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TSSOC Awards
XO for Allied Forces - 2008 West Point Big Game - West Point, NY
Most Valuable Player for Japanese Forces - 2008 Battle for Mt. Samat - PocoLoco Paintball
Most Valuable Team for Americans - 2008 Operation Market Garden - Splatbrothers Paintball Park
Most Valuable Player for Americans - 2008 Operation Market Garden - Splatbrothers Paintball Park
Most Valuable Team for Pirates - 2008 Castaway Island - Island Paintball, Hawaii
Most Valuable Player for Pirates - 2008 Castaway Island - Island Paintball, Hawaii
Most Valuable Team for USNC forces - 2008 Halo 3 - LVP South
General gor Allied Forces - Russian Front 2007 - USANA
Most Valuable Team for US forces - 2007 Operation Cobra - Splatbrothers Paintball Park
Most Formidable Opponent for US forces - 2007 Operation Cobra - Splatbrothers Paintball Park
XO for Allied Forces - 2007 Invasion of Normandy - Skirmish USA
Most Valuable Team for Japanese Forces - 2007 Battle for Iwo Jima - PocoLoco Paintball
Most Valuable Player for Japanese Forces - 2007 Battle for Iwo Jima - PocoLoco Paintball
XO for Russian Forces - 2007 Battle for Stalingrad - Skirmish USA
Most Valuable Team for Allied Forces - 2006 Battle for Berlin - Skirmish USA
Commanding Team for Allied Forces - 2006 Invasion of Normandy - Skirmish USA
Commanding Team of Yellow Tribe - Tribal Conquest III - On Target Paintball
Most Valuable Player - 2006 Battle for Stalingrad - Skirmish USA
Commanding Team of PA Forces - 2005 NASPBL season
Most Valuable Team - 2005 NASPBL Operation Embassy Escape - PocoLoco Paintball
Media Coverage
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June 2008 - Action Pursuit Games
Castaway Island scenario game article featuring TSSOC's role in the game and highlighting our partnership with Lapco Paintball.
"TSSOC has partnered with Lapco Paintball, shooting Lapco legendary Big Shot, two-piece Snap Shot, and the new Apex-ready Big Shot barrels."
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May 2008 - Facefull Jungle Magazine
Tri-State featured and pictured in "Castaway Island" article covering the Hawaii Castaway Island scenario game.
Additional mention and photo covering TSSOC's Elite sponsorship from Special Ops Paintball.
"Special Ops Paintball has chosen the Tri-State Special Operations Command as an Elite sponsored team for 2008."
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April 2008 - Warpig.com
Article highlighting TSSOC's performance and awards at Operation Market Garden scenario held at Splatbrothers Paintball Park.
"For their efforts on the field, TSSOC was awarded Most Valuable Team by the American general, and TSSOC's own Elff earned Most Valuable Player honors for his leadership role."
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April 2008 - Paintball Sports Magazine
TSSOC mentioned and pictured in article covering Castaway Island scenario held in Oahu, Hawaii.
"When Castaway forces were able to knock out Pirate reinsertion flags, Tri-State Spec Ops provided the last line of defense for the Pirates."
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March 2008 - Action Pursuit Games
TSSOC pictured in article covering the 2007 Invasion of Normandy scenario held at Skirmish, USA.
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January 2008 - 68 Caliber
Tri-State Special Operations Command's partnership with Lapco Paintball announced.
"Lapco is happy to announce our partnership with TSSOC. We searched for an elite team that represented teamwork, respect, community, and above all else, is out there to have a good time. We're positive TSSOC will represent our company well and lookout for them on the east coast in 2008!" said Paul Schinkel, Sales and Marketing Manager for Lapco."
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January 2008 - Action Pursuit Games
TSSOC featured in "Scenario Secrets" covering TSSOC's CO as Allied general for Russian Front at USANA.
"Tri-State Special Operations Command took a leadership role at Russian Front last month, as TSSOC's Dino headed for the Russian generalship in October. In this dynamic big game format by USANA Paintball, scores came from holding flag stations with a ref tracking points by the minute, and from missions completed."
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December 2007 - Action Pursuit Games
Tri-State Special Operations Command featured in team article "TSSOC keeps its sights on honor, integrity, tactics, and teamwork".
"Meet Tri-State Special Ops Command (TSSOC). This team's players are from New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Formed in 2004, TSSOC has fundamental principles and values. They play to have fun, while emphasizing honor, integrity, tactics and teamwork."
"Teams come and go on a regular basis. The teams that will survive are the ones that aren't afraid to distinguish themselves, to affirm their strengths on the field - as well as off the field. Showing up for meetings, strong communication, joint decision-making, and an understanding of overall team ideas, are the glue to help a team survive and thrive...That's commitment, and that's what Tri-State Special Ops Command is all about."
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November 2007 - Paintball Sports Magazine
TSSOC team featured in "TSSOC Takes Most Valuable Team and Most Feared Opponent at Operation Cobra!"
"At the post-game awards ceremony, American General "Mars" awarded TSSOC with the Most Valuable Team award, for our dominating presence on the field, our consistent completion of assigned missions, as well as our ferociousness in battle! German General "Farva" also honored TSSOC, with the coveted Most Formidable Opponent award. During his presentation, Farva said "What else is there to say? Y'all put the fear of god into us wherever you went!" Thank you Mars and Farva for your recognition!"
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November 2007 - Paintball2xtremes Magazine
TSSOC team mentioned in "NJNAM Scenario 2007"
"For the Americans, Tri-State Special Ops Command had specific orders to engage in running troops consistently throughout the game, and supplying manpower to deliver a constant push against the VC, making good use of their collective tactical experience."
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October 27, 2007 - Paintball News Magazine
Article featuring Tri-State Special Operations Command's partnership with ECX Paintball Park.
"ECX is an outstanding combination of woods and open flat land for building structures, where the sky is the limit. The facilities and player benefits make ECX a 'player's field' and a smart choice for Tri-State Special Operations Command."
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October 2007 - Facefull Jungle Magazine
Tri-State players pictured in in the article "Skirmish's New World Record" covering the 2007 Invasion of Normandy.
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October 17, 2007 - Paintball News Magazine
Article featuring TSSOC's role in Operation Cobra at Splatbrothers Paintball.
"On September 15, 2007 Tri-State took part in Splatbrothers Paintball Park's "Operation Cobra: Allied Break Out" scenario in Hopewell Virginia. This marked TSSOC's first official event in Virginia and we had a fantastic game!"
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September 2007 - Paintball Sports Magazine
TSSOC team members pictured in "Pyro Production's New Jersey Nam 2007" and "Iwo Jima: The Battle for Mount Suribachi".
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September 2007 - Action Pursuit Games
Tri-State Special Operations Command pictured and highlighted in "Frozen! Stalingrad 2007".
"Picking my way across the ice, I linked up with Tri-State Special Operations Command...More hard-core scenario players are hard to find. Tri-State brought their applicants along, challenging the wannabe team members to hold their own and learn the ropes under duress. At the leading edge of a shifting front, they launched Atomic Ordnance paintgrenades one after another into the bare tree canopy, reaching downrange toward the Germans."
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July 2007 - Recon Magazine
TSSOC mentioned in article covering Castle Conquest XXIII at EMR Paintball Park.
"Members of the SpecOps factory team, including team captain Brian 'MOATI' Russel, helped out the attackers on Wall 2, joined by the newest sponsored team in the SpecOps stable, Tri-State Special Operations Command."
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July 2007 - Facefull Jungle Magazine
TSSOC members pictured in article covering the Castle Conquest XXIII at EMR Paintball.
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June 2007 - Facefull Jungle Magazine
Tri-State Special Operations Command mentioned in "Seizing Stalingrad," an article covering the 2007 Battle of Stalingrad at Skirmish USA.
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September 2006 - Paintball Sports Magazine
Article covering ION 2006 at Skirmish USA. "Tri-State Special Operations Command, a team that has made quite an impression at several games this season, shared the Allied MVT award with the Dirty Dozen. 'They were everywhere,' Wood Said, of TSSOC, 'motivating players, screaming, shooting...'"
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August 2006 - Action Pursuit Games
Article on ION 2006 and featuring TSSOC C.O. BigDino receiving the Allied Most Valuable Team award.
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June 2006 - Paintball Sports Magazine
Article covering Stalingrad 2006 at Skirmish USA. "Tri-State Special Operations Command, XO Dino DiNardo receives MVP"
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March 2006 - Blachole.com
Video Coverage of TSSOC at Tribal Conquest III.
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July 2005 - Paintball.com
Article covering NASPBL game Operation Strike Back. TSSOC plays North American Scenario Paintball League premiere season.
"June 18th marked the third scenario in the North American Scenario Paintball League (NASPBL) founding season Operation Strike Back. The battle was a road game for both the Southern New England Minutemen (SNE) lead by Major Chris 'ENCARMINE' Nadu VS the Pennsylvania Liberators (PA) lead by Major James 'BIGDINO' DiNardo of Tri-State Special Operations Command."
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