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An essential step in establishing
an individual unit's identity is registering it as a
command.
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REGISTERED
COMMANDS
Each Flash Force member is encouraged to develop his
or her own scale unit (or command). Registering that
command is one of the first steps in establishing an
official unit identity. In addition to identifying
the unit itself, the command registration process
defines key elements for each unit, including:
- Unit number;
- Unit emblem;
- Base name and location;
- Unit activation date (date the member joined the
unit);
- Commanding Officer (member's name);
- Executive Officer (second-in-command);
- Unit name; and,
- Unit motto.
In order to qualify for recognition, the unit emblem,
base name, unit name, and unit motto must be unique
within the organization.
The following are officially registered and recognized
commands:
 | COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS
(6TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND)
Base Name/Location: Thunder Bay, California
Activation Date: 1 February, 1999
Commanding Officer: Teddy M. Terstegge, Executive
Director
Executive Officer: Joseph R. Benton, Deputy
Executive Director
Unit Name: Lightning Force (The Guardians)
Unit Motto: "Semper Viligans" (Ever
Vigilant)
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 | 36TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS
COMMAND
Base Name/Location: Fort Samuel Wilson (Troy,
NY)
Activation Date: 10 April, 1999
Commanding Officer: Tim D'Allaird, Senior
Commissioned Officer
Executive Officer: John Francis Wellington,
Commissioned Command Officer
Unit Name: Sword's Edge
Unit Motto:
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 | 37TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS
COMMAND
Base Name/Location: Fort William Angus, Central
PA
Activation Date: 1999
Commanding Officer: Thomas Garlock,
Director
Executive Officer: Lt. Col. Roy Urquhart,
Deputy Director
Unit Name: Black Watch (Territorial)
Unit Motto: "Hold Fast!"
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| 49TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS
COMMAND
Base Name/Location: Three Rivers
Activation Date:
Commanding Officer: Howard Prondzinski, Senior
Commissioned Officer
Executive Officer: Jonathan "Thunderbritches"
Furlong, Commissioned Command Officer
Unit Name:
Unit Motto: "Silent But Deadly"
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 | 63RD SPECIAL OPERATIONS
COMMAND
Base Name/Location: Sonoma Mountain, CA
Activation Date: 15 June, 1999
Commanding Officer: Les A. Baptiste, Senior Commissioned Officer
Executive Officer: Amy Marie Lopez, Commissioned Command Officer
Unit Name: Dragonstrike
Unit Motto: "Fast to strike, quick to defend"
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 | 85TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS
COMMAND
Base Name/Location: South Central Command, Gulf Coast Region (Pearland, TX)
Activation Date: August, 1999
Commanding Officer: Ronald D. Meyer, Senior
Commissioned Officer
Executive Officer:
Unit Name: Texas 1/6th Infantry Division
Unit Motto: "Old Soldiers Never Die, Your Mother Just Threw Them
Away"
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| 94TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS
COMMAND
Base Name/Location: South Central Pennsylvania
Activation Date: 1 January, 2000
Commanding Officer: G. Edward Haney (Ed), Senior
Commissioned Officer
Executive Officer: Gregory Henry, Commissioned
Command Officer
Unit Name: "Prime Predators"
Unit Motto: "Keep Your Friends Close, Keep Your
Enemies Closer"
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| 102ND SPECIAL
OPERATIONS COMMAND
Base Name/Location: Camp Ridgeway, Central
Oklahoma
Activation Date: 1999
Commanding Officer: Jim Catero, Senior
Commissioned Officer
Executive Officer: Jackson ( Jack ) Taylor Riggs,
Commissioned Command Officer
Unit Name: Outriders/Freedom's Shield
Unit Motto: "Peace through superior
firepower."
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| 103RD SPECIAL
OPERATIONS COMMAND
Base Name/Location: Paradise Base, Southeastern
Florida
Activation Date: 22 October, 1999
Commanding Officer: Alfred W. Hernandez III,
Director
Executive Officer: Enon Orez, Deputy Director
Unit Name: (To be determined)
Unit Motto: "Veni Vedi Vinci"
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 | 106TH SPECIAL
OPERATIONS COMMAND
Base Name/Location: Raven's Nest
Activation Date:
Commanding Officer: David C. Franks, Senior
Commissioned Officer
Executive Officer: Robert Sharp, Commissioned
Command Officer
Unit Name: Raven Force
Unit Motto:
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 | 122ND SPECIAL
OPERATIONS COMMAND
Base Name/Location: Camp New Amsterdam, The
Netherlands
Activation Date: 31 December, 1999
Commanding Officer: René Oltmans, Senior
Commissioned Officer
Executive Officer: Henk Bakker, Commissioned
Command Officer
Unit Name: The Wolfhounds
Unit Motto:
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 | 124TH SPECIAL
OPERATIONS COMMAND
Base Name/Location: Windy Point (Northern Idaho)
Activation Date: 6 December, 1999
Commanding Officer: James E. Caldwell, Lieutenant
Executive Officer: Reginald A. Ambrose, Sergeant
Unit Name: TBD
Unit Motto:"Serving in harm's way..."
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 | 133RD SPECIAL
OPERATIONS COMMAND
Base Name/Location: Windy City, IL
Activation Date:DECOMMISSIONED
Commanding Officer: Joseph B. Tang, Senior
Commissioned Officer
Executive Officer: Bill Kelly, Commissioned Command
Officer
Unit Name: Jarheads
Unit Motto:
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 | 141ST SPECIAL
OPERATIONS COMMAND
Base Name/Location: Javelin Headquarters,
Scotland
Activation Date: 1 June, 1999
Commanding Officer: Kevin Paterson, Provisional
Command Officer
Executive Officer: Gerald Donnelly
Unit Name: Javelin
Unit Motto: "Always listening, always
watching."
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| 154TH SPECIAL
OPERATIONS COMMAND
Base Name/Location: Fort Apache (Lake Ronk,
NY)
Activation Date:
Commanding Officer: M. J. Ryan, Provisional Command
Officer
Executive Officer: M. T. Ryan, Colonel
Unit name: Tiger Patrol
Unit Motto:
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 | 156TH SPECIAL
OPERATIONS COMMAND
Base Name/Location: Midwest Center (Amboy,
IL)
Activation Date:
Commanding Officer: George "Streetmedic" Campbell,
Senior Commissioned Officer
Executive Officer: Ronald Scott, Commissioned
Command Officer
Unit Name: Street Angels
Unit Motto:
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| 171ST SPECIAL
OPERATIONS COMMAND
Base Name/Location: Injun Peak
Activation Date:
Commanding Officer: Azazel, Senior Commissioned
Officer
Executive Officer: L. Giardello, Commissioned
Command Officer
Unit Name: Scalp Hunters
Unit Motto:
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| 196TH SPECIAL
OPERATIONS COMMAND
Base Name/Location: Capistrano Island Command
(Southern California)
Activation Date: February, 2000
Commanding Officer: Tim Kano (Kanowarrior),
Director
Executive Officer: Andrea Blade, Deputy
Director
Unit Name: Raptor Strike
Unit Motto:"Always There"
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 | 210TH
SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
Base Name/Location: Ft. Ross, NY
Activation Date: 24 August, 2000
Commanding Officer: James P. Merzke,
Director/Vice-President
Executive Officer: Thomas J. Begines, Deputy
Director
Unit Name: Cold Steel
Unit Motto: "Risk is our
business."
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| 211TH SPECIAL
OPERATIONS COMMAND
Base Name/Location: Ft. Palisades (Los
Angeles, CA)
Activation Date:
Commanding Officer: Christopher W. Root, Senior
Commissioned Officer
Executive Officer: Patrick J. McDougal,
Commissioned Command Officer
Unit Name: The Angels of Justice
Unit Motto:
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| 212TH SPECIAL
OPERATIONS COMMAND
Base Name/Location: Area T-3
Activation Date:
Commanding Officer: John P. Bersalona, Senior
Commissioned Officer
Executive Officer: J.P. "Chef" Bersamos,
Commissioned Command Officer
Unit Name: Terminators (short for Joint
Narco-Terrorism Termination Team)
Unit Motto: "Hasta La Vista, Baby!"
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| 218TH SPECIAL
OPERATIONS COMMAND
Base Name/Location: Fort Arrowhead (Council Bluffs, IA)
Activation Date: July 2000
Commanding Officer: Tim Crabb, Senior
Commissioned Officer
Executive Officer: Tom Williams,
Commissioned Command Officer
Unit Name: Sky Troopers
Unit Motto: "Wheels, Water, and 'Wild Blue Yonder' "
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| 238TH SPECIAL
OPERATIONS COMMAND
Base Name/Location: Buzzard's Cove
Activation Date:
Commanding Officer: A. T. Miller, Provisional
Command Officer
Executive Officer: Michael "Mad Dog" Murphy,
Colonel
Unit Name: Tango Hunters
Unit Motto:
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 | 242ND SPECIAL
OPERATIONS COMMAND
Base Name/Location: Coyote Mesa
Activation Date:
Commanding Officer: Jason Dunham, Senior
Commissioned Officer
Executive Officer: J.B. Scully, Commissioned
Command Officer
Unit Name: Dogs of War
Unit Motto:
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 | 249TH SPECIAL
OPERATIONS COMMAND
Base Name/Location: White River Complex
Activation Date: 14 March, 2001
Commanding Officer: Richard E. Drake II, Senior
Commissioned Officer
Executive Officer: Chris T. Barker, Commissioned
Command Officer
Unit Name: Richard's Raiders
Unit Motto: "Tema el Dragón"
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| 254TH SPECIAL
OPERATIONS COMMAND
Base/Location: Fort Chagrin (Chagrin River
Valley, Northeast Ohio)
Activation Date:
Commanding Officer: Michael Kappele (Code Name:
Buck), Senior Commissioned Officer
Executive Officer: Clayton Abernathy (Code Name:
Hawk), Commissioned Command Officer
Unit Name: Wraith Squad
Unit Motto:
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| 256TH SPECIAL
OPERATIONS COMMAND
Base Name/Location: Tangent Point
Activation Date:
Commanding Officer: Jon K. Marshall, Senior
Commissioned Officer
Executive Officer: Joseph C. Manning, Commissioned
Command Officer
Unit Name: The Regulators
Unit Motto:
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 | 275TH SPECIAL
OPERATIONS COMMAND
Base Name/Location: Area 6 (Texas
Panhandle)
Activation Date:7 September, 2001
Commanding Officer: Manny Rios, Provisional Command
Officer
Executive Officer: Donald “The Don” Hawkins,
Captain
Unit Name: Silent Stalkers
Unit Motto: "We own the night"
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 | 285TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS
COMMAND
Base Name/Location: "The Compound" (Eastern North
Carolina)
Activation Date: 12 December, 2001
Commanding Officer: Jay "Voodoo" Pearce, Senior
Commissioned Officer
Executive Officer: Donald "Bonez" Baglio,
Commissioned Command Officer
Unit Name: "SODVGRU" Special Operations
Developmental Group
Unit Motto: "Freedom is never so dear until you
almost give your life in its defence"
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 | 295TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS
COMMAND
Base/Location: Pinetree Point Complex
Activation Date:
Commanding Officer: Justin M. Schlottman,
Provisional Command Officer
Executive Officer: Kyle D. Decamello,
Colonel
Unit Name: The Mountain Boys
Unit Motto: "The terror stops here."
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| 297TH SPECIAL
OPERATIONS COMMAND
Base/Location:
Activation Date:
Commanding Officer: JT, Provisional Command
Officer
Executive Officer: Phillip Hendry, Colonel
Unit Name: "Perry's Raiders"
Unit Motto:
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 | 301ST SPECIAL
OPERATIONS COMMAND
Base name/Location: Fort Camden (Las Vegas,
Nevada)
Activation Date: 26 July, 2002
Commanding Officer: Tim Ritchey, Senior
Commissioned Officer
Executive Officer : Sarah Mackenzie, Commissioned
Command Officer
Unit Name: "Blackhawks"
Unit Motto:
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| 307TH SPECIAL
OPERATIONS COMMAND
Unit Name: "Pegasus Warriors"
Activation Date:
Commanding Officer: Ben Peterson, Sergeant
Executive Officer: Roy Voss, Corporal
Unit Name:
Unit Motto: "In Arduis Fidelis" ("Steadfast in
Adversity")
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 | 314TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS
COMMAND
Base Name/Location: Camp Cedar Ridge
Activation Date: 3 November, 2003
Commanding Officer: Michael D. Boze
Executive Officer: Clyde Jenkins
Unit Name: "Ozark Defenders"
Unit Motto: "We Risk Ours to Protect Yours"
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 | 316TH SPECIAL
OPERATIONS COMMAND
Activation Date: 16 November, 2003
Base Name/Location: Alpha Response Central Command
(A.R.C.C.)
Commanding Officer: Chad B. Barnes
Executive Officer: William "Billy" Savage; a.k.a.
Ice
Unit Name: Archangels
Unit Motto: "=,FEAR NO EVIL,="
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 | 326TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS
COMMAND
Base Name/Location: Spirit Lake (Battle Creek,
MI)
Activation Date: 8 June, 2004
Commanding Officer: Ron Hunt
Executive Officer: Sande Falcon
Unit Name: Knight Moves
Unit Motto: "Defensor-Vindex"
(Defender-Avenger)
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 | 329TH SPECIAL
OPERATIONS COMMAND
Activation Date: 29 September, 2004
Base Name/Location: Eagle Ridge Center (Cape
Lookout, OR)
Commanding Officer: Matt Hill
Executive Officer: Ian Hugh Wolff
Unit Name: Brass Eagle Spec Ops/AT
Unit Motto: "They will mount up with wings like
eagles..."
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| 332ND SPECIAL OPERATIONS
COMMAND
Base Name/Location:
Activation Date: 20 October, 2004
Commanding Officer: Lee Tillman
Executive Officer:
Unit Name: P.A.R.I.A.H. (PAranormal Research Investigation and Hunting)
Unit Motto:
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 | 333RD SPECIAL
OPERATIONS COMMAND
Activation Date: 5 September, 2005
Base Name/Location: Fort Koos, Oregon
Commanding Officer: Jared Gordon
Executive Officer:
Unit Name: Werewolves
Unit Motto: "Fear The Night"
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 | 338TH SPECIAL
OPERATIONS COMMAND
Activation Date: 5 September, 2005
Base Name/Location: Deep Submersible Vehicle (DSV) "Leviathan"
Commanding Officer: Clive Kingston
Executive Officer: Jack McAllister
Unit Name: Hex
Unit Motto: "Diu Noctu" ("By Day By Night")
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