Forming fleets in EVE University

In order to maximize our fleet's effectiveness and take advantage of the fleet system's ability to allow multiple people to give out fleet invites, the proper method for forming a fleet is below.

1. Fleet Commander (Whoever is forming the fleet) right-clicks on his name and forms a fleet with himself. This puts him at FC, with one wing and one squad. He should then add 3-4 more squads to wing 1, then create a second wing to place scouts. (If fleet size is known to be larger, more wings should be created, typically with 3-4 squads each BEFORE others are invited, this allows squads to be properly numbered for the wings. The last wing made however should be the wing for scouts.
2. FC calls in alliance chat for people with leadership skills. For large fleets, start with Wing Commanders (WC) and smaller fleets Squad Commanders (SC). So you might put "Everyone with SC title or leadership 5 please put SC into alliance chat."
3. FC invites WC's and SC's to their proper positions, so that when each member joins, they will not require moving. This is done by right clicking on the name in alliance and highlighting invite to fleet and selecting the position you want to fill. Wing 1>Squad 1>Squad commander.
4. Once WC's and SC's are in place, fleet recruiting is turned over to them and the WC or FC should call for each role in turn. There are four roles in the fleet typically: Scouts (This should be called for first), Electronic Warfare (EW), Tacklers (T) and Damage (dam). WC's and SC's will then fill their squads from the available pilots while the FC coordinates with scouts and gathers intel.

Notice, there are no X's involved here and when you are called, you should put in your role followed by ship class. Example: EW - blackbird, T- rifter, Dam - Raven.

This method will allow a fleet to be formed very quickly, with balanced squads capable of independent action. FC's can also designate specialty squads as well, by telling that SC to take only certain ship types. This can be an EW squad, tackler Squad, or even a heavy squad of BC or battleships. Believe me, if people will watch and listen, this way is very fast and effective at building a fleet.

When you have returned with your fleet, you write down an After Action Report in the designated section on the forum [1]. In this AAR you mention:

1. The objective of your fleet and the operational area
2. An explanation of what happened during the fleet operation
3. You mention what you've learned during this experience.

ILN members should also add an entry in their patrol log.