Been on sims since FSII on the apple and aces64 on the commodore
6yrs Warbirds (blkj)
7yrs WWII online (blkj)

DCS for the last year P-51 and A10c, and UH-1H for the last 6 weeks

Living in Melbourne Australia and get to fly at some odd hours.

JayCee

Gidday JayCee,

Welcome to the 229th.
Being in Oz will put you in C Coy,
with the rest of us fine gentlemen........ and Kiwis.
One of the execs will sort out your app soon.

Looking forward to flying with you.

Welcome to the 229th. Please watch your PM for a Welcome Letter that will explain the steps that will get you set up for missions/training. I look forward to flying with you.

Welcome to the 229th!

welcome Jaycee

Hi JayCee, welcome to the 229th.
About the only criteria that needs to be met, is 18yrs or older, we wont hold being in Melbourne against you.. .. Once you've confirmed this, I'll get you squared away.
I see Flyer has sent you a PM to get you going, I will send one too when your accepted into C Coy.

Looking forward to flying with you.

Well over 18. Coming up to 54

Cant see any messages from the XO

Ha, yeh i saw that you'd already applied after i'd posted and just edited my last post, but you beat me to it.

Been on sims since FSII on the apple and aces64 on the commodore

Once I read that, I knew he was over 18. Well over. He farts dust like me.

Welcome aboard, JayCee.

Welcome!

JayCee, for some reason I can't send PM's to you...so I'll Post your Welcome letter here...we need to figure out what's going on with your PM.

Welcome to the 229th

Welcome to the 1st Cav Div, 229th Battalion. You will be assigned to “C” Company, commanded by Captain LiveBait. The Battalion Commander is Lt. Colonel Skullz (CO) and I am the Battalion Executive Officer (XO). Your initial assignment will be as a Warrant Officer Candidate (WOC) specifically to train on the UH-1H Utility helicopter.

You are to conduct basic flight training using any material and/or instructor assistance necessary to attain the U.S. Army Basic Aviator wings at which time you will be appointed to the rank of Warrant Officer 1 (WO1). Go to the Instructors Tent on the Web site for training materials and threads related to helicopter flight.

The instructors available to assist you are:

Major flyer-Instructor Pilot (real world UH-1H & UH-60 pilot), Battalion Executive Officer (XO)

Captain Xtra-“D” Company Commander and Instructor Pilot (real world AH-64 Pilot)

CW4 GunFighterSix- Battalion Standardization Pilot (SIP), (Six), (real world UH-60 Pilot),

CW4 Samri-“C” Company Instructor Pilot (IP), (real world UH-1Instructor Pilot)

CW3 Shek- “A” Company Instructor Pilot (IP), (real world Bell 206 Pilot)

You will be required to take and pass a check ride at your convenience. Please don’t hesitate to ask for assistance from any Instructor Pilot.

Company Requirements:

Please make contact with your Company Commander upon receipt of this welcome letter. Your commanding officer is Captain Live Bait and can be reached through his private messaging. To use the private messaging system, go to “memberlist” at the top of the site page and then select (X/229th) Live Bait and a message page will appear. This must be the first order of business in your processing.

Initial Check List: (Note: there is a report that the links no longer work so you might have to do everything manually, navigating the site)

a. Set up Team Speak-any moderator can give you permissions
See tutorial link for Team Speak:
https://1stcavdiv.forumotion.net/t305-teamspeak-how-to-setup

b. Create unique name tag for both Team Speak and on the web site
Example: (A/229) [space] Your Name

b. Make contact with you Company Commander

c. Download and install all MOD’s found on the site
See MOD List:
https://1stcavdiv.forumotion.net/t907-mods-list-for-229th

d. Train for basic Aviator check ride (preferably on a 229th server -p/w deck229)
(All Servers will start with 229th followed by description of server)
Instructors Tent:
https://1stcavdiv.forumotion.net/f4-instructor-s-tent

Major flyer
Battalion Executive Officer
229th Aviation Battalion
1st Cav Div

Welcome JayCee!!

I did not know we allowed Victorians join this unit...(jokes)

Welcome, Jaycee! Always good to have another Aussie around.

Welcome Jaycee, good to have you onboard

Flyer, maybe its an idea to add the SOP in the welcome letter aswell?

Ow and ofcourse welcome Jaycee