04-01-2001 For my fellow Delta Force playing team members... a bit of news.  I have been working on creating a mission for Land Warrior with the Mission Creator.  I'm about 1/2 of the way done.  It will be a single player or co-op mission based on the actual accounts of the fire fight which US Special Forces were involved in on October 3, 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia.  Accounts of  this battle regard it as one of the most ferocious battles American Servicemen have been involved in modern times.  My attempt to recreate this battle will pale I am sure in comparison to the scope and breadth of  this incident, but I hope to bring light on the amazing and heroic actions of the soldiers who battled for over 12 hours on that day almost 10 years ago.  18 American Servicemen and up to 700 Somali's died in the battle. The following is an account of two Delta Force members who died that day and have since been recommended for the Congressional Medal of Honor. SERGEANT FIRST CLASS RANDALL D. SHUGHART Sergeant First Class Shughart, United States Army, distinguished himself by actions above and beyond the call of duty on 3 October 1993, while serving as a Sniper Team Member, United States Army Special Operations Command with Task Force Ranger in Mogadishu, Somalia. Sergeant First Class Shughart provided precision sniper fires from the lead helicopter during an assault on a building and at two helicopter crash sites, while subjected to intense automatic weapons and rocket propelled grenade fires. While providing critical suppressive fires at the second crash site, Sergeant First Class Shughart and his team leader learned that ground forces were not immediately available to secure the site. Sergeant First Class Shughart and his team leader unhesitatingly volunteered to be inserted to protect the four critically wounded personnel, despite being well aware of the growing number of enemy personnel closing in on the site. After their third request to be inserted, Sergeant First Class Shughart and his team leader received permission to perform this volunteer mission. When debris and enemy ground fires at the site caused them to abort the first attempt, Sergeant First Class Shughart and his team leader were inserted one hundred meters south of the crash site. Equipped with only his sniper rifle and a pistol, Sergeant First Class Shughart and his team leader, while under intense small arms fire from the enemy, fought their way through a dense maze of shanties and shacks to reach the critically injured crew members. Sergeant First Class Shughart pulled the pilot and the other crew members from the aircraft, establishing a perimeter which placed him and his fellow sniper in the most vulnerable position. Sergeant First Class Shughart used his long range rifle and side arm to kill an undetermined number of attackers while traveling the perimeter, protecting the downed crew. Sergeant First Class Shughart continued his protective fire until he depleted his ammunition and was fatally wounded. His actions saved the pilot's life. Sergeant First Class Shughart's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest standards of military service and reflect great credit upon him, his unit and the United States Army. MASTER SERGEANT GARY I. GORDON Master Sergeant Gordon, United States Army, distinguished himself by actions above and beyond the call of duty on 3 October 1993, while serving as Sniper Team Leader, United States Army Special Operations Command with Task Force Ranger in Mogadishu, Somalia. Master Sergeant Gordon's sniper team provided precision fires from the lead helicopter during an assault and at two helicopter crash sites, while subjected to intense automatic weapons and rocket propelled grenade fires. When Master Sergeant Gordon learned that ground forces were not immediately available to secure the second crash site, he and another sniper unhesitatingly volunteered to be inserted to protect the four critically wounded personnel, despite being well aware of the growing number of enemy personnel closing in on the site. After his third request to be inserted, Master Sergeant Gordon received permission to perform his volunteer mission. When debris and enemy ground fires at the site caused them to abort the first attempt, Master Sergeant Gordon was inserted one hundred meters south of the crash site. Equipped with only his sniper rifle and a pistol, Master Sergeant Gordon and his fellow sniper, while under intense small arms fire from the enemy, fought their way through a dense maze of shanties and shacks to reach the critically injured crew members. Master Sergeant Gordon immediately pulled the pilot and the other crew members from the aircraft, establishing a perimeter which placed him and his fellow sniper in the most vulnerable position. Master Sergeant Gordon used his long range rifle and side arm to kill an undetermined number of attackers until he depleted his ammunition. Master Sergeant Gordon then went back to the wreckage, recovering some of the crew's weapons and ammunition. Despite the fact that he was critically low on ammunition, he provided some of it to the dazed pilot and then radioed for help. Master Sergeant Gordon continued to travel the perimeter, protecting the downed crew. After his team member was fatally wounded and his own rifle ammunition exhausted, Master Sergeant Gordon returned to the wreckage, recovering a rifle with the last five rounds of ammunition and gave it to the pilot with the words, "good luck." Then, armed only with his pistol, Master Sergeant Gordon continued to fight until he was fatally wounded. His actions saved the pilot's life. Master Sergeant Gordon's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest standards of military service and reflect great credit upon, his unit and the United States Army. 03-31-2001 Good news to report... Burnin_Reaper is back from his temporary break.  Reaper, Zappa, and I have been getting some serious trigger time on Rogue Spear, so log onto ICQ and if we are playing, we will have the info on our ICQ message screens..  Also I have loaded the NATO 3 mod on my puter for RS.  I must say, it is an improvement over NATO 2000 or NATO SPO..  If you have either mod I suggest you uninstall them and give NATO 3 a try, I think you will like it.  You can get the NATO 3 mod here.  Also I am going to be uploading files for download for this web site.  Fortune City does not allow .zip files to be on their sites, so I will be uploading the files to remote storage servers, probably NBCI Sharehouse.  I already have begun uploading MM1 car files there for the Nitro site.  I may also use Freedrive, MySpace, or IDrive, although they all have slooow connections.  Sharehouse downloaded for me at my connection speed.  They do require you to be a member, which is a very simple signup process, like logging into any other member containing site.  I strongly suggest all Burnin members get a Sharehouse Membership, then we can upload and share files.  They allow 500 mb worth of space.. so file size should be no problem.  I hope to be uploading such goodies as RS mods, skins, Delta Force Land Warrior Demo, and any other items of necessity for our team.. Send me any suggestions for uploads (legal of course) and I will upload them for all to have access to.   A one stop shop is what I hope for.  Let me know what u think, and join us for some trigger time on RS or Land Warrior. Jaymz 03-10-2001 OK, I was able to get the Nitro site back up on Tripod, although the address has changed.  Get to it from here.  Also everyone check out the forum and let me know if you want to keep it with Bravenet or have the Nitro and Burnin CO-Forum on EZBoard.  I will put it wherever the consensus tells me to.. Jaymz 03-07-2001 Well, I seem to be having some difficulty with the Web provider for the Team Nitro site, it has been moved to NBCi until further notice.  All links have been changed.  I have also decided to retry the Bravenet Forum as Burnin_Monk indicates that he has difficulty logging in to EZBoard.  I did change the look of the board, check it out.  Still working on getting our Delta Force Team online.  Drop a line on the forum if you have any news! 02-27-2001 The Team Nitro Site has been officially opened *applause*.  See it here.  And this site is now officially a combat game based team site.  Load up your screenshots, it's time to go to war boys!  Burnin_Granny reports that he has acquired Land Warrior, which now makes Burnin_Monk, Burnin_Cat, Burnin_Granny, Burnin_Doc, and yours truly who have the game.  Granny reports some configuration issues which are still unresolved, but we will be helping him get online soon.  Also I have moved the forum to EZ Board, I just didn't like the look of the Bravenet Forum.  Please give me feedback on the change.  In the words of my Delta Force players' alias, Fixxxer..... "You boys see that!?  You're next!" Jaymz