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05 Feb 2003 - Site award
Golden Web Award Winner 2003 - 2004
=1FS= is one Golden Web Award 2003 - 2004 winner. Hooah! 
04 Feb 2003 - New Delta Force - Black Hawk Down demo available
NovaLogic released the official single/multiplayer demo of Delta Force - Black Hawk Down. Download it at nvidia.com: http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=dl_deltaforce_bhd
04 Feb 2003 - Reserve operative reactivated
UniBomBer has been reactivated with the rank of Staff Sergeant (SSG) and assigned to Bravo Team. Welcome back to active duty, sergeant. Hooah! 
02 Feb 2003 - Discharge
Honorable Discharge of SGT Anthony "Renegade" Reed. Reason: wanted to leave. Goodbye Renegade. 
31 Jan 2003 - Promotions 
Operatives Rank old Rank new
Yazooo Second Lieutenant First Lieutenant
ZeroG Sergeant Staff Sergeant
Carlos, Cobra, Headmaster Private Private First Class

31 Jan 2003 - New BMO assigned
Dark Angel has been assigned new Battle Management Officer. Good luck in the new function. Hooah! 

Dark Angel has been promoted to a commissioned officer with all the rights and duties.  

Operative Rank old Rank new
Dark Angel First Sergeant Second Lieutenant

28 Jan 2003 - BMO vacancy
In agreement with UniBomBer - our current Battle Management Officer (BMO) - he has been assigned to the Reserves Unit due to his momentary personal real life commitments. Therefore BMO position is vacant. 
28 Jan 2003 - Discharge
Honorable Discharge of CW3 Greig "Carnage" Porter. Reason: no more time. Good luck to Carnage. He will be missed. 
20 Jan 2003 - Discharge
Honorable Discharge of 1SG Patrick "IceMan" Keenan. Reason: wanted to leave. Good luck to IceMan. He will be missed. 
19 Jan 2003 - Site award
DF Mapshop Silver Award
=1FS= received the Silver Award from DF Mapshop - a DF map resource center. Thanks DF Mapshop! The award found its place in our Trophy Room of course. 
18 Jan 2003 - Discharge
LTC Jeff "Rogue" Sanders has resigned as Bravo Detachment Commander and honorably discharged from =1FS= upon his own request. We wish Rogue good luck. He will be missed! 
13 Jan 2003 - Announcement: =1FS= Website Service Interruption
The =1FS= Website http://www.firewalkers.net will be offline on Tuesday, 14 January 2003 from 2100h to around 2330h UTC. Reason: the webhosting provider will be installing a new interrupt-free power supply at this time. It will be necessary to switch power off for that installation. 
04 Jan 2003 - New operative
Private Dimitris "Headmaster" Karakostas officially joined. Welcome to =1FS=, soldier! 
30 Dec 2002 - Site award
DFBHD.DK Silver Web Award
=1FS= received the Silver Web Award from DFBHD.DK - a Delta Force Black Hawk Down resource site. Thanks DFBHD.DK! The award found its place in our Trophy Room
28 Dec 2002 - Promotions 
Operatives Rank old Rank new
Demented, Shadow First Lieutenant Captain
UniBomBer Second Lieutenant First Lieutenant
Dark Angel, IceMan Master Sergeant First Sergeant
Renegade, SPX Corporal Sergeant
Nightwish, Yukon Private Private First Class

23 Dec 2002 - Operation Hammer Strike
=1FS= won 3 to 0 against Legion of White Knights -LWK-. Screenshots are available in the BOAAR of Operation Hammer Strike. Great games all and Hooah =1FS=! 
21 Dec 2002 - Re-enlistment
Scoless - a former =1FS= and Hall of Fame member - re-enlisted into the squad as Chief Warrant Officer Two (CW2). Scoless is currently assigned to the Reserves Unit until he has full TFD capability. Welcome back, chief. Hooah! 
19 Dec 2002 - Reserve operative reactivated
Carnage has been reactivated with the rank of Chief Warrant Officer Three (CW3) and reassigned to Alpha Team. Welcome back to active duty, chief. Hooah! 
14 Dec 2002 - New operatives
Private Alexandros "Nightwish" Arvanitis officially joined. 
Private David "Cobra" Maibachl officially joined. 

Welcome to the squad, soldiers! 


11 Dec 2002 - Alpha Team Executive Officer
Yazooo has applied for the vacant Alpha Team Executive Officer position. Squad Command and Alpha Detachment Commander proudly announce Yazooo's new assignment: Alpha Team Executive Officer. 

Yazooo has been promoted to a commissioned officer with all the rights and duties.  

Operative Rank old Rank new
Yazooo Sergeant First Class Second Lieutenant

09 Dec 2002 - New operative
Private Richard "Carlos" Christie officially joined. Welcome to =1FS=! 
05 Dec 2002 - Operation Brimstone
=1FS= lost 0 to 3 against Assassins of War =AoW=. Good games =AoW=! Screenshots are available in the BOAAR of Operation Brimstone. 
30 Nov 2002 - Promotions 
Operatives Rank old Rank new
Yazooo Staff Sergeant Sergeant First Class
ZeroG Corporal Sergeant

24 Nov 2002 - Leadership change in Bravo Team
Gman steps down as Bravo Team's Detachment Commander. Gman will be reassigned to Bravo Team holding the rank of Chief Warrant Officer Five (CW5). 

Rogue has been appointed new Detachment Commander. He therefore has been promoted to a commissioned officer with all the rights and duties holding the rank of Lieutenant Colonel (LTC).  

Operative Rank old Rank new
Rogue Chief Warrant Officer Five Lieutenant Colonel

15 Nov 2002 - Operation Ice Fire
=1FS= won 3 to 0 against Stealth Assassin Team ~SAT~. Good games. Hooah! 
10 Nov 2002 - New operative
Private Rodney "Yukon" Yarbro officially joined. 

10 Nov 2002 - Website adaptations
Minor changes have been made to the =1FS= Website including: 1. Renaming of the Recognition section which is new called Decorations. 2. Task Force Dagger and Land Warrior battle records are now combined in Battles section. 3. Netscape 4.7x users will experience a smaller cell spacing in tables (same as for Netscape 7 and MS Internet Explorer users). 
31 Oct 2002 - Promotions 
Operatives Rank old Rank new
Mr Biggles First Lieutenant Captain
Knuckles Second Lieutenant First Lieutenant
Gronk Sergeant First Class Master Sergeant
Wraith Sergeant Staff Sergeant
Renegade, SPX Private First Class Corporal

29 Oct 2002 - Delta Force: Black Hawk Down delayed
NovaLogic announced that the release of Delta Force: Black Hawk Down has moved to Q1 2003. Read the press release
20 Oct 2002 - =1FS= reinstates Battle Management Officer
=1FS= reinstates the staff position Battle Management Officer (BMO). The Battle Manager processes and administrates incoming DOW (Declarations of War) for all =1FS= detachments, communicates with team leaders and OPPFOR to define and determine battle and server arrangements. 

UniBomBer has been assigned for the position. Therefore he has been promoted to a commissioned officer with all the rights and duties.  

Operative Rank old Rank new
UniBomBer Private First Class Second Lieutenant

05 Oct 2002 - Discharge
Honorable Discharge of SGT Gary "Straker" Hay. Reason: wanted to leave. 
04 Oct 2002 - Delta Force: Black Hawk Down comes in November
NovaLogic announced that the release of Delta Force: Black Hawk Down has been pushed back to November. Read the press release
03 Oct 2002 - Discharge
General Discharge of PVT Tom "Rainmaker" Skelton. Reason: AWOL. 
28 Sep 2002 - Promotions 
Operatives Rank old Rank new
Sandman Major Lieutenant Colonel
Doc Chief Warrant Officer Two Chief Warrant Officer Three
Yazooo Sergeant Staff Sergeant
Wraith Corporal Sergeant
Renegade, UniBomBer Private Private First Class

21 Sep 2002 - =1FS= TFD Stats
Update 22 Sep 2002: BAB.stats is now adapted to the =1FS= site design. Enjoy! ;-) 

Update: We upgraded the BAB.stats from version 2.0 to version 3. This is why the standard design of BAB.stats is currently showing. It should be adapted to our site design soon. 

Original message: =1FS= is hosting TFD stats servers. The stats will be recorded on our website with the BAB.stats tool. Access our stats through the top navigation entry "STATS". 


21 Sep 2002 - Alpha Team leadership
Due to personal reasons Carnage has been assigned to the Reserves Unit. Shadow has been assigned new Alpha Detachment Commander. The Alpha Executive Officer position is vacant at this time. 
13 Sep 2002 - Delta Force: Black Hawk Down multiplayer demo available
Novalogic released the multiplayer demo of Delta Force: Black Hawk Down on Thursday, 12 September 2002. Download it at http://www.novalogic.com/demo.asp?GameKey=DFBHD
03 Sep 2002 - Change of web hosting provider to come
Update 04 Sep 2002 1530h UTC: =1FS='s domain name firewalkers.net should be effectively set to the new web server by now. 

Original message: =1FS= is going to change its web hosting provider. The required adaptions have been made to the domain firewalkers.net by now. The server switch should be done in some hours or about one day. You may be unable to reach our website some time the next few hours because of that change. Don't worry, we are not gone! 


01 Sep 2002 - Promotions 
Operatives Rank old Rank new
Gman, Pent Major Lieutenant Colonel
Carnage First Lieutenant Captain
Shadow Second Lieutenant First Lieutenant
Rogue Chief Warrant Officer Four Chief Warrant Officer Five

01 Sep 2002 - Rank criteria adapted for CW5
The criteria for warrant officer rank Chief Warrant Officer Five (CW5) has been adapted and is now also available for non-staff =1FS= personnel. 
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