Given that we're having a noticable amount of new faces on the servers recently, I'm going to be trying to head up some LEARN TG squads occassionally in-game. As the title suggests, these squads should be for people new to our servers where we can give them a good idea of how to play our style of BF2 (kit assignments, tactical movements, teamwork, possibly fire teams, etc.). The original idea isn't mine (I think that it was Bom's idea originally), but I'd like to use it more to help 'on-board' some new talent to our style of play.

Someone pointed out after our 3rd or 4th game last night that the LEARN TG squad had 5 TG tags in it. I actually had a fair amount of churn through the squad last night, anywhere from 4 new guys to 1 new guy. But as a request, if you're a TG regular and see 3 TG tags (or familiar names) in the LEARN TG squad already, please leave a space open for someone that is new.

On the other hand, if it's just me with a bunch of new guys and you want to help out, feel free to join up. I'd like to see no more than 3 regulars (including myself) in the squad, just so we can make these squads as productive as possible.

One last thing - if you see someone in my squad breaking a rule, let me know on TS ASAP. This came up last night on Oman where we were using a Blackhawk to clear some CPs for the ground pounders, and one of my guys took out the attack helo while it was taking off. The player let me know and I let my guy know not to engage people in the UCB while they're taking off. He didn't even realize that he was breaking a rule, apologized and said it wouldn't happen again. **This is exactly what this squad is for.** Giving new guys the opportunity to play our style and begin to change their style of play should make the transition to 'mature gaming' that much easier for everyone.

If you're new to the server and would like to join the LEARN TG squad, send a message over the in-game chat. I may not see it right away but I will eventually in the admin tool, and try to clear a spot and send you an invite. And if we're playing on a full nite and you don't see a LEARN TG squad, veteran SLs please think about starting one up.

I'm looking forward to taking down veteran squads with some new guys in the near future...