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Around the same time, the 1st Armored Brigade, while still lacking in its actual armoured component, was being whipped into shape by [[Lucás Duinnius Carda|Carda]] and de Caryale. In following many of de Caryale's teachings, the brigade represented a quantum leap in Urcean military tactics; eschewing the tactics of the [[First Great War]] in favour of fast-paced maneuver warfare centred around concentrated combined arms strikes on premeditated enemy points, the brigade would seek to force a breakthrough which could then be exploited by its mobile forces to create encirclements and disrupt the rear areas of enemy forces. This set of tactics, known in Urcean parlance as "lightning war", proved highly effective in brigade-on-brigade exercises carried out in early 1926.

===Deputy Lord Marshal===

Due to his continued development of general military theory and progress made with the 1st Armored Brigade, de Caryale was granted the title "[[Ministry of the Armed Services (Urcea)|Deputy Lord Marshal]] for the Renovation of His Most Christian Majesty's Forces" on Feburary 7th, 1926. This completely changed de Caryale's authority in [[Urcea]], effectively changing his status from influential theorist to practical reformer overnight. [[Yonderian Defence Force]] leadership was not made aware of this until February 10th, at which time de Caryale was hurriedly and unceremoniously promoted to Colonel, receiving his promotion, new epaulettes and collar tabs by air mail on the 12th.<ref>de Caryale, Benno: ''The Royal and Imperial Army: From Brick to Marble'', [[Gabion University]], pg. 12-13. 1959</ref> As Deputy Lord Marshal, de Caryale soon set about reforming many aspects of the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] he found wanting. de Caryale's first course of action was tackling the issue of stagnation in the leadership of the Royal and Imperial Army; more than 25% of Lieutenants in the army were over the age of 40 and the average age of Majors was 48, many of which were deeply entrenched in the doctrinal thinking of the [[First Great War]]. de Caryale's solution was the retirement or redeployment of many senior officers to make way for younger ones to take their places. Not one to forget old grudges, de Caryale made sure Michael Galiená was redeployed as garrison commander of [[New Harren]], at the time considered a deadend backwater deployment.