[ACCEPTED] Roberts Application

[W. Benson]

First Name: William
Last Name: Roberts
Age: 55
Desired Duty Assignment: 11B Machine Gunner

ArmA III Player ID: 76561198033109932

How long have you been playing ArmA III?: On and off 4 years
Are you currently a member of an ArmA III gaming clan or unit?: No
Why do you want to join the 506th Infantry Regiment Realism Unit?: I'm looking for a team, not a bunch of lone wolf cowboys


If you have elected either rotary wing pilot, fighter pilot, combat engineer or medic, if all billets are full by the time you finish the training pipeline, you may have to go infantry for the time being. Do you understand this?: Yes

Do you understand that you are required to own Arma 3 Apex DLC in order to actively participate in the unit?: Got it

Please check your user profile and ensure that the email address you registered with is correct. Have you done this?: Yes

Do you understand the definition of realism gaming according to the 506th realism unit, and is this the type of realism experience you desire and are willing to abide by?: Yes

Have you read and understood the requirements for our unit and the criteria for being active and taking a billet in this unit and that failure to complete said criteria will place you into the reserve platoon?: Yes

You understand the fact that this unit is a EST (GMT -5) time zone based unit, and the attendance requirements of operations are dependent on your choice of Sundays at 2000 Eastern (0100 GMT) or Saturdays at 2000 Eastern (0100 GMT)?: Yes

[SFC (Ret) J. Morris]

Mr Katsukaiju

Thank you for your interest in the 506th IR RU.

There is something which will require your attention before we process your application forward:

• A realistic name is required.
  We require you to select a name which complies to our naming policy as outlined here.
  
  

Once you have an update on this topic, you may reply below to supply the required information and make me aware of the update, at which point your application will be processed again.

Regards,

SPC J. Morris
S-1 Recruiter

[W. Benson]

<<COPY>>
Specialist Morris,

Per CPT Drumheller's post regarding naming conventions, I submit the following:
"When you apply to the unit, you are given the choice for a first and last name. This does not have to be your real first and last name(I personally encourage fake names)."

Thus, I have submitted my nomme de guerre, being a play on words comprised by two monikers:
The first being "Katsu Kyu" which was given to me by a pair of very cute young ladies studying to be English Instructors in Japan when I was pursuing my college degree after returning from Iraq. It means "Wise One".
The second being "Kaiju" which, as you have discovered, is the genre of giant Japanese movie monsters of which "Goji" or "Gojira" or "Godzilla" is one. "Godzilla" was my callsign during my time running a USMC heavy machinegun (0331) section during multiple UDPs to Okinawa (and points west) from 1986 to 1997, and was resurrected while serving as an 11B in B Co, 1-161 81st HBT, US Army during my OIF 08-09 Deployment

"Katsukaiju", then, can be translated as "that wise old big green amphibious monster what ought not to be fucked with unless you have coffee or a death wish", which might fit a 55 year old Jarhead/Army Combat Vet with questionable people skills... It's a nomme de guerre I have used before - not online, however. Very few even caught the joke, most thinking that it was just another Japanese name.

So, if "PVT Goji Katsukaiju" from Honolulu, HI, doesn't fit the bill, I will be disappointed, but will change it - perhaps to "Bob Keeshan".

Your call.

Semper Fi,

William Benson
SGT USMC/USA
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[SFC (Ret) J. Morris]

RCT Roberts,

Your application has been accepted.

Within the next 30 minutes, you will receive a private message with instructions to get you set up.

Welcome aboard Recruit.

Regards,

SPC J. Morris
S-1 Recruiter