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Oh the CACI interrogators? Pandora reaches for the latch... But seriously. Hopefully Argyll (who is a contractor) will come over and shed some light on how they see themselves.

Welcome back dude. Some guys are talking about the role of contractors in modern war over in another thread. As an insider, would you be able to shed some light on the debate? Meantime I have a question about gear. You guys are using AKs and a lot of other teams I've seen have M4s and Mp5s, etc. Who chooses the weapons andd what criteria do you have? As an AK user what can you tell us about accuracy, reliability and so on?

It certainly means a big change in the way conventional wars and occupations are handled if large, well-equipped militaries such as the US and Britain's are willing to outsource armed work to private security forces in combat zones. But let's see if the pattern is repeated in years to come and to what extent. You could argue that the word mercenary is open to broad definition. Oxford says: Mercenary; noun (plural mercenaries) a soldier who will fight for any country or group that offers payment I think that anyone who takes up arms and is prepared to fight (will fight) for their emp

It's practically the same pattern but uses slighly different shades. The green is not as sharp as British. The khaki leans a little further toward yellow.

I have a couple of hotlist predictions: Half Life 2 and Doom 3? They'll be 1995s games with this year's graphics. These days how good can a typical shooter be? These are great franchises that did so much for gaming, but unless they can inject something new, they'll just be product improvements.

Dude I swear last night Sart had a webcam up in my bathroom...

The game has a lot of potential but sometimes falls into the category of Half-Life clone and disappoints. My experiences from one massive level exemplify the contradictions in this game. Mission 14 'Boat' This starts with Jack Carver (you) in a small zodiac inflatable facing a pristine tropical Island. You are told your mission is to pick up the explosives on one Island and blow up the radio antennas on the other three. True to form the environments are gorgeous, especially if you have the hardware to run them. This map is enormous. There are three large islands in an archipelago

Flying to Bangkok on the weekend for a final interview. If I get through this I'm off to the land of sand and camels for 5 weeks training in the summer....

I'm also a black belt in Origami

Gotcha new guy. Didn't notice he was one of our guys speaking directly to us. Editing now.

I thought the Fallujah fighters were insurgents or something. They certainly haven't been doing the suicide bombing and other stuff, instead acting more like militant tribal fighters. They seem to be part of Al-Sadr's plan for a power grab, rather than bin Laden's cronies. In fact the Wahabbis (Al Qaeda) have proposed war against the Shiites as well in their bid to cause a split in Iraq.

Good quote. Draping the flag over a coffin is the best way to show respect to the fallen. But as far as I know it's always been the case. Has anyone said they think otherwise?

Guilty of all of the above

I think most people would be happy if we just got the full suite of currently used specops weapons (unlike the limited infantry selection in the first game). Weight and accuracy would be different for each loadout. Pre-mission customization should be available with the numbers chaging after the gun has been modified. M4 M16 M14 M24 L96 That M16 sniper rifle MP5(sd) M9 MK23 M249 M249 para M24O G36 since everyone loves it so much and I know at least the SAS use it... There should be the following attachments available: various scopes depending on gun laser pointers M203

Freelancer is actually the illegitemate grandchild of Privateer. Both come frm former Origin developer and old-school game god, Chris Roberts.

You...you mean...it's not REAL???

tell ya what I once saw - M249 with a RIS attachment. Imagine having an M249 Para with M203 and laser targeter and scope and silencer. That would sure be heavy but dang would it look cool! Dreams are free...

The program will be cancelled the first time one of these students takes down a passerby in three seconds flat LOL. Seriously though, if you read McNab's Immediate Action, he goes into how they had urban survival as part of their martial arts (or Jap-slapping) training. undercover in Northern Ireland they weren't allowed to let people know who they were of course - and had to avoid doing it by accident. Fancy Kung Fu moves would be a dead giveaway so they learned how to take a guy down and make it look like just 'good brawling'. If someone has the book they could check this, but I t

The screenshots link was down yesterday but today I finally got a look. The screens looked very GRish as far as being faithful to the art direction goes. Yes they are low on Oomph, but these are XBox screens and couldn't be as good as PC ones. The characters and weapon models are improved - I'm a bit fearful of having a 4 man swuad but then this may only be for consoles - we could get more on PCs because they have more power and we the PC gamers are more 'control freaks' than console gamers who prefer a simpler game. I like the airstrikes. The venue looks like Korea. Good choice

Sadly, when the press release talks about the 'battlefield of tomorrow' and the 'near future', we should expect more pandering to the younger, gadget oriented crowd prevalent on the consoles. I too would like to see more of today's battlefield being rendered and represented, but I fear that we'll see more gizmos. The OICW will probably be back. Expect the M8 to make a showing. There'll be souped up GPS awareness and other Land Warrior stuff. In the background we'll probably see scrap-heap-destined prototypes like the Comanche and the Osprey and whatever mockup the Russians rolled ou

If they have a 3rd person on/pff in SP, they'd have to have a server side on/off in MP or those in 3rd person would be able to see around corners. It would be a huge oversight to provide players with an option that actually affects the play balance if others don't choose the same.

I see you are acquainted with the ancient art....

I feel your pain... Now you ah....feel mine?

Ask him to look for WMD - he tries hard