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operational hours are sky-high! Monday, 18 August 2008 | 7:05:00 a.m. | General |
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| USEC Pilots have flown an excellent 175 hours in the last 10 days, making the build up for this Operation possibly a record high for Unity Security Force. Senior Staff are said to be extremely pleased with the slick operational tempo that is being sustained, with an air bridge between Edwards AFB and Anchorage International Airport now in effect for this 24/7 operation on our FSHOST multiplayer server, hosted by  Raymond Rayskji Brown. The Director Air Forces is quoted as having said, "I am extremely proud of my Pilots here at USEC, some fresh out of training but still keeping up and others old hands, but still willing and able, a testament to the teamwork and dedication felt by all here at USEC!" With this much effort being put in to the build-up of the Operation, we can't wait to report back the stats for the actual Operation. |
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Blake promoted to Colonel Thursday, 22 May 2008 | 11:14:00 p.m. | General |
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 Trent TheKaing Blake has been promoted to Colonel with the following citation: "LTCOL Blake is as close to a Virtual "War Hero" as someone can come at USEC. His impressive operational tempo, spanning across four deployments, is matched only by the dedication and commitment that he applied while being CO501. During his reign, we have seen UX501 grow into one of the key units at USEC. His efforts operationally have seen him awarded the Flying Cross, and the Force Cross, while his efforts generally over the last twelve months have also earned him the Distinguished Service Medal. He has one of the highest participation rates in Ground Force operations, with 82 missions under his belt, and is no stranger to flying having built up over 20 hours of pilot in command. Much of his combat flying has not received flight credit, so this figure is no doubt much bigger. Promotion to Colonel is an extreme honor at USEC, and it is indeed one that is well earned in this case. Well done Colonel Blake." |
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Force gets a theme song Wednesday, 14 May 2008 | 11:35:00 p.m. | General |
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| The creator of the USEC Theme Song, "Coming to get ya" that is being used by the Force has earned the creator a Gold Star. It was awarded with the following citation: "LT Söderqvist created USEC its very own theme song, "Coming to get ya", that enbodies what USEC is about and what it means to be a member of the group. The quality and scope of the song is outstanding, and I still get a shiver of excitement every time I hear the song. This is an outstanding contribution to the community, from an outstanding member. The creation of this song puts USEC into a diffirent league compared to other gaming groups, as it now has its own high quality theme song. Well done LT Söderqvist, you have earned this Gold Star - and I am sure anyone else who has logged in to USEC Revolutions recently will agree with me." |
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Brown awarded Combat Cross Tuesday, 13 May 2008 | 9:34:00 p.m. | General |
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| CAPT Brown, Combat Cross. During the first 24 hours of OP GREEN FIELD, CAPT Brown provided exceptional support to the operation as a sniper. In particular, his efforts both protecting the city prior to Base Alpha being lost, and his efforts moving into an observer position above the city behind the enemy after it had been lost, demonstrated significant skill on his part in his role as a sniper and recon. DUring the recapture of the city with LTCOL Blake in armoured vehicles, CAPT Brown showed outstanding courage, commitment, and skill, in recapturing the city. After the city fell again the next day, CAPT Brown commanded an AI squad in a Stryker on an assault of Bagango, around midnight, with LTGEN Hall, with an attempt to recapture the base again. During this raid Halls entire team was whiped out, and he became pinned in a small depression to the south of Bagango as the enemy pressed forward to his position in great numbers. Despite the gravity and difficulty of the situation, CAPT Brown remained calm and took out a series of enemy before rescuing Hall, and proceeding out of the hot-zone. For the rest of the operation CAPT Brown has shown leadership, skill, and unheard of levels of committment to the operation, including fencing the entire city of Bagango. This is the first ever award of the Combat Cross, and I cannot think of a finer example of what this medal was struck to recognize. CAPT Brown is hereby awarded the first Combat Cross for his efforts in recapturing Bagango, protecting LTGEN Hall during a city assault, and his further efforts securing the base during the following week. | |
Revolution Facility in full swing Thursday, 1 May 2008 | 11:52:00 p.m. | General |
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The Revolutions Training Facility has been given the green light by UCOM for active operations, with tonights test of the facility passing with flying colours, or more specifically, the USEC C130 Hercules. LTCOL Trent Blake piloted the brand new C130s, providing supply drops for local USEC Forces that practiced the establishment of Bases in the field. Also practiced was engaging enemy targets and completing SAR missions. The exercise was classed as a huge success, and preparations are under way for the first USEC operation in Armed Assault that uses the Revolution Training Facility, including the new C130s.  |
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Blake awarded Distinguished Service Medal Tuesday, 15 April 2008 | 3:39:00 p.m. | General |
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Lieutenant Colonel Trent Blake has been awarded the DSM with the following citation: "There is no disputing the fact that LTCOL Blake is an outstanding leader, officer, and soldier here at USEC. His efforts have ensured that UX501 is one of the finest units here at USEC consistently throughout his time both as a Platoon Commander, as the XO, and finally as the CO. He is a veteran of 76 combat missions both as a pilot and soldier, with tours of duty spanning across three Operations including Op Firefly, Op Sunbeam, and Op Orange Dawn. His skills as a Pilot earned him the Force Cross. LTCOL Blake is a true asset to USEC and his 12 month career so far brings together a model officer for anyone following in his footsteps." |
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2000th Flight Mission filed Monday, 14 April 2008 | 9:24:00 a.m. | General |
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| USEC today celebrated the 2000th flight mission being scheduled, with the official 2000th PIREP being Pilot Report 2001 by COL Lassahn flying supplies from KEDW to KMIB. Well done to all USEC personnel on this achievement! | |
Hull awarded Leadership Cross Monday, 7 April 2008 | 2:19:00 p.m. | General |
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A new medal, the Leadership Cross, has been struck and awarded to MAJOR James Hull for his efforts recently in Combat Mission 188. The Leadership Cross was instituted on 7 April 2008 to recognise outstanding leadership by members of the Force in an Operational context. Award of this medal is made to members who demonstrate outstanding leadership in an operational or non-operational mission for the Force. In order to qualify for this award, the mission must be conducted online as part of a sanctioned Force operation or non-operational mission with a filed Combat Report. The Leadership Cross The medal was awarded with the following citation: "During Combat Mission 188, MAJ James Hull commanded a small squad of soldiers through a non-operational mission on the USEC server. After being given tactical command on on-ground operations by LTGEN Hall, who was in the air and unable to assess the situation on the ground, MAJ Hull proceeded to calmly and successfully lead his team into the town of Eponia despite significant resistence and at least two ambushes. MAJ Hulls leadership is a credit to himself, and was a key factor in the success and enjoyment of the mission by all." |
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USEC celebrates sixth birthday Wednesday, 2 April 2008 | 2:13:00 a.m. | General |
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| USEC was opened on 1 April 2002, making this their 7th operating year and their 6th birthday. USEC Chief of Staff, LTGEN Dean Hall, said in a statement, "I am thrilled to see this community thriving with activity and look forward to the future of USEC as a main contender in the realism gaming community". With many new features set to roll out over the coming year, this could possibly be the most exciting and successful year yet and Unity Command thanks all of our members wholeheartedly for their effort in the community - without which, we wouldn't exist in the first place! |
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UFA tops activity for March 08 Monday, 31 March 2008 | 8:56:00 a.m. | General |
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| The Unity Flight Academy topped activity for March 2008, with their aircraft flying just under one hundred hours. UX302 came in a close second this month, with just over eighty hours being flown. At a glance:
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Mason awarded the Gold Star Tuesday, 25 March 2008 | 9:36:00 p.m. | General |
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Colonel Lyndon Mason has been awarded the Gold Star with the following citation: "COL Mason has been the Director of Recruiting for some time now, as well as the Director of the Unity Flight Academy. In his duties he has done an outstanding job of processing a massive number of recruits. He is the face of USEC and is always presenting a professional and skilled view to the public. His efforts have had a major impact on the future and operation of USEC, directly ensuring that we have the talent and skilled members to take us into the future like never before." |
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Force Achievement Star Announced Thursday, 20 March 2008 | 4:10:00 p.m. | General |
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A new medal, the Force Achievement Star, has been announced by UCOM. The medal was struck to recognise significant achievement by members of the Force. Award of this medal is made to members who, in the eyes of command, have made a significant achievement whilest in service of the Force. In order to qualify the act must be considered as representing an exceptional achievement for the individual concerned, at that time and place. The Force Achievement Star |
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Slaven awarded the DSM Thursday, 20 March 2008 | 9:08:00 a.m. | General |
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| Major Bruce "Enforcer" Slaven has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal with the following citation: "MAJ Slaven has served the Force with a level of distinction and professionalism seldom seen in officers here. He has consistently volunteered for assignments, including the difficult assignment of Inspector General. His operation experience extends over three USEC operations, and he has completed over 350 hours flying time in his year of service. He completed over 100 hours in Operation Firefly alone for which he was awarded a citation. Well done on an outstanding year of service Major Slaven." |
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Guardian Medal Announced Tuesday, 18 March 2008 | 7:45:00 p.m. | General |
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| A new medal has been struck, the Guardian Medal, and awarded to two key staff members who ensured the recent and unplanned server transfer went without a great deal of service interruption. The Guardian Medal is the highest medal that can be awarded to a Force member for an act in support or service of the Force, and is to be awarded for acts demonstrating heroic service, dedication, and commitment, to the Force in times of crisis or disruption.  The Guardian Medal The medal has been awarded to LTGEN Dean Hall and MAJGEN Paul Tutty for their valiant efforts with restoring the USEC webserver and forums at a time when USEC was without a website. The USEC Website was cancelled after a complaint was laid with the hosting company, giving only 48 hours for USEC to find a new website. Both general spent their nights and days working to ensure that the website was back to being operational, and have shown truely heroic service at a time when USEC needed support most. |
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Website Server Move Monday, 17 March 2008 | 1:19:00 p.m. | General |
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| USEC recently moved to a new server, after the raising of a Better Business Buearu Complaint against the previous hosters, DynamicHosting.biz (Norex Limited). In response to our complaint, DynamicHosting decided to immediately terminate our account and gave us 48 hours notice to move our server. We have now moved to a Virtual Private Server environment locally in New Zealand, and are pursuing our BBB complaint against the previous hosting company. | |
Quick awarded Distinguished Service Medal Saturday, 23 February 2008 | 10:14:37 a.m. | General |
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| Dustin red175 Quick has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal with the following citation: "MAJ Quick has been keenly involved in USEC throughout the previous twelve months. His service as seen him perform as both a senior enlisted member, and a Unit Commander. He has taken the reigns of a new unit at USEC, and been involved in three Operations at USEC. His performance has been beyond reproach through the last twelve months, and as such, he is awarded the Distinguished Service Medal." |
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Lassahn promoted to Colonel Tuesday, 19 February 2008 | 6:03:09 a.m. | General |
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 Lloyd Ranger95 Lassahn has been promoted to Full Colonel with the following citation:"LTCOL Lassahn is a USEC Veteran with operational experience over four USEC operations. His continued and unwavering service over the previous twelve months earned him his Distinguished Service medal, Meritous Unit Citation, and the Chief of Staff citation among many other honours. As XO302 he has performed superbly and his efforts have secured the unit as one of the most consistently operating units at USEC. Lassahn has been appointed CO302. Well done Colonel Lassahn, a well deserved promotion." |
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New Mission Booking System Tuesday, 19 February 2008 | 2:27:37 a.m. | General |
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| USEC has released its brand new mission booking system, now allowing commanders to create unassigned missions that any member can then accept and take on. This has been bundled with the new Logistics system that can track the movement of fuel and logistic supplies around the globe. To see missions that are available, visit the Operations Directorate while you are logged in to the USEC site. |
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PTG Welcomes UXS Masters and Mason Friday, 15 February 2008 | 8:52:55 a.m. | General |
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Today the Pacific Task Group welcomed two new vessels to service, one is a retired Battlship, the UXS Masters, which was named after the former Deputy Chief of Staff BGEN Kyle Masters who stepped down earlier this year due to work commitments with the Armed Forces in real-life. Masters has made a significant contribution to USEC and therefore it seemed fitting to name the USEC Battleship after him. The UXS Masters has the designation B902, and is currently docked at San Diego NAS (SDNS). The second ship is the UXS Mason, which was struck in commemoration of COL Lyndon Mason who is a longtime USEC (and Unity) member and the current Director of Training and Recruiting. The UXS Mason has the designation A907 and is located at San Diego NAS (SDNS).  |
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Rübenach receives upgraded award Monday, 28 January 2008 | 1:05:17 a.m. | General |
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| In an unprecendented move, the award of a medal has been withdrawn and replaced with a more prestegious medal - only the second award of a Gallantry medal in the history of Unity, and the first time it has been awarded for actions during a combat engagement in the face of an enemy. CAPT Rubenach was awarded the Force Cross for his efforts in a mission on 22 May 2007 during Operation Firefly. The question was raised at the time of nomination if he should be awarded the Flying or Combat Cross due to the courage displayed in his actions. Over the next six months, three reviews were conducted by the Director of Personnel, the Deputy Chief of Staff, and most recently by the Inspector General. The final outcome was announced this morning by the Chief of Staff, LTGEN Hall. "Upon recommendation of the Inspector General, Major Bruce Slaven, I am removing the award of the Force Cross for the actions of Captain Rubenach and replacing it with the Flying Cross with effect 28 January 2008", said Hall this morning. "This brings closure to six months worth of reviews into what is undoubtably the most unusual award nomination circumstances that have ever been received by the USEC executive - being the award of a Flying Gallantry medal to a soldier."  Hall noted that the award has now been replaced, but that a full report would be released by the Inspector General within the next few days. "I was there" recalled Hall, "It was the most gutsy action I have ever seen on the Battlefield here at USEC." The report, which has not yet been made public, recalls the inspection of the aircraft after it landed indicating it was "shot too shreds" and had only "one bar of fuel left, due to a major fuel leak". It is not believed that the report criticizes any of the staff involved in the award of the original Force Cross, "This was always going to be a tough case to decide the decoration that was appropriate, thats why we have a review process, and thats why its taken so long". |
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Lassahn awarded the Distinguished Service Medal Friday, 25 January 2008 | 12:14:53 p.m. | General |
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| Lloyd Ranger95 Lassahn has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal with the following citation: "LTCOL Lassahn is without a doubt one of the finest officers USEC has. His career has now spanned just short of twelve months, and in this time he has amassed over one hundred pilot-in-command flight hours, and six ground combat missions one of which was in an operation. Lassahns operation history includes tours across three operations including Sunbeam, Firefly, and most recently Orange Dawn. He has continually gone beyond the call of duty to be involved, and handled his responsibilities as both an officer and a serviceman with a level head and plenty of eagerness. He has set a fine example for everyone with his participation in operations, training, and on the forums as well. Outstanding work and a well deserved award of the Distinguished Service Medal." |
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Tutty New Deputy Chief of Staff Thursday, 24 January 2008 | 5:11:37 a.m. | General |
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| With the departure of Brigadier General Masters on a real world deployment, General Paul Tutty has been acting in the capacity for the last few weeks and today the Chief of Staff formally appointed Tutty as the Deputy Chief of Staff and promoted him to Major General. Tutty will retain his current appointment as Commander Air Forces, but a replacement is required for his CO108 position. He was promoted with the following citation: "General Tutty has been doing an outstanding job as the first Commander Air Forces, and most recently as the Acting Deputy Chief of Staff. Not having much time to prepare for the role of DCoS, due to the rapid departure of the DCoS on a real-world deployment, Paul has made considerable gains in a number of areas of USEC activity. In particular, his real world experience combined with experience running previous USEC operations have been instrumental in getting the latest USEC operation (ORANGE DAWN) off the ground. It is my great pleasure to formalize the appointment of General Tutty to the Deputy Chief of Staff Role. Well done Major General Tutty." |
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Rübenach returns to service Saturday, 19 January 2008 | 7:09:12 a.m. | General |
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| Dan Rübenach, recently a retired officer of USEC, has returned to active service. When asked about his speedy return, he said 'Well, I wasn't planning to return for another few months. I had originally returned just to fill in for our administrators whilst they were on leave during the festive break, but I feel such a strong sense of belonging to this place that I just had to return!' Rübenach has been recommissioned at the rank of Captain and reinserted as Chief Instructor UCA, which is now officially called Director Combat Academy. When queried about the UCA Course Curriculum, he said 'I cannot reveal much at this time, but I can say we are looking at about a ten-page document which works directly with the USEC Manual of Ground Training'. When asked about who he has been working with, he replied 'I have been working very closely with BGEN Tutty. I have been absorbing all the information I can get from this man, I would also thank to thank him greatly for his assistance'. Welcome back Captain Rübenach! |
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Mason promoted to Full Colonel Tuesday, 4 December 2007 | 5:18:19 a.m. | General |
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LTCOL Lyndon Mason has been promoted to Colonel with the following citation: "LTCOL Mason has done an outstanding job in his role as the Director of the UFA, as well as continuing to support UCOM recruiting initiatives and general work making USEC a better place. His efforts have the direct result, alongside the hard work of many others, in bringing a whole new generation of Pilots and Soldiers into USEC. Well done LTCOL Mason, we are very proud to give you this promotion. Excellent work Colonel Mason." |
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Farewell mentors, Welcome Texans. Thursday, 29 November 2007 | 10:17:26 a.m. | General |
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| MIRAMAR MCAS — In a ceremony today that reminded guests of why it was retired, the UFA holstered the T-34C Mentor. Maintenance costs, lack of avionics and its replacement, the T-6 Texan II, is more versatile and cheaper to maintain. The 6 Aircraft T-34C with the following IDs # *90006 *90007 *90008 *90009 Will be all remembered in our hearts. Farewell mentors. And in the same ceremony the new T-6 Texan II, USEC ID# 90017 was present and introduced in the United Flight Academy and was flown by: UX-108 "Weagles" CO,  Paul tutmeister Tutty. showing a new era in the USEC.Welcome Texans. |
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Tutty promoted to Brigadier General Tuesday, 20 November 2007 | 7:59:13 a.m. | General |
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Earlier today, *IceMotoboy* announced the promotion of Colonel Paul Tutty to the General ranks and appointment as the Commander Air Forces. Brigadier General Tutty will retain his position as CO108 until a suitable replacement can be found. Hall provided the following citation for the promotion: Colonel Tutty is a true USEC Veteran and decorated hero. His serviced with the original USEC, back in 2002, earned him significant status prior to his real world military commitments. His recent tour with USEC has seen him active across three USEC operations including most recently as the OPCOM of Operation Sunbeam. He has received many decorations for what is an extremely impressive service history, with the common theme of an unrelenting commitment to making USEC a better place, and providing an environment for people of all levels to learn. While the majority of his service career has been spent in UX108, he has been involved in many operations and projects that span across unit areas. His time as CO108 has seen the unit as one of the most active and well regarded units within USEC. UX108 has become a legend in its near five years of history, with COL Tutty being involved in at least 2 of those years. It will be for many, then, that it is no surprise that COL Tutty has been recommended for promotion to the General ranks. And it will also surprise few that it was not a difficult decision for me to approve this. Today we honour a USEC legend with admission to the General ranks, only the second such person I have personally given my approval to ascend to the rank. Congratulations, Brigadier General Tutty, the new Commander Air Forces. |
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Flight Academy acquires updated basic trainer Thursday, 15 November 2007 | 2:25:54 a.m. | General |
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| Unity Flight Academy today acquired 6 brand new Cessna 172SP training aircraft at a total cost of US$1.16m. They will augment its current fleet of trainers. The 172SPs will be based at Miramar (KNKX) along with the other trainers - T-34B Mentors and T-45 Goshawk. UFA Director, Lyndon maceotago Mason was said to be "very happy at the latest addition to our stable, this will provide a good, solid platform for our student pilots and will allow us to graciously decommission our T-34B's, as they are nearing the end of their lifespan".The 172SP's will be used by UFA candidates as they undertake Basic Flight training. The addition of the Cessna 172, which is native to all Microsoft Flight Simulator versions will allow users to get a taste of the USEC Virtual Military without having to download and install additional content. |
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USEC Wiki opens it's doors Wednesday, 31 October 2007 | 8:22:09 a.m. | General |
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| USEC, you are all hereby invited to register at our Wiki. For those that don't know, a wiki is a web page that can be modified by anyone and this suits a knowledgebase just great, as we can all join in and modify the wiki's content to be of use to us all. The primary use of the wiki is to hold all documentation with information that we are required to know as members of USEC, such as the standing orders, the SOP's, the flight manual, etc. and of course, learning material. A few members have spent a lot of spare time getting the articles up there, but now it is ready for the masses to join in. A few ground rules are required to ensure we don't overwrite each others hard work. a./ New articles may be added without permission, if they are of interest to USEC as a whole. b./ Existing articles may be changed without permission to ensure grammatical correctness and punctuality. c./Existing content may not be changed straight away. Each page has a link at the bottom to discussion. Each article has it's own discussion page and if you voice your opinion in the discussion area, as to what needs to be changed, we can make a collective decision and so avoid unnecessary work. Any questions can be directed to Paul tutmeister Tutty initially, and I will soon have some of the more active members of the wiki registered as admins to help out too. Paul tutmeister Tutty |
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PTG set sail for San Francisco Friday, 19 October 2007 | 8:46:25 a.m. | General |
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| After a six month break at Hua Lien (LDSQ), the Pacific Task Group are setting sail for their home port of San Francisco. Both the UXS Shook and Robarts (cargo ships) will depart six hours before the UXS Unity (destroyer) as the UXS is still refitting for the journery. This will mark the first time the fleet has been in their home port. The progress of the ships can be tracked realtime by visiting the Ships section under Assets in the main menu. The UXS Unity travels slightly faster (30 knots) and will arrive in San Francisco on the 28 October, with both Shook and Robarts arriving two days later on the 30th. |
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Holmberg awarded Meritous Service Medal Friday, 19 October 2007 | 8:25:37 a.m. | General |
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| Trenton Colonelnj10 Holmberg has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal with the following citation: "CPL Holmberg is a longtime member of USEC, while he has not been able to participate to a major degree in flying operations he has remained active within the organization and made a contribution to the community through good times and bad within USEC. This dedication and commitment is worthy of mention as when many would get bored, CPL Holmberg stayed committed and stuck with USEC through these times. It is unusual for this medal to be awarded to long serving members without significant operational background, however CPL Holmbergs service is in itself unusual, and therefore it should be no surprise that this award has been made. Well done CPL Holmberg." |
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Major Personnel Changes Monday, 15 October 2007 | 7:04:06 a.m. | General |
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| Rubenach Honorable Discharge approved Dan Celtica Rübenach has received an honorable discharge, at his own request, as he is unable to continue at USEC due to school commitments. Dan has been a huge help at both an executive and membership level, and his efforts and humour will not be forgotten. Dan has mentioned that he intends to return to USEC, be it in a few months or years and we look forward to that. When time permits, he will call in to see how we are doing. Mason appointed Director Flight Academy *Mason* has taken over the appointment of running the Flight Academy. Due to organizational and process problems, we have found it very difficult to run our flight training programme effectively. Hopefully we will be able to turn this around. Blake promoted Major, appointed CO501 Trent TheKaing Blake has been promoted to Captain with the following citation:CAPT Blake has served as the Executive Officer for some months now under LTCOL Mason. During this time he has performed not only his executive and administrative duties, but also participating in both Flight Simulator X and Armed Assault missions. He is promoted to Major and takes up the appointment of CO501, the unit he has served in for the last eight months. We wish him all the best! Quick promoted to Captain, appointed CO503 Dustin red175 Quick has been promoted to Captain with the following citation:Dustin took on the difficult role at the UFA, performing well, and has taken the opportunity to command the reopening of UX503 as a strategic bomber unit. Well done CAPT Quick, we look forward to your progress as CO of this new unit. Poulsen steps down as COPTG  Paul Yoda Poulsen has been decommissioned at his own request, to return to standard membership after a TOD as COPTG. We thank Paul for his hard work, and wish him well with his return to the membership.Silver returns to Duty Nick Burly Silver has returned to Duty, and we are very glad to have him back! Please give him the warmest welcome. |
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Mason celebrates 2 years service Friday, 7 September 2007 | 10:51:44 a.m. | General |
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| LTCOL Lyndon Mason was recently awarded his 2 year service ribbon. His service actually extends well back from 2 years, as currently service is only calculated from the reopening of USEC. Lyndon has previously served with both the old USEC and Unity, dating back to its creation in 2001. Lyndon was also heavily involved in SouthEast Airlines which was the precusor to Unity back in the late ninties. | |
Tutty promoted to Colonel Sunday, 2 September 2007 | 8:42:30 a.m. | General |
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| A long term member, Paul Tutty, has been promoted to Full Colonel with the following citation: "LTCOL Tutty was one of the original crew at USEC prior to real world commitments preventing him for continuing. Since returning to USEC he has not only provided a huge amount of real-world advice, mentorship, leadership, and general motivation for members - but he has also participated as a gamer and in the community on the forums. LTCOL Tutty has been an excellent staff officer as well, taking it into his own hands to develop a new UFA training programme. I am sure that everyone at USEC will agree that LTCOL Tutty is exceptionally deserving of his promotion to Full Colonel. Well done COL Tutty." |
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SGTMAJ Ozzy awarded the Force Cross Friday, 24 August 2007 | 10:52:09 a.m. | General |
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*Rexter* has been awarded the Force Cross with the following citation: For his role in leading the group onto the Rooftop during Operation Sunbeam Mission 148, *Rexter* was awarded the Force Cross. The SGTMAJ lead the team bravely onto the rooftop, and demonstrated exceptional teamwork and a cool head. While all members of his team were critically injuried due to an explosives accident, the mission was completed. |
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FSX Dedicated Server Operational Thursday, 23 August 2007 | 4:21:45 a.m. | General |
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| The USEC Flight Simulator X Server is now fully operational. For users to login to it, all the need to do is to login to the Flight Simulator X multiplayer area and search for the USEC Dedicated Server. The server will only be operational on average 20 hours each day. | |
Operation Sunbeam Commences Thursday, 9 August 2007 | 3:08:56 a.m. | General |
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| The next USEC deployment, Operation Sunbeam, has commenced with UX302 deploying aircraft into Taiwan for the pending ground mission by UX501 and UX511 personnel. USEC has been requested to provide a Service Protected Evacuation of local civillians due to invading enemy forces. | |
Operation Sunbeam pre deployment order (48 hrs) Saturday, 21 July 2007 | 6:05:49 a.m. | General |
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| *S* Good Morning, Refrence the above, PTG have been tasked with the transport of equipment and supplies in support of the deployment. The Unity will be jioning us in country a few days after arrival. Please ensure that both you ships and yourselves are ready and in top condition. The expected length of the operation is 30 days plus, I will be setting tasks for ship movements etc during the operation. Further information on loction of the operations and taskings will be given in country. Good luck Lt P Poulsen |
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UX-108 reaches 1000 hours. Thursday, 19 July 2007 | 4:06:47 a.m. | General |
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| A historical mark was reached today by UX-108 Wet Eagles. On a dreary summers day, a lone F/A-18 took of from San Diego en route to the USS Ronald Reagan for a routine training sortie. Two thirds of the way in, as the aircraft finished the Carrier Operations and was cruising ashore, the pilot, Paul tutmeister Tutty, looked down and noted the time. So at 1354 hrs Zulu on the 19th of July 2007, UX-108 reached the hallmark of 1000 hours of flight time. On returning to their home base of Edwards AFB, Paul tutmeister Tutty was said to be "thrilled" at his Squadrons achievement and vowed to "continue to strive for a work hard, play hard environment in which people are proud to serve". UX-108 is currently recruiting pilots for upcoming Operations. |
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Hall Promoted To Lieutenant General Thursday, 19 July 2007 | 3:10:18 a.m. | General |
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| In a ceremony today, USEC Chief of Staff Dean MH Hall was awarded the rank of Lieutenant General. This is the first time that a member of USEC has been awarded the rank, and it is the highest rank ever held by a USEC member. LTGEN Hall was given the promotion with the following citation:
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Operation Sunbeam to commence in August Monday, 16 July 2007 | 3:36:29 a.m. | General |
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| The next operation has been confirmed today, slated to begin in mid August *IceMotoboy* confirmed today. "I can confirm that USEC has received a request for assistance in an operation and that I have signed an agreement confirming our involvement" said Hall. Planning is commencing to organize the Operation with the exact movement date classified to ensure the security of USEC forces. The deployment will involve the full compliment of USEC forces including Maritime, Land, and Air. An operation order will be released on the forums. |
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abscence Sunday, 8 July 2007 | 10:19:27 a.m. | General |
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| Hey Guys, I want to apologize for my recent and over extended abscence. I almost forgot about things, however I did manage to pull my head out of my rear and get things back together. Hopefully we'll be seeing more of each other in the coming months. |
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LT Rubenach awarded the Gold Star Wednesday, 20 June 2007 | 7:59:33 a.m. | General |
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Dan Celtica Rübenach has been awarded the Gold Star with the following citation: "LT Rubenach has been doing an absolutely huge amount of work for me behind the scenes, that most members will not be aware of. Single-handedly, he has been processing every recruit application with a diligence that not even I have been able to maintain. He has also taken a lead role in the forums. These efforts have freed myself (and others) up in order to be able to push USEC forward further. Without his assistance, I would not be able to further the variety of projects we have underway." |
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UX302 given green light to relocate Wednesday, 20 June 2007 | 2:17:21 a.m. | General |
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| June 20 2007, 0500Z: Today the CoS approved the relocation of UX302 to the new home base of Travis in California. Although training was underway at Edwards, that has since been put on hold until the squadron is completely set up at its new location. All UX302 aircraft will be ferried to Travis AFB before training recommences, check the training post in the UX302 section of the forums for the updated training programme. |
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100th Ground Combat Mission completed Sunday, 10 June 2007 | 5:58:03 a.m. | General |
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| In little over three months since the ground combat recording system was completed, USEC has now had its 100th combat report filed. This represents fantastic work by the Land Force Group, and particulary UX501 that has produced the bulk of the reports. It seems that now the majority of points are placed by Armed Assault gamers, on the USEC dedicated server. Well done those who hard participated in combat missions. | |
Land Force opens Armor Unit Monday, 4 June 2007 | 2:08:29 a.m. | General |
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 The Land Force Group today officially opened the first dedicated Armor unit, UX511 Steel Riders. LT James Hull has been appointed as the CO, and the unit is to use dedicated vehicles in Armed Assault missions. The unit has several tanks and vehicles on order, expected to be delivered by 20 June 2007. |
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Rubenach awarded Force Cross during OP Firefly Monday, 21 May 2007 | 9:38:26 a.m. | General |
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LT Dan "Celtica" Rubenach XO873 has been awarded the Force Cross for bravery during a mission or deployment with the following citation. It should be noted this is only the second time this award has been made, and the first time the Medal has been awarded for an act during an operational mission (being Operation Firefly). The act, described below, came very close to earning LT Rubenach the Combat Cross. It truely was the stuff of legends, under really trying conditions. "On 22 May 2007, LT Rubenach was a member of the first ground forces mission of OP FIREFLY that commenced at 2200hrs. As a member of the main fire team, he was landed with his six team mates on top of the target - being an enemy HQ. The building was surrounded by enemy and the alarm had been raised. Minutes after landing on the roof of the building the team came under exceptionally heavy fire fire from soldiers, including special forces, on the ground below. The fire team was able to hold off the enemy until demolitions could be placed, and an EVAC was called. As the helicopter was landing, heavy casualties were sustained among the team. When the helicopter had landed, his Squad Leader (SGTMAJ Hull) and him were the only squad members still alive. Shortly after touchdown the Pilot (MAJGEN Hall) was killed by a single shot from a nearby sniper. SGTMAJ Hull assumed control of the helicopter and was killed by the same sniper. Unphased by the previous deaths of the pilot and his squad leader, LT Rubenach assumed control of the Blackhawk Helicopter. Despite having never been able to successfully master a helicopter before, he flew in darkness back to the friendly base and was able to be talked down into a difficult landing area. It should be noted that the helicopter was leaking fuel fast and upon landing had essentially run out of gas. The quick thinking, cool headedness, and bravery of LT Rubenach saved the Blackhawk helicopter (and himself) which enabled the successful completion of the mission. Shortly after departing the building, the charges detonated and the mission was a success." |
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James Hull appointed UX873's first Sergeant Major Monday, 21 May 2007 | 6:03:45 a.m. | General |
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| James 'MachineMadness' Hull has been promoted to Sergeant Major and appointed Strike Leader Alpha with the following citation: "James has been the most active member of UX873 since it was first formed. He has provided excellent skill and more importantly leadership towards everyone here at USEC. As his Executive Officer, I proudly present James Hull with the rank of Sergeant Major, the first for UX873. He also has been given the appointment of Strike Leader Alpha. Thank you for all you have done for UX873, well done soldier." |
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Operation Firefly commences in Marshall Is. Friday, 18 May 2007 | 10:35:23 a.m. | General |
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| Message below DECLASSIFIED on Chief of Staff authority: --- FEMA HAZCOM INCOMING ---- EYES ONLY 1430Z 18072007 TO: UCOM FROM: FEMA, WASHINGTON D.C. OFFICES Gentlemen, The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Cabinet declared a Severe Drought State of Emergency for the Northern atolls of Utrik, Ailuk, Likiep, Wotho, Lae and Namu and authorized the National Disaster Committee to send relief and seek U.S. and international donor assistance. On March 13, 2007, the National Disaster Committee (NDC) submitted a request to the RMI Government for Emergency status due to a fresh water shortage. The MI Cabinet met on Friday and approved the Emergency measure to release the disaster funding. The NDC was authorized to relief assistance from the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency and other international donors. The Cabinet also mandated the National Disaster Committee to include other atolls and islands that may be "assessed and found to be similarly affected by the drought in the near future." Two RMI vessels will be delivering water, catchments and assistance: The Lomor Sea Patrol Vessel to the atolls of Wotho, Lae and Namu and the YFU landing craft of the Ministry of Public/Ministry of Resources and Development to the atolls of Utrik, Ailuk, and Likiep. FEMA, the Red Cross and UNICEF have all pledged to provide assistance where necessary to aid the RMI in whatever way possible. The staff and crew at Bucholz America's ArmyF are readying themselves for incoming flights and equipment from various sources. Plant equipment, food and other emergency supplies are currently being transported from U.S. based firms to Edwards AFB in Nevada for transportation to the RMI. Whilst the VIA have no cause for immediate concern over the civilian population of the RMI, the drought has caused a significant amount of job losses within the capital and tensions amongst the public are rising, although local law enforcement report no violence as yet. ALL personnel are to remain aware of the tensions in the area when dealing with the public. ---- END TRANSMISSION ----- |
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IRIS releases fantastic T-45C for use Tuesday, 8 May 2007 | 1:24:57 a.m. | General |
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| David Brice from IRIS simulations has kindly continued his fantastic support for USEC and the wider Virtual Aviation community, the following post is taken from the USEC forums: IRIS Flight Simulation Software brings you this excellent update to the superb T-45C released under the DSB Design brand back in 2004. Now compatible with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 and Flight Simulator X, the T-45C Goshawk package offers users a chance to accurately fly one of BAE Systems most popular export training aircraft. The Hawk has been designed with assistance from the aircraft manufacturer, BAE Systems, allowing for a visual model which is unsurpassed and a flight model which is modeled closely on real world specifications. Furthermore, version 2.0 includes a superbly accurate HUD by renouned designer Scott Printz, sounds by Chris Petersen and a completely reworked texture package featuring US Navy, US Marines and our sponsored Virtual Air Force, Unity Security Force (USEC). http://www.usecforce.com We at IRIS Flight Simulation Software hope you enjoy this aircraft and have many enjoyable hours flying it….I know we did! If you have any requests or questions regarding the IRIS Flight Simulation Software Hawk, or other products available from IRIS Flight Simulation Software, please drop us an e-mail at support@irissimulations.com Grab this wonderful aircraft and new USEC item from irissimulations.com freeware section! |
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Tutty awarded the Distinguished Service Medal Thursday, 19 April 2007 | 9:30:25 a.m. | General |
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tutmeister was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal with the following citation: "I think it would be very difficult to find a better officer for USEC. CAPT Tutty not only has great experience in the real world that he brings to our community, but he has a level head and a fantastic ability to relate to all people in a variety of situations. Paul realises that being a good officer is not about being the best, or the hardest, or rigidly applying all the rules. Being a good officer is about leading, its about using your judgement, and showing people the way. I really think Paul has a positive impact on all the people here, and for his outstanding service over nearly 12 months I award him the DSM. Well done CAPT Tutty." |
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USEC celebrates five years with new awards Sunday, 15 April 2007 | 10:21:44 a.m. | General |
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Three new USEC awards have been announced as part of the Five Year birthday celebrations. The primary new award is The Unity Medal that is awarded for outstanding service. In addition to this new award, the Combat Cross has been revised and released as a new award. The previous medal had never been awarded. The Maritime Cross has also been released, available for similar circumstances to the Combat cross.    The new awards (From Top left: The Unity Medal, Maritime Cross, Combat Cross, Flying Cross Further new awards are likely, and candidates for the award of The Unity Medal are going to be requested through the forums. |
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Soliders involved in five hour grueling battle Friday, 13 April 2007 | 1:38:50 a.m. | General |
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| Three soliders from UX501 participated in a test of Armed Assaults capabilities in a map designed by IceMotoboy. The results of this amaizng and grueling battle have been posted on the forums in the UX501 section. | |
Hall Promoted to MAJGEN Sunday, 8 April 2007 | 3:42:28 a.m. | General |
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| Under the successfull accomplishment of the new growth structure, am I proud to present Dean with his well earnt promotion to Major General. Ever since USEC’s recovery, BGEN Hall has been striving to accommodate pride and eminence within what has become the most realistic virtual military force ever seen. He has invested a great deal of time, effort and money to establish a new growth structure in this distinctive force. The sleepless nights and hours of work are not always recognised amongst such a profound faction. Dean has undoubtedly set a new level of sophistication in virtual warfare and this is a perfect time to celebrate and recognise what he has achieved and done for all of us. Congratulations and thank you. |
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End of an era, the Prowlers prowl no more Saturday, 7 April 2007 | 11:17:21 a.m. | General |
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| With the fleet modernisation has come the final retirement of the EA-6B Prowler and the UH-1H helicopter. Today, these aircraft were officially decomissioned and will be disposed of either by sale or scraped. "These aircraft hold a significant place in the history and past of USEC" commented IceMotoboy during the disbandment ceremony held this morning at Edwards AFB. "The EA-6B aircraft were the most active aircraft in the USEC fleet, in both operations and training. While we are sad to see them go, we must move USEC forward into a new era of operations". USEC bought in 6 new F/A 18 Super Hornets a few weeks ago, and today officially received 5 new helicopters, 2 SH60 and 3 UH60 Blackhawks - all ready for transport from KBDR. |
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New domain and server for website Friday, 6 April 2007 | 9:32:03 a.m. | General |
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| The Unity Security Force has finally moved to its own domain, after using www.legionimperium.org for the past two years, USEC now has its own site at www.usecforce.com. Not only do we have a new domain, but we are now hosted on a webserver out of Canada. IceMotoboy stated that while the new hosting is more expensive than the last, the performance should be much better. "I had been using the previous host for seven years, but they were getting steadily worse" commented Hall, "the website was dropping often and it was causing havoc with our exam process". All systems except the VIA Database are up and running. "The VIA database contains over 50 megabytes of text, so its going to take a long time to get that all transferred". PIREPs will not properly be able to be filed till this is complete, but bookings may be placed as normal. |
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Fleet Modernization Plan Completed Tuesday, 27 March 2007 | 9:42:13 a.m. | General |
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| Our existing fleet was organized over five years ago, in 2002, with the only additional supplimentations being the replacement of training aircraft and 2 new C-17 Globemaster II aircraft in 2005. Over the last few months a number of personnel, including LT's Nick Silver, Justin Haverland, and SGTMAJ Lloyd Lassahn, have conducted extensive reviews of the options which have been presented too me. I gave them a tough assignment, my aim is not only to modernise our current fleet, but to substantially cut down the different types of airframes that we currently operate. Relying instead on aircraft variations and configurations to provide different roles. The result is a new plan that involves the disposal of 12 existing aircraft, and the purchase of 23 new aircraft. A number of aircraft to be scraped are some of the most famous and operational aircraft at USEC - including EA-6B 50012 which currently holds over 120 flight hours, the most for any USEC aircraft. Also to be scrapped include famous aircraft from UX491, the F-14 Tomcats, that have been involved in several flight incidents. Combined the aircraft to be disposed of have completed 652 flight hours. The following aircraft are scheduled for immediate delivery: * EA-18 Growler * SH-60 Seahawk (or similar) * UH-60 Blackhawk (or similar) * T-38 Talon The remaining aircraft will be purchased over the next three months. More information is available on the forums at http://www.legionimperium.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=371 |
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MAJ Neil Wilson retires after long career Wednesday, 21 March 2007 | 3:32:27 a.m. | General |
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| From the Chief of Staff: It is with sadness and understanding that I have accepted Major Neil "dodger" Wilson's resignation which he submitted to me earlier today. The pressures of University life and lack of access to the internet have lead to difficult decisions for Neil, and he has decided that it would be best if he step down. Neil has been an exceptionally dedicated member of the USEC community. His service stretches well back into the early days of USEC and he has led change at both the Unit and Force level. During his time at "new" USEC he has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) and the Bronze Star (B.S.). I know Neil has struggled to get involved with UX108 over the past few weeks, but not through lack of trying. His departure is likely to come as a shock to members of what is quite a close unit, and he will no doubt leave a large hole for some time. In his resignation Neil made a clear nomination for his successor, which will likely come as no surprise to those who are familiar with the unit. I will not steal this members thunder (nor Neil's) by posting in this thread, suffice to say an announcement will be made shortly regarding Neil's successor. On behalf of the entire community Neil, we thank you for your efforts. You have received an honourable discharge and are welcome back to the community if and when you get the chance to participate again. I present you your medals, and your certificate of service. |
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ATTENTION UX108, NEW MISSION IN FORUMS Tuesday, 13 March 2007 | 4:31:26 a.m. | General |
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USEC announces the UX-1 Hellbat for FSX Friday, 9 March 2007 | 2:41:39 a.m. | General |
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 The Unity Security Force (USEC) has announced its previously Top-Secret development programme to manufacture a sub-orbital hypersonic aircraft for use in Microsoft Flight Simulator X. The aircraft is fictitious, although loosely based on the concept of the rumored “Aurora” project of the US Military. The aircraft model has been completed in GMAX, and is nearly ready to begin flight testing. Brigadier General Dean Hall, the Chief of Staff, announced that test pilots will be selected over the next month and trained on the SR-71 Blackbird, prior to commencing testing of the new aircraft. “The Hellbat is a very difficult aircraft to fly, but also very capable” commented Hall, “we don’t know the limits of this aircraft but we believe it should be able to reach sub-orbit altitudes in Flight Simulator X. It’s a real challenge for a pilot and so our training and selection process will occur on the SR-71” Hall confirmed that the flight model will only be available to the USEC test pilots selected to help refine the aircraft, and push the limits of it within the Flight Simulator X environment. “We will be keeping this aircraft file under tight wraps until it has been operationally utilized, and we have moved onto our next project”. Hall hinted that once testing is complete, an unclassified version of the aircraft, that includes a watered-down flight model and no virtual cockpit, will be released in future. The development of the “Hellbat” is part of a bold initiative at USEC to internally develop add-ons for Flight Simulator X that push the limits of the simulator. The true intent of this project is still a closely guarded secret at USEC, but Hall commented “we decided we needed to get the word out there to maximize our recruitment pool and draw the best candidates in our quest to get higher and higher into the skies”. Visit the forums for more information, and check the forums for more details that will be released regarding becoming a test pilot for UX102. |
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Personnel awarded OP SNOWBALL ribbons Thursday, 8 March 2007 | 3:49:17 a.m. | General |
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Seven personnel have so far qualified for the award of the OP SNOWBALL (ALASKA) RIBBON for participation in the subject Operation. Well done to these personnel, as they have done a fantastic job. In total 115 hours have been flown by these pilots since the operation commenced in February. This has included two milestone for our aircraft, as below: 50011 reaching 103.8 flight hours, in service since September 2002 50012 reaching 121.0 flight hours, in service since September 2002 Also, Burly received the first ever award of the Commanders Citation for his role in the operation, in an usual circumstance being awarded directly by the Chief of Staff. At the time, CPL Silver had participated in every single OP SNOWBALL mission up to that point. The seven personnel receiving their ribbons are listed below: IceMotoboy UCOM Woody UCOM havy101 UX108 SicSRT-4 UX108 Burly UX501 Ranger95 UX108 flying440 UX108 Well done to all those involved, and those at UCOM and elsewhere who have supported the mission, which continues still, so far. |
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C-17 Touched down at Denver Wednesday, 7 March 2007 | 12:53:28 p.m. | General |
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| ATTENTION: USEC. The C-17 with 1st Platoon (Cpl. Silver, Pfc. Kenny H, Pvt Hunter, Lt. Utley, Maj. Mason), Food, Water and supplies has touched down at Denver Int. at 0130 hrs MST. Getting closer UX501. Get out and stretch, a bite to eat and we will continue this journey shortly. Stay motivated, not much longer now. Lt. Haverland DETCOM |
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Operation Midnight Run Update Tuesday, 6 March 2007 | 12:10:04 p.m. | General |
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| Tonight, around 1930 MST, the C-17 will be departing Cherry Point to start its journey to Unalaska. More Updates soon. Lt. Haverland DETCOM |
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ATTENTION Tuesday, 6 March 2007 | 8:23:01 a.m. | General |
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| ATTENTION: Lucre, Rajah, Burke, Ehlers, Rubenach, Green, Salomaa, Broughton, Wilson, Hull If you wish to be attached to 1st platoon for this mission, My Mail me ASAP, the bird is about to take off. Lt. Haverland DETCOM |
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C-17 Takeoff time, postponed to 2045MST Tuesday, 6 March 2007 | 5:53:00 a.m. | General |
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| The take off time of the C-17 has been postponed to 2045MST, Due to mechanical difficulties in the aircraft. Should be fixed by 1945MST. Lt. Haverland DETCOM |
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Flight From Cherry Point Tuesday, 6 March 2007 | 2:50:55 a.m. | General |
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| Hello Everyone, Tonight the C-17 will be leaving Cherry Point at 1930MST. If anyone wants to ride shotgun or check it out on Flight Simulator X, here is the information you will need. Cpl. Silver might get bored. It would be pretty cool to go up and keep him company. UX501 is allowed to ride shotgun and check stuff out. Cpl Silver can answer any questions about the aircraft and what all goes on with flying the heavy bugger. Session name will be: Midnight Run Password is: deanrocks Thanks, Lt. Haverland DETCOM |
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Operation Midnight Run Update Sunday, 4 March 2007 | 8:26:04 a.m. | General |
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| At approx. 2015 MST 4MAR2007 the C-17 with Pilot Lloyd "Ranger95" Lassahn touched down at Cherry Point. Midnight Run is well underway and going smoothly. Stay motivated USEC. *SALUTE* Lt. Haverland DETCOM |
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Nugawela awarded the Meritous Service Medal Sunday, 4 March 2007 | 7:44:41 a.m. | General |
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The award was made personally by the Chief of Staff with the following citation: MAJ Nugawela has been an exceptional aid to me (IceMotoboy) in my efforts returning USEC to full status. Indeed, without his direct and unwavering assistance it would not have been possible. The thing I most respect and like about Daniel is his ability to always give me frank and honest advice. This is invaluable to me in testing my ideas, and I am loath to make a decision without testing it with him first. He has had differences with people in the past at USEC, but has most definately risen above these as a better person. I think Daniel will do exceptionally well in life, he clearly is very intelligent and loves problem solving. Well done MAJ Nugawela, and thank you." |
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UX-501 Recieves New Sergeant Major Saturday, 3 March 2007 | 8:26:53 a.m. | General |
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Piers "Sierra" Pearson has hereby been promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major of UX-501 with the following citation. Sierra is hereby promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major. Sierra has shown great leadership and dedication to USEC throughout his stay here. As Sergeant Major, Sierra will have the ability to take the lead in combat operations and lead USEC to many well-deserved victories. Congratulations Sierra, you earned it! Congratulations SGTMAJ Pearson! |
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Col Dean Hall Promoted Friday, 2 March 2007 | 11:08:48 a.m. | General |
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Col Dean Hall has been the lifeblood of USEC. He has been the driving force in seeing USEC grow to the next level and it is a natural step to see him promoted to Brigadier General. Einstien once said E=MC2. The reality says USEC without Dean Hall = 0. I'm not forward in saying Dean Hall is a legend. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT PROMOTION - CONGRATULATIONS BRIGIADIER GENERAL HALL |
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Mayes returns to Duty Thursday, 22 February 2007 | 2:19:27 a.m. | General |
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| SkyRat returned to duty today after an absence since the last time USEC was operational SkyRat will probably not like me doing this, but its not really for him - its sort of also for the newbies and for us oldies who hang onto the past. JBM is a legend at Unity and USEC. I can't even remember when I first met John, all I know is, he has ALWAYS been there even when Unity and USEC wasn't there for him. More than anything, I knew that no matter what happened John would be an ear to talk to about problems and issues that I was happening. Even if JBM didn't agree with my decisions, or what we were proposing to do, he would be there supporting it. He is also unassuming. He just likes being part of the team and having fun. When people ask me, "what was Unity", I can never really think of a way of how to explain it. Now I do. John B Mayes IS Unity. He symbolises everything it was an is. Welcome back John. |
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Wilson awarded Distinguished Service Medal Wednesday, 14 February 2007 | 4:24:33 a.m. | General |
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dodger has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal by the current Chief of Staff, icemotoboy, earlier today with the following citation: "MAJ Wilson is a longtime Unity/USEC veteran. His career with USEC began in 2003, when he joined the original website back as part of the Unity Virtual Aviation Community. His service as a pilot was exceptional, and he has continued serving with USEC since those days. Today, we are able to recognise his dedication, commitment, and unfailing loyalty to USEC, with the award of this medal. It really is my honour to award this too him, and I look forward to his continuing career at USEC. Well done MAJ Wilson." |
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McCarthy returns to USEC as Director Sunday, 11 February 2007 | 2:54:54 a.m. | General |
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| Rhino served a distinguished career with USEC as its Director of Training. He has a glowing history with Virtual Airlines and Virtual Militaries, including rising to vAdmiral at the vUSN. His return as Director of Training will see an excellent boost to the development of the Wings Programme, schedule to commence shortly. His efforts previously at USEC earned him a Silver Star, which was awarded for his efforts developing a training programme. His return to USEC is most welcome and we look forward to his continuing efforts to improve the USEC training system. |
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Nugawela promoted to Major Friday, 9 February 2007 | 4:13:03 a.m. | General |
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Our long serving Director of Personnel has been promoted to Major by the Chief of Staff today with the following citation: CAPT Nugawela has approached his second career at USEC with even more vigor than he approached it with last time. He has been a fantastic DPers, getting involved in all matters from recruiting through to participating in matches. His dedication and commitment to the Force are unrivaled, and we look forward to his continuing career with great anticipation. |
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Mission Reporting System in Beta Tuesday, 6 February 2007 | 3:36:04 a.m. | General |
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| The mission reporting system review has now been completed. Personnel can submit mission reports for either flight operations (Flight Simulator 2004, Flight Simulator X), or ground operations (Battlefield 2, Battlefield 2142) using our online systems. Current aircraft have not been reviewed, but this will be completed during the week and a revised fleet listing will be included. This new system allows us to track member performance based on their participation in USEC sanctioned operations and missions. As a result of this new ability to track, we will be releasing a series of ribbons such as 100 hours flown, 5,000 Combat points, etc... These will be automatically awarded when a member submits this number of reports. A note on PIREP/COMREP approval In many virtual organisations submissions are not public until they are approved. As all our members go through a recruitment process, we believe that its not necessary to review PIREPs and COMREPs before they are published. Instead Operations Directorate staff will review submissions and make amendments as required. |
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Website updates continue Sunday, 4 February 2007 | 5:16:55 a.m. | General |
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| The website has had continued updates over the weekend. The combat mission reporting system, for Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2142, has now been completed. This allows the submission of mission data from USEC sanctioned operations. You can view this under the operations tab, or in the "Missions" section of peoples profiles. So far around 10 USEC members from UX501 have participated in USEC sanctioned missions. As a result of these missions Sierra was awarded one of the first accelerated promotions to Sergeant today, more details are in the UX501 section of the forums. |
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New Forums up; Awards Made Saturday, 3 February 2007 | 6:51:20 a.m. | General |
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| The new forum has been loaded up by Pseudo. His efforts have earned him the award of the Bronze Star, also mentioned are his exceptional efforts in recruiting new members for UX501. Activity has been high at USEC this week, with excellent use being made of the TS server. For there efforts in battles so far, Vlaxi and Sierra has been awarded the Force Dedication Ribbon. In particular Sierra has shown exceptional skill at leading the team. Well done and we look forward to another great week. |
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TeamSpeak server operational Thursday, 1 February 2007 | 1:20:22 a.m. | General |
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| A dedicated TeamSpeak server has been purchased for use by USEC personnel, located in Brisbane Australia. Users can access the TeamSpeak login details under the "TeamSpeak" option in the members menu. If anyone can help with TeamSpeak servers in other locations, such as EU and USA, please contact a member of UCOM. |
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Record interest in USEC Wednesday, 31 January 2007 | 4:24:33 a.m. | General |
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| Over the last two days we have had as many visitors in each day as we normally would have in an entire month. The result is ten new applications to USEC, which has been a fantastic result from our first week of focused recruiting. We have also had some ex members come back. Of this ten applications five have now been processed with those members listed on the roster and ready to go. Please welcome our new members in the forums. Currently we are setting up our TS server for Australia, details will be posted later today. |
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Deployment schedule to start Tuesday, 30 January 2007 | 1:35:53 a.m. | General |
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| In order to kick off the new USEC, we are programming in a deployment. For those not familiar with deployments they run much like the "week of war" that other clans run. During the week (sometimes longer), you can have games you play with other USEC players credited to a weekly score by loading them in the system. Prizes are on offer for those who get the top score. More will be posted about this shortly. |
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Recruiting Drive begins Monday, 29 January 2007 | 9:38:47 a.m. | General |
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| A recruiting drive has commenced to bring in new members for Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2142. We will be reviewing all applications ASAP. The aim is get enough suitable new members to open a specific Battlefield 2142 unit. If you have any questions regarding enlistment, such as exams, please contact IceMotoboy on MSN: icemotoboy@hotmail.com |
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Project Reunite commences Friday, 26 January 2007 | 7:29:29 a.m. | General |
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| Together with the relaunch of the Unity Virtual Aviation Community (www.flyunity.org), USEC is being reconfigured and relaunched. Instead of splitting the focus on Military flying and Military combat, USEC will instead focus on Battlefield 2 activities and all flying operations will be transferred to UVAC. USEC may conduct flying operations in the future, and members are encouraged to continue flying. All flying units will be closed over the coming month, and personnel transferred elsewhere. Highlights of actions so far:
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Revamp of USEC announced Sunday, 24 September 2006 | 5:20:18 a.m. | General |
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| It has been some time since there has been activity within USEC, during which discussion has occured about whether to reopen Unity (the Virtual Airline which sparked USEC) either merged with USEC or without it entirely. These discussions are still under way, and currently it looks likely that Unity will be reopened using the software that USEC is run on. Regardless of the future of Unity, USEC will be revamped in the coming weeks to make way for the final updates to the system and the setup of a server that users can play on and that will allow for the growth of the community. All currently signed up members will be emailed in the coming weeks with a link to either reactivate their membership, or to cancel it, and from there the rosters will be updated. The structure of the units will be examined and likely to be merged down into simply two units. |
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LTCOL Nugawela made Director of Operations Friday, 17 March 2006 | 11:17:47 a.m. | General |
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| In a short ceremony last week, Acting Chief of Staff Woody appointed LTCOL Xervish as the Director of Operations. "This is a position we've wanted to fill for a long time, and we couldn't have picked a better member for the job," Woody said. The Director of Operations (DOPS) is responsible for the general oversight of all operations USEC embarks on, and reports directly to the Office of the Chief of Staff (OCoS) on matters relating to the deployment, operational management, and redeployment of all USEC members. DOPS is also responsible with presenting with numerous deployment scenerios for use in picking a suitable operation for our members to embark on. "As DOPS, one final responsibility of is holding either Full Command (FULCOM) or Operational Command (OPCOM) over our deployments, being responsible for tasking the missions to individual members, albeit ground ops or air ops," Woody said. All questions regarding operations as well as recommendations should be forwarded to the Director of Operations through either the myMail system or the forums. |
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USEC Implements Standardize Rank System Friday, 17 March 2006 | 8:58:03 a.m. | General |
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| The Office of the Chief of Staff, Directorate of Operations, and Directorate of Personnel decided today to implement a standardized rank system. "The rank system is only temporary as of now, we just want to see how it works" Woody, Deputy Chief of Staff stated. "We want a standardized rank system primarily because it eases confusion about the chain of command," Director of Personnel bobbyaa. The test of the new rank system will last about a month. If the system fails, current ranks, plus any promotions that would have been recieved, will be reinstated. The rank policy can be found in the Documents system titled "Standardized Rank System". |
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COL Herchko appointed Director of Training Thursday, 2 March 2006 | 5:55:20 a.m. | General |
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| At a press conference today, Deputy Chief of Staff Woody announced the appointment of Musicman as Director of Training. "This is something we've wanted to do for a long time, get a body into the DTRNG position, so that pilots and soldiers can begin a training program to advance their skills," Woody was quoted. Musicman was the former Commanding Officer of UX302, but because of his appointment as DTRNG, he resigned that post to PreachingEagle, who is taking over the reigns. |
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Request Taskings from BGEN Masters Tuesday, 28 February 2006 | 8:09:17 a.m. | General |
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| MyMail Woody now to recieve taskings for OP COTTON! Please include date/times/timezones, aircraft requested! | |
UX491 Merged With UX108 Tuesday, 28 February 2006 | 1:48:58 a.m. | General |
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| In a small ceremony today, Woody issued the decommissioning orders for the UX-491 "Hot Wired" Squadron of F-14 TARPS Tomcats. Said BGEN Masters, "At this time, the demand is just not there for two seperate squadrons." BGEN Masters stated that, due to the number of active members, it was decided that UX-491 would become a part of the UX-180 "Wet Eagles" Squadron. Also coming with this change of squadrons is a change of leadership. The new CO for UX-108 is Flashback. The XO is former CO SiberianBaptism, who stepped down from the CO position due to time constraints and the inability to use Flight Simulator at this time. |
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Herchko Promoted to Full-Bird Colonel Monday, 27 February 2006 | 11:15:35 a.m. | General |
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| In a small ceremony today, Acting Chief of Staff Woody awarded Musicman with the rank of Colonel. Asked to comment, Woody said, "Musicman has been an excellent officer and has fulfilled his duties with the utmost dignity for USEC. Today, I'm proud to promote him to be the highest ranking non-UCOM officer in USEC." Musicman was not immediately available for comment. |
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Battlefield 2 Patch 1.2 Released Tuesday, 14 February 2006 | 12:00:44 p.m. | General |
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| EA Games released patch 1.2, the latest update to Battlefield 2. Numerous fixed and enhancements have been added with this version including viewable UAV, better America's Army performance, fuse on the grenade launcher based on the number of rotations, and many others. All players of Battlefield 2 are strongly encouraged to download the update as many servers are transitioning to it and you will not be able to play under the old version 1.12. As of press release, the EA FTP is not working. You may download the file at : http://www.hexcorps.net/Battlefield 2_Incremental_patch_1.12_-_1.2.exe Good luck and happy hunting. |
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Op COTTON Flight Taskings Avail -- Check myMail! Tuesday, 14 February 2006 | 11:00:53 a.m. | General |
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| Op COTTON Flight Taskings Avail -- Check myMail! | |
Distinguish Service Medals Awarded Monday, 13 February 2006 | 9:30:11 a.m. | General |
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| In a ceremony this evening at the Personnel Office, Maj. Gen. Hall and Brig. Gen. Masters were awarded the Distinguish Service Medal for their continued support of USEC, their outstanding accomplishments, incredible character, and relentless strife to make USEC a great environment to build a career. Congratulations to you, Sirs. You both make us proud to wear the USEC patch on our uniforms. The Personnel Division will be speaking with CO's within the next few days and receiving nominations for the MSM medals. Everyone maintain the excellent work and enjoy the fun! | |
Herchko promoted to Lieutenant Colonel Monday, 13 February 2006 | 1:32:20 a.m. | General |
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