Welcome aboard!

The Battlefield of tomorrow is quite overwhelming at first. The important thing is to listen to your squad leaders and have fun. The thing that really sets this game apart for me is the structure and built in ability to form squads. It helps create an environment for all people, rookies and veterans to work together and be successful.

To answer your other question regarding the 55th. They are a great bunch of people who have decided to form a grouping called an "In house squad"(ihs for short). There are more of them as I am sure you have seen with the 3rd, and the E1st and the Irregulars. These are groups of players that have leaders and a structure of leadership and have decided they want to team together on a more regular basis. Some of the ihs's play competitively while others are happy to just play together on the normal server and scrimmage other ihs's for the fun of it. One requirement of being in an ihs is to become a supporting member of tactical gamer. (The Irregulars do not require supporting membership, they are the only one that does not require it, but you have to buy a pirate hat and wear it while sitting at your computer....kidding of course).

Your membership and support goes to building the community as well as paying for the servers that are used as well as keeping this webspace operating. In return, it provides a great resource for people to learn and grow as a mature gamer with a tactical combat interest.

I hope this helps in answering your question. Keep them coming and see you here or on the battlefield.