Thx all for the positive comments.
Just to be clear as to why the squad disbanded.
Rip was the squad, without him it seemed kinda pointless.
Many of our members were no longer actively flying AH or certainly not regularly, most of us have been flying AH since Beta thats a long time to keep focussed on AH.
Swoop as XO inherited the CO position, however as an active CM it was not feasible to expect him to be able to take on the CO position and still find time to actually enjoy playing AH.
Rip pulled the squad from Friday SOP's because of struggling to meet the minimum commitment.
I was the Sunday SOP's CO, a position i took just to keep us active in there and we just about managed to maintain minimum commitment levels.
However it was not something i enjoyed doing and when it was my turn for side CO it usually clashed with real life stuff meaning either i could not do it or was late preparing it.
My connection had also suffered badly pings up from 120 to 220 this affected the timing of everything i tried.
I no longer felt i was able to lead effectively.
I was not prepared to continue in this manner and asked for a replacement to take my position, unfortunately nobody offered to take it on.
So when Rip pulled the squad from Fiday SOP'S i decided the time was right to pull us from Sundays as well.
Then came the bombshell of Rip resigning.
Should not have come as a surprise really as for months due to family commitments his participation had been declining.
So of the still active members we had nobody willing or able to take on the CO position for the squad, we discussed carrying on without a CO.
This may seem strange but being proud of everything the VMF-323 had accomplished in scenario's, SOP's etc we decided it would be best to end it quick and cleanly.
We did not want to see VMF-323 slowly fade away.
So thats it folks, no hidden politics as some would wish
Its been a helluva ride and a time i shall never forget
all who were once VMF-323.
