TSSOC

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On a beautiful September morning in southeastern Virginia, Tri-State Special Operations Command established base camp, readied their gear, and prepared to engage the Allied forces in the Battle of Monte Cassino at Splatbrothers Paintball Park. The Allied teams under the command of Spike from Team BeBop sought to secure the hilltop Abbey early in the battle and establish a fortified defensive line to prevent the Germans from gaining a foothold on this key position. However, the German forces led by Jet, also of Team BeBop, had other ideas. TSSOC was given standing orders to be on the offensive constantly, relying on lightning-fast and non-stop attacks to achieve secure their objectives.

The game began with the tremendous sound of a simulation artillery round, and Tri-State moved toward their first objective: Take and hold Monte Cassino Abbey at all costs. Making their way up the heavily fortified hill toward their objective, Tri-State employed the bounding over watch techniques to quickly suppress and envelop pockets of Allied resistance. Once they reached the Abbey itself (a large, two-story barn,) Tri-State members stacked the door, softened up the opfor with grenades, and made entry, quickly eliminating all resistance. After securing the primary objective, Tri-State received orders to rally our remaining forces and lead an assault on the Allied base directly.

The Allied base was comprised of a heavily fortified series of trenches and towers, with opfor lying in wait to defend every inch of it. Below the towers, in the center of Allied web of defenses, was an air horn which had to be sounded to signal a successful "base kill" and score points for the German side. While the rest of the German team assaulted the trenches directly, Tri-State moved around the Allied flanks and assaulted the towers directly to take these critical positions. With the towers secured, the German forces began to eliminate the Allied defenders from above, while Tri-State members on the ground moved in to sound the horn and signal the first "base kill" of the game.

From the first base kill, initiative and momentum was with the German forces, repulsing wave after wave of Allied troops attempting to break through our battle line. Digging in, Tri-State members and their fellow German forces secured a perimeter that allowed them to score multiple base kills, which lasted only until a gutsy and aggressive flanking maneuver by General Spike's Allied forces broke the siege and forced the Germans back to Monte Cassino. "Tri-State was in the thick of it all day, flanking positions, laying down suppressing fire, and sweeping structures for OpFor," said Tri-State XO, Capt. Chris "Topher" Matsinger. "We were all over that field and I am proud of how well the team performed."

After a long day of hard fighting, it was time for the hour long final battle. The goal: to get our side's battle standard into a tower and own the tower at the end of the battle. Tri-State volunteered to bear the standard for the German forces and lead our troops into battle. At the end of a furious, hour long firefight, the German team had secured the center tower for the points and the overall win on the day! Our Allied opponents put up a fierce fight, and we salute them for their honorable and tenacious play. For their Efforts on the field, TSSOC was awarded the Most Valuable Team award for the German forces. Tri-State members had an excellent day, and are looking forward to their next game at SplatBrothers!

Event Photos can be seen at http://tristatespecops.com. Tri-State Special Operations Command upcoming games will be on October 11, at Skirmish Paintball for a Friends and Family Day, and November 22, at SplatBrothers Paintball for the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Tri-State Special Operations Command (TSSOC) is a team of highly motivated military-simulation scenario and woodsball players with a common goal to help shape the sport of scenario paintball while improving our team's tactical capability. For more information, please visit http://www.tristatespecops.com