Oklahoma D-day 2008 - Allied Recruiting

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   The biggest paintball event in the world is 8+ months away. It takes place June 7-15, 2008. But things are starting to get organized now. The summer staff meeting is finished. New plans are underway for the field and the game. The Allies are working hard to repeat their resounding victory from last year. 

If you're not familar with the event, check out this video link. 
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6t3jP0ni3qE 

40 tanks, planes, and command vehicles. Flame throwers and anti-tank weapons, Over 4000 players on a huge 750 acre facility (plus new acreage added for 2008). Actual water borne landing craft, villages, woods, creeks and ponds. Military tactics training courses available including Small Unit Tactics and Leadership (SUTAL), Sniper training, and an Advanced Airborne Assault course. The courses are fun, tactical and everyone learns a lot. The SUTAL is taught by a professional tactical training organizational and is open only to Allied players.

If you're thinking of coming, consider the 82nd Airborne. It's not for everyone. 

The 82nd Airborne and the 82nd Pathfinders are getting ready for 2008. We’ll have a great core of players and leaders back from past years, but we’re looking for people and teams with the physical stamina, honor, drive, and determination to fill our unit. The 82nd and its Pathfinders drop behind German lines and fight their way to link up with the Allied forces. 

We'll often be cutoff, surrounded, outnumbered, or fighting German forces supported with armor and heavy weapons. We’ll be the “Tip of the Spear” for American and Allied forces from one end of the 750 care field to the other. You’ll need to move quickly and stealthily over the toughest terrain on the field, and then attack defended positions with “violence of action”. 

The German Army will task their best units to stop the 82nd. You’ll need to work effectively as a member of a larger team, think on your feet, react quickly, and lead other elements as the situation develops. 

In 2008 the 82nd Airborne will be given it’s most difficult assignment yet. It will have to move farther and faster, over some of the toughest terrain any Division at D-day has yet encountered. To be an effective part of this unit you should be in good physical condition. You will cover a lot of tough terrain and see a lot of intense paintball. If you’re up for it, we want you! 

The real 82nd Airborne has a proud and honorable traditional since it’s creation, including dropping in Normandy in June 6, 1944, and in every major conflict the United States has been involved in since then. Elements of the actual 82nd Airborne Division are currently deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

The 82nd Airborne in the Oklahoma D-day event also has a proud and honorable tradition, and every year the core of returning players increases. But we always have room for new players and teams. We welcome every experience level and type of player. 

The actual 82nd is known as the All-American Division because when it was first formed it had members from every state. The 82nd at Oklahoma D-day is similar in many ways. If you’re looking for a well organized and well disciplined unit to enhance your fun at Oklahoma D-day then consider the 82nd. We’ll cover more ground, be involved in more battles and objectives than any other unit on the field.

This is a link that shows some of the preparation and organization that goes into the Allied side. 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7lF7dqHCrE 

You'll see the Allied TOC, training, the detail of some of the Armor, etc. It's amazing what goes on at D-day during the week.

If this sounds like your idea of how paintball should be played, if you’d like to be part of this winning tradition contact me at srisken623@aol.com or just register now at http://thebunkerextreme.masterlink....p?idCategory=42 
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Steve Risken
2008 OK D-day 
Chief of Staff 
CO 82nd Airborne 

Edited by Risken - 27 September 2007 at 1:22pm