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The highly fought over Phase Line Green
Senator Kelly (Roleplayer Dave Farabee) with two MAST members
Senator Kelly Greets the Press
Here is a map of the field that we will be using. Not sure the resolution but it will be available in every packet at the scenario. See you there US and KN!
Ok so all my Ranger Buddies jumped on me about having the Opfor Creed but not the Grand Daddy of all Creeds posted so to keep me from being "snuck up from behind and getting my marker stolen in the night" I have added this to appease the Ranger Gods. I also believe that not only does the Ranger Creed have revelance to any Scenario Player I also think it applies to everyone in real life. So here goes:
The 106th Guards Tula Airborne Division is a real Russian unit and was a crack Soviet Division during the cold war and after.Airborne forces in Russia are called Vozdushno-Desantnye Voyska or VDV and are separate from the regular army much like the US Marine Corps.The full name of the unit is the 106th Guards Tula Red Banner Twice Order of Kutuzov Airborne Division.The unit was formed in January 1944.The unit earned its elite “Guards” designation during World War II.The 106th served bravely in Afghanistan back in the 1980’sThe unit was instrumental in supporting the change to democracy back in 1991 supporting President Boris Yeltsin and not the Soviet Coup leaders.They are very patriotic and are known for their songs and fierce
elitism.Every member of the VDV is extensively trained in hand to hand combat even more so than the US Rangers, Marines or Special Forces.They wear blue berets and the famous Telnyashka, a blue and white striped undershirt. Krasnovia is the fictitious country created to be the enemy for US units at the National Training Center (NTC) in Ft. Erwin, CA. They have expanded to the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) in Ft. Polk, LAKrasnovians are considered OPFOR (opposing forces) and are played by the 11th Armored Calvary Regiment at NTC.Currently the 1st of the 509th Airborne Infantry play the role of VDV Krasnovians when called for but their primary mission is to be Acadian (another fictitious country) guerrillas and terrorists at the JRTC. They specialize in small unit tactics and are the premier OPFOR for Special Forces, Rangers, and low intensity conflict.Krasnovia is patterned after Warsaw Pact forces and are a throwback to the cold war.They have their own specialized uniforms and equipment many of which are still available at various surplus stores and on E-bay!
During the Cold War, the US military needed a threat-based sparring partner for its soldiers. A group of professional “opposing forces” (aka OPFOR) were created for use in wargames and training exercises. These units were tasked with being experienced bad guys at the Army’s National Training Center (NTC) at Fort Irwin, CA. It was there that the Krasnovians were born with the creation of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Krasnovia, a fictional country hostile toward westerners. Krasnovia is derived from the Russian word for "red" and "beautiful".Krasnovian military doctrine was taken straight from Warsaw Pact manuals. There were three main reasons for using the Soviet model: the USSR was our most potent opponent, they had the most complete and different doctrine from that of America, and they were exporting their doctrine. Since 1983, three Army Field Manuals dealing with the tactical Soviet Army (FM 100-2-1, FM 100-2-2 and FM 100-2-3) have been written and used for training. These manuals have served as the primary documents for all OPFOR threat training. The School of Advanced Military 
Studies (SAMS) studied Soviet operational art and its graduates incorporated these concepts into the force. AirLand Battle Doctrine (ALB) and AirLand Battle Future (ALBF) adapted much from Soviet operational thought as they prepared the students to combat a Soviet threat both operationally and tactically. OPFOR’s job was complicated further since many groups could buy equipment to counter or affect America's digitized Army. So, the OPFOR would constantly innovate and evolve to avoid being a predictable force. For example, the OPFOR might employ nontraditional communications such as cell phones and civilian radios - tactics befitting a technologically disadvantaged country like Krasnovia. As of 1997, today's OPFOR no longer fights scenarios with template Soviet maneuvers. Instead, the field manuals evolved into a capabilities-based approach to mirror current world situations. The SAMS directors shepherd OPFOR doctrine standardization using the former Soviet doctrine as a springboard. Modern adversaries are smarter than ever and therefore the team tries to reflect this with a free-thinking, adaptive OPFOR. For example, OPFOR action during training at the NTC is very close to opposition the Army saw in Iraq in 2003. This correlation held up in many areas, including: how troops flow into the theater of Krasnovia, how contractors are dealt with, how information nodes are established (to build and track combat power), and even details like how a car bomb would be used in Dust Bowl areas. OPFOR training at the NTC is as close a model to what happened in Iraq as exists.
Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbek: O‘zbekiston Respublikasi; Cyrillic: Ўзбекистон Республикаси; Russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia, formerly part of the Soviet Union. It shares borders with Krasnovia to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south.
