Please let me be first, please, please, please. (Edit: me dislikes Eroak)

Disclaimer: My knowledge has moon-crater sized holes in it, but just my 2 cents.

Locking squads - Only for specialities such as vehicles, assets or running a mobile squad of under 6 (usually 3) soldiers.

NOTE: More than one or two reduced-number locked squads will make your team less effective. These mobile sqauds are used to supplement the strengths of other, larger squads or to run behind enemy lines. Too many reduces effectiveness of your team as a whole. Usually they will be locked since the SL perhaps wants to try a certain manoeuvre which cannot be explained fully to a group of newcomers who may be uncertain of what to do.

Locking squads may also be acceptable if it is only to first invite some friends to the squad before opening it up to the rest of the team. 1-man locked squads are not acceptable on TG since it defeats the purpose of squadding up. Some IHS's have a slightly tweaked set of these rules, which are still in general-keeping with them, however newcomers to TG do not have the permission to do this.

Naming squads - Fun names are welcome, as long as it's nothing profane, explicit, racist, etc. However it may sometimes be useful to use this as a chance to let the rest of the team know where you're planning to go at the beginning of the round, and perhaps even stay there for the whole of he round, such as naming it after a flag you are going after. Asset squads should be called "Assets" or something similar to signify its role. Vehicle squads should be named after their chosen vehicle.

Speciality squads - Mentioned above.

Vehicle squads will stick to a particular vehicle for most of the game, although they are not necessarily forced to stay in this vehicle the entire round if they change their minds, however in this case, the vehicle squad should then be unlocked if it becomes a general infantry one.

Asset squads will have the aim to destroy enemy Commander assets, while in-keeping with UCB rules of enagagement if this is where they must go. (We need a UCB R.o.E. SOP)

Gunship / tank squads - These vehicle squads, along with walker-dedicated squads should follow the general rules of vehicle squads above.

learn TG squads - Formed to demonstrate to non-TG tagged players who are therefore perhaps unaware of TG, of our gameplay style and beliefs (teamwork, mutual respect, communication, playing for the benefit of the team, etc.)

SLs to teamspeak SL-SL channels - No idea, never used it.

Kit assigning from SL -

Originally Posted by Crux

1. Kit assignments. Know what you need to get the job done. Ask for volunteers for the specialist kits first, confirming people as they do so. Start with the less popular roles first (note: everyone wants to be support and carry a shotgun). EG
You: I need 2 engineers
Bob: I'll take one
You: Bob has one engineer kit. I need one more.
Silence
Jim: I'll go engineer
You: Jim is my second engineer. Now I need one support.
Eveyrone else in the squad: Pick me! Pick me! Pick me!
You: Billy is my support. Everyone else take assault kits please. Make sure you have your defib and either rockets or herzog.

Realised I'd read it yesterday when I saw the question . QFT.

Hold spawn - The action of deselecting all spawn points, and only spawning in to the place where your Squad Leader instructs you to, whenever your Squadleader instructs you. Although the tactical advantages of this may not be obvious to some newcomers (it wasn't to me), it's importance is often huge to any strategy.

SL initial fast movement to neutral flag - You obviously had something specific in mind when you put this down Silver, but I can't figure it out. The only thing I can think of is not spawning in on your SL immediately if he is going for a flag close to the frontline immediately on foot. Hold spawn, wait for the SL to say his sprint has run out, then the rest of the squad may spawn in on the Squadleader and use their sprint to further the distance covered by the squad in reduced time.


Mic check in squad - When entering a squad ask for a reading on both your loudness and clearness of speech. (The old SOP was very good on this point so I won't go on, I think that one is more than functional enough)


Next is the rest of Crux's SL guide on Pre-round tactics, highly relevant in this situation and very informative:

Originally Posted by Crux

Pre-Round

Your job starts the moment you create a squad. You should know the map, and have an idea of what role you want your squad to be playing, at least initially. Create your squad, and get some people into it! I recommend you don't start giving orders until your squad is at least 3/4 full. At this point a Commander should be appointed. Quickly identify to him which squad you are and what you want to do. Chances are he'll say 'ok' but he might ask you to do something else instead. The good news is, because you were patient, you now only have to communicate things to your squad once...




...2. Explain your expectations. It doesn't matter where you're going or what you're doing if the people in your squad either don't follow your orders or don't know what they're supposed to be doing in general. As funny as this may sound, you often have to explicitly tell your assault kit users that their primary job is to keep everyone alive through use of their defib. Explain to your engineers and support whether you want them up front or hanging back in general when you move. Also at this point if anyone asked if they could take recon or support after being told to take something else, I'll make a point of explaining I expect all orders to be followed or they would be kicked from my squad and reported to an admin for rule violation.

3. Explain the short-term goal. Start with whether or not you want people spawning in right away. Then tell them which flag you're going to and how you plan on getting there. If there's anything special you plan on doing when you arrive, explain it. For example:
You: Once we get to power station I Joe (who has an assault kit) to hold back off the flag for revives. Everyone else get into cap radius. I'll hold back close to Joe behind cover so you all can spawn on me if we don't get the flag