History PlayingWith / MildlyMilitary

* '''Played For Drama''': The ForeverWar has resulted in lax discipline in an attempt to keep up morale. But this has a negative impact on performance, which further ruins morale. Someone has to break the cycle but at the same time,

** Bravo Squad is an elite special forces squad so they get a little more leeway when it comes to regulations - or they're outright trained to regard themselves as separate from and better than the rest of the Army.

** Bravo Squad is from the Air Force, which by its nature is lax in terms of regulations.

* '''Implied''': The soldiers on the base have somewhat sloppy dress uniforms.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Everyone in the Troperia Army from the lowliest private to the highest ranked general goes by their first names and can get away with gross breaches in protocol.

* '''Lampshaded''':
** "Gee, the Bravo Squad doesn't seem to be very professional for a group of elite soldiers."
** Pvt. Jones routinely calls Bravo Commander [[EmbarrassingNickname "Slappy".]]

** Bravo Squad's constant flouting of protocol is tolerated because their unorthodox methods get results.

** The civilian group is run a lol like an army — complete with ranks, uniform, ''extremely'' strict protocol, hierarchy and discipline.

** The civilian company Troperia Electronics Inc. is run more like an army — complete with saluting, ranks, uniform, ''extremely'' strict protocol, hierarchy and discipline.

'''Basic Trope''': A military organization with very lax discipline and rules of hierarchy

** Bravo Squad is from the Air Force.

** Pvt. Jones routinely calls Bravo Commander [[EmbarrassingNickname "Slappy".]]

* '''Lampshaded''': "Gee, the Bravo Squad doesn't seem to be very professional for a group of elite soldiers."

** The workers of the civilian company Troperia Electronics Inc. wear military-like uniforms and use military titles. And discipline is very strict.

* '''Exploited''': [[MisfitMobilizationMoment The platoon leader assigns Bravo Squad]] to duties befitting a RagtagBunchOfMisfits, often letting them conduct unconventional operations or letting them do their own thing. After all, they tend to surprise the enemy as much as they surprise their commanders.

* '''Subverted''': When Bravo Squad is first met, they are very loose and informal. But when they enter combat, they lose their informal attitude.

* '''Averted''': Bravo Squad has a strict emphasis on discipline.

* '''Exploited''': The platoon leader assigns Bravo Squad to duties befitting a RagtagBunchOfMisfits, often letting them conduct unconventional operations or letting them do their own thing. After all, they tend to surprise the enemy as much as they surprise their commanders.

* '''Downplayed''': Bravo Squad is filled with veterans, and is slightly lax with protocol compared to others because they are all used to fighting with one another, and [[TrueCompanions very close.]]

* '''Downplayed''': Bravo Squad is filled with veterans, and is slightly lax with protocol compared to others because they are all used to fighting with one another, and [[Nakama very close.]]

* '''Exploited''': The platoon leader assigns Bravo Squad to duties befitting a RagtagBunchOfMisfits, often letting them conduct unconventional operations or letting them do their own thing. After all, they tend to surprise the enemy as much as they do him.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

** Bravo Squad is an elite special forces squad so they get a little more leeway when it comes to regulations.

* '''Double Subverted''': Bravo Squad acts professional for the sake of appearances when inspected

* '''Lampshaded''': "Gee, the Bravo Squad doesn't seem to be very professional for a group of elite soldiers".
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': "Ugh, we really need to teach the soldiers of Bravo Squad some discipline".

* '''Conversed''': ???

* '''Justified''': Bravo Squad is an elite special forces squad so they get a little more leeway when it comes to regulations.

* '''Inverted''': The workers of the civilian company Troperia Electronics Inc. wear military-like uniforms and use military titles. And discipline is very strict.

* '''Deconstructed''': Bravo Squad gets their ass handed to them during their first real battle due to their total lack of discipline.
** Bravo Squad becomes the laughingstock of the Troperia Army and the public because of their lack of discipline.
* '''Reconstructed''': The lack of discipline leads to a disastrous defeat, but they partially redeem themselves because their focus on individual initiative and loose organization make them surprisingly good at guerilla warfare.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Gee, the Bravo Squad doesn't seem to be very professional for a group of elite soldiers."

* '''Defied''': "Ugh, we really need to teach the soldiers of Bravo Squad some discipline."

* '''Played For Laughs:''' ???
* '''Played For Drama:''' ???

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* '''Inverted''': The workers of the civilian company Troperia Electronics Inc. wear military style uniforms and use military style titles. And discipline is very strict.

* '''Inverted''': The workers of the company Troperia Electronics Inc. wear military-like uniforms and use military-like titles. And discipline is very strict.

* '''Enforced''': ???

* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': The workers of the company Troperia Electronics In. wear military-like uniforms and use military-like titles. And discipline is very strict.