LPM Officer
LPM
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Officer |
| Name |  |  |  |
| LPR-05 | 36 | 3 |  |
The LPM's disastrous Li-era experiment with a flat rank structure was hastily rescinded not long after its implementation, and today's LPM officers are well-trained and often, at the more senior levels, graduates of either homegrown advanced schooling or exchange programs with the People's Liberation Army and other regional actors on good terms with the LPF.
Distinct from some other armed forces, the LPM typically has a "doubled up" leadership structure, in which both a commander and a deputy commander are present even at the small unit level, alongside more traditional cadre arrangments. In the present day, this scheme allows for enhanced coordination of drones and other emerging capabilities.
In many units far enough from the Popular Militia headquarters, the deputy commander is often quasi-officially designated as a one-man coordination officer, taking on the role of intelligence and drone director alongside his other duties.