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[terribleperson]

I would like a method to assign a current soldier dwarf to another squad as an instructor. They would continue to obey orders as normal and wear their original uniform. When the squad they have been seconded to does training, they would participate as an instructor. Otherwise, they would follow the schedule of the squad they are a member of. 

I've been trying to expand my military using my original legendary dwarves as instructors, and it seems like there should be a way to have dwarves instruct the new squads without having to be part of them.

[Criperum]

It seems excessive. It's a turn based game. You can create a squad for training and at any moment reassign the trainer back to battle squad

[Ninjabread]

Doesn't the champion noble already act as an instructor to all squads?

[Criperum]

No. AFAIK the leader of each squad is responsible for training sessions. Sparring is different and soldiers do it by their own.

[Ninjabread]

From the link to the wiki on my previous post

The Champion will lead combat demonstrations in barracks, much like a militia captain would

[terribleperson]

The champion sort of accomplishes what I want, but not completely. I'll try it out anyways.

I'll explain my use case, I guess? I have a squad of four legendary soldierdwarves. Three of them are from the first few years of the fort; the best of them is one of the original seven. I want to use them as a cadre to train up a more sizeable military, because four soldier dwarves tire out before they get through an entire siege. To do this, I would have to remove them from my existing squad and move them to my existing training squad. This moves them to another barracks and requires me to assign a second uniform (troublesome, since they're attached to stuff). The hero squad is also my first line of defense against werebeasts and the leading edge of sieges if my gate doesn't close in time. If I wanted to respond to a werebeast or berserk dwarf with my original squad, I would have to move them back and then wait for them to switch uniforms. I could individually order the teacher of each squad to respond to the threat, but they're not in their best uniform.

I do have an alternative suggestion, so I guess I'll go make a thread for that.

[anewaname]

If there was a barracks-level setting to allow a squad to be assigned as "instructors" at a barracks, that could be used to modify the behavior of the squad training orders for all squads that have active training at that barracks (one of the available "instructor" dwarfs might be dragged into each active training order that a squad has). But it seems like it would require a lot of work for something most players would use rarely. Currently, the orders list under the schedules page seems less used than it could be.

[terribleperson]

Setting a per-barracks instructor seems like a pretty handy way to handle it, maybe more sensibly than seconding soldiers to other squads. The ability to assign dwarves to zones already exists with performers, so it would make sense.