It was my first computer and not long after messing with it found this WWll flight sim called AW. It costed big per hour to play at the time and did not realize the bill would be so large. I remember blaming the first on a non-existent 12 year old neighbor my non-existent wife babysat. The game quickly became an addiction for me and almost had to sell my body to old ladies to pay for it.... but then it became free as part of AOHELL ...WHEWW that was close!!!.
I played for quite awhile before I hooked up with my first squad The Rangers. They made me wait almost 3 months before I could join but was worth it. There was no vox at the time and think thought I was a squeaker or squad jumper or something, I was 30 then. They were base takers and taught me a lot about Teamwork, Honor and Respect. They disbanded due to to the leader realizing the game had interfered with all aspects of his life and left for therapy I believe. Many others basically did the same and that was the end of that.
I flew around squadless for a long time trying to find another of the same caliber without success. I was BZ at the time and that particular country lacked in those areas IMO. Many months later a group of guys on the CZ side kept busting my missions so I decided to go meet them. They were from some jet sim and wanted to try AW out for a month. They stuck together and were very persistent defenders. After meeting and flying with them for awhile I decided to stay and help them along their way by teaching them all the Rangers had taught me. There name would become well known and hated by many. Hail to the late but great Marine Air Wing (MAW) one of the largest and best base taking squads there was in AW.
AW ended on Dec.7th 2001
Some of us continued playing on AH and after rebuilding the squad made just as heavy an impact here. I left sometime in late 2002 for basically all the same reasons my old squad had split up. It was time for a break and some re-evaluating.
I came back in late MAY of 2007 to find MAW still on but rarely playing. They had very few numbers compared to the 77 or so they once had and 40 wasn't responding to my emails
I needed to find a team oriented squad to fly with if I was going to be happy here again.
Looking at the roster I found only a few squads using their squad names and cpid's together, which in my opinion
shows them as having the strongest sense of teamwork and unity which the MAW definitely had.
The AA's, AK's A8's Ltar's 68's and SE's
The AK's were a squad with respect, Stability and a hell of a record. They are an old squad and were my first choice to contact but for some reason never did. I met and flew with the AA's first which was another great squad and got along with Apache right from the start talking about old times in AW and AH. I investigated and flew with some others not on the list but was not sure i would fit in or meet my requirements.
Then the A8's: Now here’s a squad that seems to have it all. Not to big, not to small. Kind of new but their scores say they might have some experience in base taking. Nice web site, I think I'll fill out an application:aok
