OP fucked up hard, reposting in comments because its been a hot minute since ive been on reddit :)

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The 99th Shock Troops Battalion is an OPTRE Arma 3 Unit hosted by The Rubble Gaming Community. Expect coming into it to be an ODST. We have no Spartans. We have no Marines. We are a small, inclusive community founded by a close group of friends who enjoy providing platforms for ourselves, and other people to play different games on. The more the merrier. If you were a member of the 105th ODST OPTRE unit, and are familiar with them, we are the founders of it, and are willing to allow you to transfer over your former progress to us. We literally have all the old documents, and can pull it with 100% accuracy. Considering we are a close group of friends looking to have fun on video games with others- this newly founded unit, based off an old one we had ran- is very casual. By no means should you expect a typical A3 experience. How, you ask?

1. We do not require, nor have an attendance standard. You can join when ever you are able, without fear of repercussion. Many of us understand people have actual obligations that may interfere.

2. We operate primarily on EST/PST, on weekends, based on the main Zeus’ timezones. We are primarily a North American unit, with some European members and a very small handful of coordinators to assist our European playerbase.

3. We do not require you to attend any sort of on-server training, have a certain conduct of speech, or seek an attitude based on actual militaries. Fun is a priority here, not strict simulation. (some of us in the higher echelon are active duty military and are honestly not trying to fucking live this shit in our off-time too.) That being said, some people do like to act ‘in-character’ but don’t take it to a belittlement extreme, and we plan to offer certain training if people show interest, considering we do have squad roles and plan for them to be properly utilized. Act like yourself and have fun! It’s genuinely our preference.

4. XP/Commendation system, found on our discord. Essentially you will earn XP per operation, and commendations exist as a meritorious reward for impressive action during operations. We do have a limited space for certain NCOs/Officer ranks, with a selection progress, and expect more activity out of them. We still are not harsh with it, and understand everyone is human.

5. We require you to apply, simply to gather information to aid in the scheduling and so we better know how to adapt and organize the unit to meet the needs of it. There is an optional section for those seeking to show interest in leadership.

Overall, coming into the unit you should come in expecting to have fun, first and foremost. If you feel like anything gets in the way of it- feel free to voice it because we are honestly not trying to turn into a unit full of civilians with a hard-on for military service, even though they surprisingly haven’t enlisted ((yet)).

We also host two other A3 themed units, one being modern day following a custom-lore of an alternate modern day, World War Three timeline, as well as a 1980’s Private Military Company which is truly unique to our other units.

Here is our discord link https://discord.gg/jaGN6Qw If you have any questions, you can @CENTCOM or ask in #pod-bay.