Others might have different opinions, but at least Jason Morgan didn't feel much of anything.
What's the big deal about being loyal to the governor, loving the Alliance; having firm beliefs, guaranteeing loyalty... He had recited those things ten thousand times before, he already knew them. So what if he recited them a few more times, could there really be any special change?
Could it truly make me stand up and face danger, fight for the beliefs in my heart, even at the cost of my life?
Impossible, that would never happen in this lifetime.
That was what he thought.
However, what he didn't know was that at certain crucial moments, on certain key decisions, humans are sometimes not purely rational, not purely self-interested. Heroes who stand up often do so because of a single thought, which leads to jaw-dropping feats of valor.
The benefits of participating in the Loyal Heir Advanced Class came faster than expected.
Besides the knowledge gained, the promotion within the Alliance's internal system was also forthcoming.
Moreover, there had been a scramble among some important departments to recruit among these twenty non-military personnel.
For instance, Haier Si Morgan, after graduation, was quickly transferred out of her original unit. She was called into the Wind-Extinguishing Zhongsi Academy as a candidate for an outstanding lecturer. She had been known as an 'ideological progressive' even before entering the advanced class, and now, she was able to further leverage her advantage.
Moreover, she was very likely to be involved in the upcoming curriculum reform of the academy.
Her sister, Milia Derong, was poached by the Discipline Committee under Lambert. The anti-corruption and auditing work required people who were intellectually progressive and possessed a sense of justice.
Jason Morgan himself didn't have any job movement, but he was soon promoted to a D3-level employee and was dispatched to the Southern Green Valley Region as the local Civil Affairs Liaison Officer, responsible for the reception of refugees, and he would be departing soon. His past achievements were now further gilded; should he accomplish more in the south, the road ahead would be wide open to him.
Apart from these twenty government employees, the fifty political commissars selected from various levels of the military did not have specific promotions.
But that was also alright, as they themselves held high and influential positions.
Before joining the advanced class, they were already military and political chiefs of various units, essentially covering division, brigade, and regimental commissars, as well as instructors of the Composite Camp within the First Cease Wind Brigade.
After returning to their respective units, they basically continued with their original duties, but undoubtedly, they would be far better off than the previous makeshift appointments.
Furthermore, although there were no changes in their positions, their military ranks generally saw a promotion.
The New Alliance Army was not small in size, but compared to its scale, the levels of officers at all ranks were generally quite low. For example, division and brigade commanders often held the rank of colonel; regimental commanders were mostly lieutenant colonels; battalion commanders were generally only captains, and many company commanders were mere first or second lieutenants.
A large number of platoon leaders weren't even commissioned officers but were instead non-commissioned officers.
This was due to historical issues. The army had been established for a short period, especially after the recapture of the high tower ruins; many of these garrison divisions were converted from original adventure groups. Although they had been trained through the "Soldier Card" system, the personnel remained the same, with the military chiefs mostly being former leaders of the adventure groups.
Even though their groups were severely fragmented and dismantled to minimize factionalism, these individuals were still relied upon as leaders.
Therefore, Gu Hang deliberately kept a cap on military ranks. Those who did well and earned military merits were promoted, with future commanders and brigade leaders matching the rank of colonel; those who did not perform well didn't need to be demoted, they simply took on tasks corresponding to their ranks.
In a situation where military chiefs generally held lower ranks, political commissars such as second-in-commands could hardly surpass them, often being even a rank lower.
But in this round, Gu Hang pulled up most of the returned fifty political commissars by one level, mostly bringing them to the same rank as the military chiefs of their respective units.
This reflected his attitude.
Jordan Leroy was an old member of the Abandoned Cave Society, just like Perbov, being one of the first soldiers to come out of the society. He was selected as a political commissar in the first batch, in the same period as Tadeusz, and was also a red cap. He currently held the position of brigade political commissar for the 1st Extinguishing Wind Brigade.
Previously a lieutenant colonel, he had just been specially awarded the rank of colonel by the governor, on par with their brigade commander Perbov.
His unit left the starship a week ago, and after landing, entered a state of leave. He, on the other hand, was thrown into the Zhongsi Academy by a transfer order to attend the advanced class.
Three days prior, his unit ended their leave and replenished over two thousand soldiers from the recruit camp, along with a set of equipment just transported from the Weixing City Arsenal, filling the losses from the battle at the starship.
Subsequently, the unit departed from their garrison and headed west of Revival City.
There, the 7th and 8th Divisions were confronting an army formed by the allied rebel settlements.
The newly added troops were meant to reinforce the 7th and 8th Divisions and to achieve crucial battlefield results in the shortest time period to end the hostilities.
Therefore, right after his course at the Zhongsi Academy ended, Leroy immediately took a vehicle, along with many other political commissars who were also going into battle, to a location on the secondary lines of the battlefield about one hundred thirty kilometers west of Revival City.