insolence, treason, or any other reason deemed fitting by those empowered. Discharges of these natures will be deemed as dishonorable.

Section 6: Resignations & Retirements

All Combat Corps personnel may request to resign at any time.

Combat Corps personnel that hold the rank of Chief Master Sergeant or higher, have served for at least 1 year, and are at good standings with the Combat Corps are eligible for retirement. Retirement may only be granted by the Office of the Presidency.

Retired members will no longer be required to make Combat Reports, or attend any trainings. They are no longer required to maintain activity in the forums. They will wear there higest earned rank and be respected by all Corps members. They will no longer be assigned to a division, unless they choose to be. If they choose to be assigned to a division, they will have no command over the division, they will simply be a member. They will be someone for new soldiers to look up to, and to learn new skills from. They are outstanding members of the Corps!

Retired members however are bound by the Code of Conduct like they were as CC members with the exceptions outlined in the prior paragraph. Thus, they are still expected to be the outstanding members that they have been thus far and they are still expected not to dual clan unless they have prior approval from the CC Government. A retired member can resign from retirement at any time and can additionally be reactivated to full member status at any time.

Section 7: Game Server Ownership

Combat Corps members may purchase game servers to donate to the official Combat Corps servers. The following conditions will apply to all donated servers:

1. Server name will be decided upon by the Government but will have a format similar to "[CC] | Combat Corps | www.combatcorps.com". Members can put their name in the server name to advertise that they purchased the server.
2. Admin and RCON passwords will be provided to the Government and Division Command only. Regular members will not be granted RCON or Admin by the game server owner.
3. Access to the server files via FTP will be given to the Government. Game Panel access, where available, should also be provided.
4. Servers have to follow CC rules and criteria.

If the above conditions are not met, the server will not be added to our Dedicated Servers page and it will not be associated with the Combat Corps. All servers that are donated need approval from the CC Presidency.

Conclusion

This Code of Conduct has been written to help better the overall experience for all Combat Corps members. The Presidency reserves the right to edit/modify this Code of Conduct as deemed necessary.

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