Team OpForce

Photos from Operation Irene VI, held over the weekend of September 26-28 at MUTC (Muscatatuk Urban Training Center) near Butlerville, Indiana. The airsoft event featured Col. Danny McKnight, US Army Rangers (ret.) (of Blackhawk Down fame) and MSG Howard "Mad Max" Mullen, US Army Rangers (ret.) leading one side called "Task Force Ranger" against the "Freedom Fighters" led by Col. Paul Longgrear, US Army Special Forces Vietnam (ret.) in semi re-enactment and tribute to those US soldiers lost Operation Gothic Serpent that took place in Somalia in 1993. A special appearance was also made by Todd Blackburn, US Army Ranger (ret.), the Ranger who fell from the Blackhawk at the beginning of the mission. Photos by Mr. Johnson Yang (OLCMSS Photographer) and PJ Payne, OpForce.

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Team OpForce "get together" to play the classic board game, "Risk", January 19, 2007. Eric hosted the night at his new and spacious office.

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Team OpForce Christmas Party, Dec. 16th, 2006, hosted by Barry and his family.

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Photos from the very first "official" OpForce team practice/training, held in the summer of 2002.

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Photos from OpForce team member David, currently deployed to Iraq.

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Photos from various OpForce team training and practice days.

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Barry and family once again hosted the OpForce Christmas Party, with the addition this year of a "Dirty Santa" game with a twist...the presents were actually cool and some airsoft related stuff as well... The team also met at the end of the party to discuss team issues and schedule for 2008.

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Gear, AEGs, Equipment, etc...of OpForce members.

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OpForce CQB practice at Bad Karma, May 2007. 14 of 16 were on hand (David was deployed to Iraq at the time and Jimmie had NG duty) to slug it out at Bad Karma in some brutal CQB training. No grenades, no flashbangs...just room by room 7 on 7 inside the main building in the old compound. Everyone had something to remember the day by (and not fondly....the knuckle on one of my fingers will never be the same) but a lot of valuable lessons were learned as well. Photos are of gear up before practice, no actual photos of the practice carnage exist...

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Scanned photos of the Life Magazine Sunday Weekend Insert article written about Operation Irene 2 that appeared in Sunday papers around the country on December 9th, 2005. Article written by Chris O'Connell, photos by Alec Soth. This Lionclaws Milsim Series Airsoft event marked the first time in the series that this event was held in an urban setting. It also was a very positive media piece concerning airsoft.

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Scanned photos of the magazine article on Lionclaws Milsim Airsoft Series' Operation Irene IV written by OpForce International member "Hot Rod" and published in a Brazilian magazine called "Tiro Certo" (April 2008 Issue). Article written by Rodrigo "Hot Rod" Pessoa, photos by Barry Freas from the Operation Irene IV collection... Of course the article is in Portuguese....:)

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