Models for the Auxiliary

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Submitted by evought on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 18:36
  • Fyrd->Housecarls->Witan
    • Anglo-Saxon England; 7th century or earlier
    • The best of each household serve in the Fyrd
    • Limited length of time for service each season
    • Housecarls or "House Earls" served the Jarl or Earl; Deputies
    • Local people met in moots; elected representatives to annual Witans; determine succession
  • Zouaves, militias
    • Colonial militia was primarily civil defense with some emergency management duties
    • Zouaves were elite volunteer companies (Col Ephraim Ellesworth); special forces and SWAT teams of their day
  • Hospitalers, Knights of St. John of God, of Malta, of Jerusalem
    • Templars => convert by the sword
    • Hospitalers => convert through service and leadership
    • Defend the innocent and heal what may be healed (equal opportunity)
  • Red Cross - Henry Dunant (1859) --- help all injured on battlefield; no sides taken
  • Toward a modern Auxiliary
    • Flip 'militia' on its head
    • Serve the community first
    • Service without prejudice
    • Survival Skills Triad: First Aid, Communications, Defense
    • Build leaders in the community