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10-01-2015, 02:32 AM
Tyroc
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Nice line up Cap
In relation to Ultimate Force....just a warning, it gets pretty crap after Season 2 (or 3).
From memory the first season had the Troop Commander Dotsy Doheny played by the actor who was later Apollo in the re-imagined Battle Star Galactica.
Ultimate Force's first season is supposed to be based on the SAS's Counter Revolutionary Warfare Wing (CRW) and I think it's based on Red Troop (Air and Mobility form Red Troop and Mountain & Water form Blue Troop). That's why they get task directed by the CO.
I think in Season 4 when the Troop rotates back to their parent Squadron, they report to a Squadron CO. From what I've read pre 9-11 SAS was always chronically undermanned. Most times there were no Officers leading and even if they were, they most often would only be around for a year or two before being returned to their parent unit whereas NCO's could be there for decades.
Also, when deployed the Troop Commander most often would be the liaison between Higher HQ or Civilian authorities leaving the Troop Sergeant (Staff Sergeants) to lead the troops. I believe the pre 9-11 Special Forces were like this with the Team Sergeants or Warrants leading the ODA's.
I think it was Andy McNab who related that when he joined 7 Troop (Air) it was so undermanned that the entire troop was 8 guys.
Ultimate Force was the co-created by Chris Ryan (also of Bravo Two Zero fame) and also co-created the TV series Strikeback (originally based on his novel). In almost all his works, his protagonists almost always get their orders from the CO or occasionally the Ops Officer (Major) whom the lead character always has a gripe with but is respected and protected by the CO. Ryan makes a few cameos in the first 2 seasons as the NCO leader of Blue Troop.
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