Strengthening State Assemblies Marshal-at-Arms to Sergeant-at-Arms: A Call for Responsibility and Communication
The Peacekeeping Task Force (PKTF) plays a significant role in helping State Assemblies, Assembly Militia Pillar achieve validation for announcing it's standing and recognition within the Federation to the world as part of its own Fiduciary responsibility.
Despite PKTF's fairly significant, readily accessible information resources, ongoing and interactive training, and dedication to advocacy, two specific State Assemblies—one on the East Coast and the other spanning both sides of the Mississippi River—are still hampered by their own cultivated choice of sharing with themselves numerous bouts of misinformation.
It has been reported by their own sources that the issue lies with some among their Marshals-at-Arms offices who have been derelict in fulfilling their duty to conduct due diligence, spreading disinformation as if it were fact. Such behavior can lead to erroding the trust needed to maintain healthy decorum in their Assemblies and stands in the way of overall progress toward self-governance.
The Federation Fiduciary Office is well aware of these same self-inflicted, Assembly burdens. Such careless setbacks have now begun turning these same Assemblies into a bit of a punchline to jokes among other observers from other State Assemblies that face no such issues whatsoever. This embarrassment can be avoided with proper service training and accountability to ensure accurate information is shared. It is time to tackle these issues head-on, clarify PKTF’s purpose, yet again for these two up and coming Assemblies, and call for all responsible leadership among genuine peacekeepers that values communication and cooperation based on fact.
What PKTF Really Provides
PKTF offers three key services that enable State Assemblies to achieve Standing and resiliency toward Assembly Seatment:
1) Advocating for Safe State Border Defense
PKTF supports Assemblies in adopting firm defense positions, such as looking to successful examples similar to Switzerland's Canton system and other defense-only strategies that help support commitment to statewide safeguarding. This strategy emphasizes self-governance and resiliency at the community level, creating a platform for local autonomy while maintaining coordination with larger state and federal efforts.
2) Facilitating Interagency Collaboration
PKTF bridges communication gaps between State Assemblies, State of State law enforcement, and other entities. This includes advocating for natural resource management (e.g., water, food, seeds, machinery), emergency medical supply chains, safe route security, and cross-state logistical coordination during disasters. Examples include:
Radio Communications: Constructing secure networks via airways, rail systems, waterways, and interstate roadways.
Emergency Travel Coordination: Offering safe transportation for medical teams and supplies during emergencies.
3) Coordinating Emergency Operations Across States
PKTF acts as a communication hub during natural or manmade disasters. It facilitates coordination of neighboring states' resources to enable quick response and relief interventions. For instance:
Establishing heavy equipment repair teams for relief project recovery.
Supplying power generators or other vital resources to affected areas.
These services are not imposed by an external force but are implemented by members of each Assembly itself, showcasing the highest form of self-governance.
The Role of Internal Peacekeepers
Marshals-at-Arms are key components within their State General Assemblies as internal peacekeepers tasked with fostering trust, ensuring truthful information flow, and guiding their Assembly toward success. Unfortunately, misinformation—such as the false claim that PKTF is solely an "inspection" organization—has shown to be a careless, thoughtless, and gross neglect to service information causing unnecessary lack of trust creating senseless confusion that inhibits progress.
It is important to emphasize that PKTF does not exercise external control or supervision over State Assemblies. Instead:
The services provided by PKTF are intended to be performed by Assembly members themselves.
This represents the height of self-government: It is the people and tbose of the People who serve them within their Assembly—trained with the best resources available from the Federation—providing these services directly to their own communities.
Without an engaged set of members working together to bring PKTF’s services to their Assembly in an honest manner, these Assemblies will persist in flailing and delaying their own progress toward validation.
A Call for Action
The time is now for these confused Marshals-at-Arms to step up as responsible internal peacekeepers. Here’s what is encouraged as a - need to happen:
Obtain Proper Information from Reliable Sources: Marshals-at-Arms must directly communicate with PKTF staff or other Assemblies with operational PKTF-Assembly Liaisons rather than relying on unverifiable sources or ill-informed colleagues who do not have such same Liaisons.
Assign a PKTF-Assembly Liaison: Having a Liaison attend General Assembly meetings ensures proper information dissemination by providing direct answers to questions from a trusted source rather than perpetuating misinformation from outside influences.
Retire Practices that Foment False Information: Disseminating inaccuracies undermines faith in the Assembly and misguides members down false paths that stifle progress toward Standing and Seatment.
This Path Forward
PKTF embraces all proposals offered by the Federation to bolster community resiliency and state defense posture. By adopting these resources—modeled after successful systems like Switzerland's Canton governance, for example—State Assemblies can begin to foster self-reliance while enjoying strong inter-state cooperation.
It is not some - "external" "invading", as these two State Marshals-at-Arms have been persuaded somehow to think - outside force that will bring success—it is the honest, peaceful, and direct work of each Assembly's very own members working together toward Standing and Seatment.
Success is within reach; it is up to these Marshals-at-Arms to rise to the task, prioritize correct communication, and do what is right for their State Assembly before further embarrassment ensues due to avoidable setbacks.
And, as a last word of encouragement for those fast and loose internal peacekeepers who have done their part to perpetuate service inaccuracy about PKTF to your General Assembly - if Standing Validation and Seatment are what lies ahead of you as an Assembly, now or in the future, you might want to strongly consider advocating for those willing to help you with that from among your State Assembly members because - - and this cannot be stressed enough - - it will not be someone from outside your Assembly that will make that happen. It will be those from among you with the proper training and willingness to work together to make success a reality.
Always sincerely optimistic,
Joseph Hayse
Executive Director,
The Peacekeeping Task Force
