I've been spending some time in the CO chair as of late and while I wish there were more actions that a CO can take - it is still a very viable and valuable position.

Aside from the few actions a CO can take, the most frustrating thing is that I believe many new members of TG and even some old-timers have forgotten how to communicate with their CO.

SITREPS are paramount to the success of the team in PoE. Soldiers on the field MUST communicate what is happening around them because chances are; he's given you an assignment and then moved on to eye-ball another squad's progress from above. Without scan or UAV support, unless the CO is looking directly at you from above, he can't tell what the battlefield conditions are in your area.

I know from me anyway, you hear me ask your squad to form a particular formation in an area.. while you might not understand the reason at first but it is probably because I (or other CO) has caught a glimpse of something about to happen and needs eyes and ears in the area - please try your best to do it and maintain the requested formation without bunching up as much as possible.

Last night alone, I managed three rounds. The first was chaos - nobody was communicating or following orders. The second was fantastic as SL's started communicating but we still lost it in the end because ONE squad wouldn't listen to their squad leader.. just one squad cost it all for the whole team. Finally, by the third - everyone was getting on the same page. Requests for supply drops were coming in, smoke cover, eyeballs overhead and oh yeah - SITREPS! That was a nice way to end the evening.

SO.. that being my $.02 - if you think you might want to CO (or CO again if you've been away for awhile).. take a few minutes to review the various CO 'tip' threads in the forums - hopefully you'll enjoy doing it again - or at least appreciate it when another player does.