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11-24-2019, 03:00 AM
Tanksmasher
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Rip Cord is the team's airborne infiltration expert. He is an experienced military free fall parachutist, a static line jumpmaster and MFF jumpmaster, as well as an instructor and advanced infiltration techniques. He is a master parachutist with ten combat jumps.
Airborne is the team's air assault expert. He is a Rappel Master, Fast Rope Master, Cast Master, and HRST Master. A graduate of the Jungle Warfare School, he specializes in tropical and temperate forests.
Torpedo is the team's underwater insertion specialist. A former SEAL, he is a combatant diver and Dive Supervisor, as well as an SDV pilot/navigator and Dry Deck Shelter operator. He specializes in submarine terrain.
Heavy Metal is the team's heavy armor operator. An experienced Vehicle Commander, he is qualified to drive the M1A1 Abrams tank, the M3A2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle, the Stryker and various HMMWV. He specializes in open terrain and temperate grassland.
Alpine is the team's vertical assault expert. He is an Assualt Climber and Mountain Leader. He specializes in alpine and high-altitude environments.
Snow Job is the team's Over Snow Transport specialist. He is a scout skier, instructor, and skijoring expert. He specializes in winter operations, boreal forests, and polar terrain.
Cutter is the team's seaborne specialist. He is the Lead Mariner and VBSS Boarding Officer. He specializes in maritime (blue-water) operations.
Felino is the team's small boat operations expert. A former SWCC, he is a qualified engineer, boat captain, and patrol officer. He specializes in riverine (brown-water) operations and riparian terrain.
Spirit is the team's equestrian expert. He is the Lead Rider and animal packing specialist. He specializes in open scrub, chapparal and cold desert terrain.
Leatherneck is the team's amphibious assault expert. He is a qualified beach-master, LCAC coxswain, and SURC coxswain. He specializes in littoral (green-water) operations.
Law is the team's security specialist. A former Special Reaction Team member, he is qualified in Close Quarter Combat and breaching. He is a also Military Working Dog Handler. He specializes in urban environments.
Tunnel Rat is the team's underground specialist. He is an expert in demolitions and explosive ordnance disposal. He specializes in subterranean operations and caves.
Dusty is the team's armored vehicle driver, camel handler, and desert infiltration specialist. He specializes in hot subtropical deserts and savannahs.
Muskrat is the team's canoe, kayak, and air skiff specialist. He specializes in small craft operations and wetlands.
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SPECIAL FORCES COMPANY Desert
SPECIAL FORCES COMPANY Jungle
SPECIAL FORCES COMPANY Maritime
SPECIAL FORCES COMPANY Polar
SPECIAL FORCES COMPANY Woodland
SFODA - MFF
SFODA - Combat Dive
SFODA - Mountain
SFODA - Small Watercraft
SFODA - Air Assault
SFODA - Ground Vehicle
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Marauders Task Force
Agency Ops: CIA
Arctic Ops:
Marine Special Operations Team (MSOT)
Navy Special Warfare Special Reconnaissance Team (NSW SRT)
Ranger Reconnaissance Team (RRT)
Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha
Assault Ops
Chimera Ops: Naval VBSS
Command Ops
Contract Ops: PMC
Desert Ops: Special Forces Company - Desert
Engineer Ops: Combat Engineer Company
Field Ops: Navy Special Warfare SEAL Platoon - VBSS
Flight Ops: Special Operations Aviation Company - AH-6
Ghost Ops (Black)
Ghost Ops (Blue)
Ghost Ops (Green)
Ghost Ops (Grey)
Ghost Ops (Red)
Ghost Ops (White)
Havoc Ops: Special Operations Aviation Company - MH-60
Hazard Ops: EOD Team
Jungle Ops: Navy Special Warfare Boat Detachment
Kronos ops
Night Ops: Navy Special Warfare SEAL Delivery Vehicle Platoon
Range Ops: Special Ops Security Force - Deployed Aviation Ground Response Element
Recon Ops: Ranger Reconnaissance Team
Rescue Ops: Special Tactics Team
Security Ops: Maritme Security Response Team
Shadow Ops
Shock Ops: CBRNE Team
Special Ops: Marine Special Operations Team
Strato Ops
Strike Ops
Tech Ops
Terra Ops
Urban Ops: Army Special Reaction Team
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Climate
Polar
polar desert (ice sheet) - cold and arid
polar grassland (tundra) - cold and semi-arid
boreal woodland - cold and semi-humid
boreal forest (taiga) - cold and humid
boreal wetland - cold and inundated
Temperate
desert - warm and arid
grassland - warm and semi-arid
woodland - warm and semi-humid
forest - warm and humid
wetland - warm and inundated
Tropical
tropical desert - hot and arid
tropical grassland (veld) - hot and semi-arid
tropical woodland (savanna) - hot and semi-humid
tropical forest (rainforest) - hot and humid
tropical wetland - hot and inundated
Wetland
xeric wetland (salt lake) - hot and arid
grassy wetland (marsh) - hot and semi-arid
wooded wetland (mangrove) - hot and semi-humid
forested wetland (swamp) - hot and humid
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Ecosystem
Grassland
meadow - ungrazed grassland
agricultrual meadow - grazed pasture
transitional meadow - ungrazed pasture or farmland
perpetual meadow - natural
alpine meadow
coastal meadow
desert meadow
wet meadow
peatland - moss
prairie - true or tallgrass prairie
savannah
steppe - shortgrass prairie
tundra
xeric grassland
Shrubland
shrubland type
chaparral
matorral
shrubland density
dense - 70-100%
semi-dense - 30-69%
sparse - 0-30%
shrubland height
tall - 2-8 meters
medium - 1-2 meters
short - <1 meters
shrubland elevation
heathland - low shrubland
moorland - high shrubland
Forest
Type
broadleaf forest
coniferous forest
mixed forest
Density
dense forest
semi-dense forest
sparse forest (woodland)
Canopy
closed canopy
semi-closed canopy
open canopy
Stratification
emergent layer
canopy
understory
undergrowth
shrub layer
forest floor
Size
grove - a stand of trees with sparse to no undergrowth
orchard - food-bearing trees
woodlot
thicket - dense stand of trees
stand - small cluster of trees, usually one species
copse - coppiced/cut trees or stumps
Wetland
Type
marsh - wet grassland
salt marsh
tidal marsh
freshwater marsh
wet meadow
vernal pool
playa lake
swamp - wet woodland
true swamp - wet forest or woodland
mangal - mangrove swamp
transitional swamp - wet shrubland
mire - wet peatland
bog - acidic mire
muskeg
fen - alkaline mire
glade - clearing or meadow in a forest
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Landforms
Valley
col - lowest point of saddle between mountains
couloir - steep narrow gully in mountains
coulee
dale - broad valley
dell - wooded valley
draw - small valley between parallel ridges
crater
valley
hollow - small valley
depression
basin
pass - mountain passage over a saddle, gap, notch or col
gap - low point between mountains
notch - rigid forbidding col
saddle - low point between highlands and high point between lowlands
vale - valley
glen - narrow valley
ravine - deep, steep narrow gorge
arroyo - steep gully formed by fast stream in arid region; dry wash
canyon - deep gorge usually with a river
chasm - deep fissure in rock
chine - steep coastal gorge for sea-flowing river
crevasse - deep fissure in a glacier
crevice - narrow fissure
defile - steep narrow gorge or passage
gorge - narrow valley between mountains with a stream
gulch - steep narrow ravine for fast stream
gulf - deep ravine
gully - deep water-worn ravine
rift - major fault, crack or split
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Wetland Zones
upland
coastal wetland
swamp
forest
shrubland
marsh
grassland/meadow
dense emergent
sparse emergent
submergent
lake
Coastal Zones
upland (coast) - the area above the shore
shore (beach) - the area below the upland and above the nearshore
backshore (supralittoral) - supratidal area sprayed/splashed by waves
foreshore (eulittoral) - intertidal area between high and low tide lines
nearshore (sublittoral) - subtidal area of shallow water over continental shelf; neritic zone
infralittoral - area dominated by algae
circalittoral - area dominated by sessile animals
offshore - deep water over continental slope, continental rise, and abyssal plain; oceanic zone
bathyal zone - water 200-4000 meters deep
continental slope - area below continental shelf and above continental rise
continental rise - area below continental slope and above ocean floor
abyssal zone - water 4000-6000 meters deep
abyssal plain - ocean floor below continental rise
abyssal hill
oceanic ridge
hadal zone - water 6000-11,000 meters deep
oceanic trench
littoral - is the intertidal area
Maritime/marine/naval (surface) Zones
riverine -
sea ice - thinner ice formed over salt water
ice shelf - continental ice sheet extended over water or littoral area
Pelagic (submarine/underwater) Zones
epipelagic - 0-200 meters deep; euphotic (sunlight); continental shelf
mesopelagic - 200-1000 meters deep; disphotic (twilight); continental shelf & slope
bathypelagic - 1000-3000 meters deep; aphotic (midnight); no plants
abyssopelagic - 3000-6000 meters deep; aphotic (lower midnight): Ocean floor
hadopelagic - 6000-11,000 meters deep; ocean trenches
Aquatic Zones
littoral zone
limnetic zone (photic) - shallow area of well-lit water
profundal zone (aphotic) - deep area of unlit water
benthic zone
Mountain Zones
nival - glacier or rocky area above snowline
sub-nival (high alpine) - sparse grassland
alpine - treeless grassland above the tree line
sub-alpine - woodland and krummholz just below the tree line
montane - closed forest below lower tree line
piedmont (sub-montane) - foothills
Aridity/Humidity scale
hyper-humid (humid)
humid (moist sub-humid)
semi-humid (dry sub-humid)
semi-arid
arid
hyper-arid
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Volcanoes
cinder cone - cone of loose pyroclastic fragments formed by air-cooled lava
crypto dome - mound formed by slowly rising viscous lava
fissure vent - flat linear vent of lava
lava dome - mound formed by slow extrusion of viscous lava
mud volcano - non-magmatic cone formed by hot underground water
shield volcano - mound formed by effusive eruptions of low-viscous lava
stratovolcano - cone formed under composite layers of ash, lava, and pumice
subglacial volcano - cone formed under a glacier or ice sheet
submarine volcano - cone formed under water by mid-ocean ridges or over hotspots
super volcano - cone under which magma builds until high pressure causes massive eruption
Action Stars
Biehn, Terminator
Bronson, Death Wish
Cruise, Top Gun
Eastwood, Dirty Harry
Ford, Blade Runner
Gibson, Road Warrior
Lee, Enter the Dragon
Norris, Missing in Action
Russell, Soldier
Seagal, Hard to Kill
Snipes
Stallone, Rambo
Schwarzenegger, Predator
Van Damme, Blood Sport
Weathers, Rocky
Weaver, Alien
Willis, Die Hard
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