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by Madrinpoor » Mon Jul 12, 2021 4:43 pm
TASK FORCE AEGIS MILITARY PERSONNEL FILE CONFIDENTIAL - DESTROY UPON COMPROMISE
"Task Force Aegis" is a "Research & Development" Department of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Basic Information
Name: Leopold Vandermoose
Appearance:
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: April 3, 1973
Nationality: Belgian
Place of Birth: Bruxelles, Belgium
Strengths:
Expert Sniper
Vandermoose is one of the best snipers in his battalion, and that has led to him being deployed in a variety of places. He claims to be able to "shoot a terrorist from 2,000 yards," which is a dubious claim.
Airborne
Vandermoose's battalion was an airborne regiment, and he is trained to parachute into difficult places if necessary. He parachuted into Timbuktu in 2013 and Northern Niger in 2015 on missions. He may not like parachuting (it makes him sick), but he can do it.
Desert Training
Vandermoose was trained to fight in the desert in 2014 as a part of his battalion's desert regiment, and he can deal with all the unique challenges of the environment.
Weaknesses:
Technologically Unskilled
He can't use technology to save his life, and has trouble getting an iPhone to work right—forget about fixing radios. He also distrusts technology, and prefers all of his mission files to be delivered on paper. He's a fan of "old-fashioned war" where cyberwarfare and hacking aren't a part of it. This puts him in dangerous situations, where he is not able to use the technology he needs to escape potentially dangerous situations.
Maverick Rambo
Vandermoose often gets distracted from his mission while trying to do something "cool," like steal a truck or shoot a target without a scope. Obviously this leads to dangerous situations, and can put his whole team in jeopardy.
No Steps Back
Vandermoose is brave to the point of stupidity. He refuses to leave anyone behind, even if rushing back to save them may cost the mission or even endanger himself. He also refuses to retreat unless it's the direst of circumstances, and he hates failing. This can come in handy sometimes, but more often than not it is very dangerous.
Military Information
Role in the Task Force Aegis: Sniper/rifleman (Is there anything else left for me to do?)
Military Rank: Enlisted Private in the French Foreign Legion, Sniper team of the 2ème R.E.P.
Past Combat Experience:
Under the Belgian Army
Operation Nôroit, Rwanda, October 1990 (Belgium pulled out of the Franco-Belge operation in Rwanda in mid October, and Vandermoose joined the FFL to continue fighting and avoid being incorporated into Euroforce)
Under the French Foreign Legion (and the KLA in 1996)
Operation Nôroit, Turquoise and Amaryllis, Rwanda, 1990-1992
FORPRONU Mission, Sarajevo, 1993
RIF/KFOR, Kosovo, 1995, 1996 and 1999
Operation Licorne, Côte D'Ivoire, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2010
Operation Serval, Mali, 2013
Operation Barkhane, Niger, 2015
Equipment:
- DVL-10 sniper rifle w/ suppressor
Nikon Black x1000 scope
Picatinny rails
Flash hider
Bipod
Cole-TAC mirage band
Maintenance tools- Binoculars
- Bushnell Pro XE laser rangefinder
- Beretta M9 handgun
- Ontario Knife Co. Marine Raider Bowie Knife
- Camouflage equipment/face paint
- Combat Gear
- Personal Equipment
Additional Information
Likes: Strawberries, action movies, Benôit Poelvoorde (Belgian actor, they have an uncanny resemblance...), being on target, riding in Humvees on a bouncy road, people being impressed by him,
Dislikes: Messing up, people laughing at him, the EU, full face beards on commandos, parachuting, losing, French cheese, French wine, people making jokes about Belgians
Fears: The EU becoming a country and Belgium being not-sovereign anymore and octopi
Personality: Outgoing and friendly in that older-brother-who-gives-you-a-noogie kind of way. A bit annoying at times, but sweet, and loyal to the point of jeopardizing other people because he's running into a line of fire to drag out a wounded person, which he most certainly should not be doing. Other outgoing people will probably like him a lot, introverts will be appalled.
Immediate Family: Father Michel, Mother Louise, Brother Ruben
Biography:
Born in Bruxelles (Brussels for you English-speaking ignoramuses) in 1975, and named after the great Belgian king, Leopold I, Leopold Vandermoose grew up knowing the lost glory of Belgium. He grew up believing Belgium is the greatest country in the world, and all the other countries are merely footnotes of history; Belgium is forever.
When Leopold was seven, his family moved from Bruxelles to Mouscron, a small town along the border with the much bigger French city of Lille. Leopold refused to make friends with any French boys, much to the aggravation of his parents and the local school district, which incorporated part of Lille and Mouscron together, claiming that they were "frogs" and Belgium was superior.
Leopold enrolled in a technical school when he was 18, to learn to repair broken electronics. He was absolutely horrible at that, however, and nearly burned down the school when he accidentally lit a fire with a toaster he was tasked to fix. He soon grew to hate his school and hate technology, and he dropped out of technical school—and enlisted in the army.
Leopold joined the army at age 18, in 1990, just as the fires of the Tutsi genocide were being kindled in Rwanda. Leopold, as a part of the Belgian army, was sent down to Rwanda and help attempt to keep the President in power, and evacuate French and Belgian citizens. Leopold fell in love with the hot, steamy jungles of Rwanda, beating up insurgents and pushing diplomats out of their windows and into trucks as mobs clashed in the streets. However, the Belgians did not love the war, and due to widespread opposition, Belgium drew out later that month. Leopold was devastated. He left Rwanda, expecting to be back to training and not actually seeing real war, but he found out that, instead, his battalion would be disbanded. Belgium trimmed most of their army units, and their last one ended up being incorporated into Euroforce. This was the last straw for Leopold.
Not only was he pulled out of a mission, and not only was his army unit disbanded, but he found out that his great nation of Belgium was incorporating their army into the European Union one! What a disgrace! Leopold was disgusted.
The army recruitment officers, when they disbanded their army and incorporated it into the Euroforce, gave the soldiers the option of reenlisting in the new army, or leaving. Leopold could not bear to see the Belgian flag on another army, so he decided not to reenlist. What was he to do?
One of Leopold's friends, in order to go back into the conflict, enlisted in the French Foreign Legion, which takes recruits from all over the world and incorporates them into the FFL army. Leopold's friend suggested Leopold join: even though it was called the French Foreign Legion, there were lots of Belgians in the army, and it got to go back to fighting. There was nothing else Leopold loved as much, and, frankly, nothing else he was good at. So Leopold swallowed his pride, held his nose, and enlisted in the French Foreign Legion.
He soon found himself dropped right back in the action in Rwanda, and back into the steamy jungles he loved. The mission was to evacuate the Westerners, even though that would abandon the Tutsi to the mercy of the Hutu mobs. The French left mixed-race couples behind in Rwanda, while taking the French citizens back to France, and are alleged to have led the mobs to Tutsis, and refused to stop the massacres. The mission was also to prop up the government, which was actively carrying out genocides. In the end, their mission still failed. The government fell, and the French command swept it under the rug.
But Leopold didn't care. He was back in the thick of fighting, it didn't matter who he was fighting for or what he was fighting for.
Leopold's battalion was relocated from Rwanda in late 1992, as unrest began breaking out in Bosnia and Yugoslavia began breaking up. He was dispatched to Sarajevo in early 1993, as part of a UN peacekeeping mission (FORPRONU). His task was to protect the Sarajevo airport, despite militia violence—they were not allowed to fire their guns, which made it very difficult for Leopold and his fellow troops. The objective to protect the airport succeeded, but the overall peacekeeping mission failed. Leopold was, once again, whisked out of battle.
The 2ème Airborne Regiment, or 2ème R.E.P., which Leopold's battalion was a part of, is stationed in Corsica, an island south of France. They resumed training for their next assignment, and Leopold asked to be assigned to testing for sniper school. He passed the test with flying colors, displaying a natural aptitude for shooting, and began training as a sniper.
The next deployment was in 1995, in Kosovo, as a part of the RIF and KFOR defense forces. Leopold was dispatched to the Dinaric Alps, on the eastern border with Yugoslavia (now Montenegro). Mountain warfare was different than the lowland jungles in eastern Rwanda that he was used to, and as a new sniper, Leopold was faced with different challenges he wasn't expecting.
That next assignment was back in Kosovo, in 1996, then 1999. Once again a member of KFOR, now his mission was more focused on security and defense of Kosovo, and keeping peace, than it was on attacking enemies.
His next assignment outside Kosovo was in 2002; he was stationed in Côte D'Ivoire as a part of Operation Licorne, a peacekeeping mission resembling Rwanda. After the mountains and temperate forests of the Balkans, Leopold was unused to the equatorial heat. Licorne was an extraction of French citizens as well as a protection of the Ivorian government, and there wasn't very much open war. There wouldn't be until around 2013—but by that time Leopold was out of the Ivory Coast.
At night in September 2013, Leopold and a few other men were parachuted into Tombouctou, Mali, as a part of Operation Serval, fighting Islamist insurgents. This was the first time Leopold got to go to active war in about fourteen years, and snipers were needed to combat the insurgents and their hit-and-run tactics. However, he was woefully unprepared for desert combat and so was the rest of his battalion. In 2014, they began training in desert warfare and survival techniques, which Leopold originally sucked at. He missed the jungles of Rwanda and Côte D'Ivoire, and the dry heat and pounding sun of Mali and Niger and Chad was most certainly not his forte.
Operation Serval was changed into Operation Barkhane, but with the same mission. Now Leopold's platoon was parachuted into Northern Niger, and tasked to fight AQIM, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. He racked up multiple confirmed kills, and began getting acclimated more to the desert, when he got the call from NATO...
Past RP Examples:
My RMB Post Archive
Mafia Queen
Genesis 2089
Those are my longest and chunkiest RP examples, the others are smaller and spread out more.
Additional Information:
I use battalion when I mean platoon sometimes, sorry! If the troop descriptions don't make any sense, just imagine I mean platoon instead of battalion.
NATO's headquarters is actually in Bruxelles, what a coincidence!
Also, his grandfather, Claude, fought for the Belgian army in World War II.
Leopold speaks French, English and Albanian fluently, as well as conversational Flemish.File Number T00-62872-57172AFG - DO NOT WRITE HERE - FOR TRACKING & STORAGE PURPOSES
This File is Property of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Defacement, Stealing, or otherwise Illegal Uses will result in charges.
by Anowa » Mon Jul 12, 2021 5:44 pm
Madrinpoor wrote:TASK FORCE AEGIS MILITARY PERSONNEL FILE CONFIDENTIAL - DESTROY UPON COMPROMISE
"Task Force Aegis" is a "Research & Development" Department of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Basic Information
Name: Leopold Vandermoose
Appearance:
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: April 3, 1973
Nationality: Belgian
Place of Birth: Bruxelles, Belgium
Strengths:
Expert Sniper
Vandermoose is one of the best snipers in his battalion, and that has led to him being deployed in a variety of places. He claims to be able to "shoot a terrorist from 2,000 yards," which is a dubious claim.
Airborne
Vandermoose's battalion was an airborne regiment, and he is trained to parachute into difficult places if necessary. He parachuted into Timbuktu in 2013 and Northern Niger in 2015 on missions. He may not like parachuting (it makes him sick), but he can do it.
Desert Training
Vandermoose was trained to fight in the desert in 2014 as a part of his battalion's desert regiment, and he can deal with all the unique challenges of the environment.
Weaknesses:
Technologically Unskilled
He can't use technology to save his life, and has trouble getting an iPhone to work right—forget about fixing radios. He also distrusts technology, and prefers all of his mission files to be delivered on paper. He's a fan of "old-fashioned war" where cyberwarfare and hacking aren't a part of it. This puts him in dangerous situations, where he is not able to use the technology he needs to escape potentially dangerous situations.
Maverick Rambo
Vandermoose often gets distracted from his mission while trying to do something "cool," like steal a truck or shoot a target without a scope. Obviously this leads to dangerous situations, and can put his whole team in jeopardy.
No Steps Back
Vandermoose is brave to the point of stupidity. He refuses to leave anyone behind, even if rushing back to save them may cost the mission or even endanger himself. He also refuses to retreat unless it's the direst of circumstances, and he hates failing. This can come in handy sometimes, but more often than not it is very dangerous.
Military Information
Role in the Task Force Aegis: Sniper/rifleman (Is there anything else left for me to do?)
Military Rank: Lieutenant (OF-1) in the French Foreign Legion, 13ème R.E.P.
Past Combat Experience:
Under the Belgian Army
Operation Nôroit, Rwanda, October 1990 (Belgium pulled out of the Franco-Belge operation in Rwanda in mid October, and Vandermoose joined the FFL to continue fighting and avoid being incorporated into Euroforce)
Under the French Foreign Legion (and the KLA in 1996)
Operation Nôroit, Turquoise and Amaryllis, Rwanda, 1990-1992
FORPRONU Mission, Sarajevo, 1993
RIF/KFOR, Kosovo, 1995, 1996 and 1999
Operation Licorne, Côte D'Ivoire, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2010
Operation Serval, Mali, 2013
Operation Barkhane, Niger, 2015
Equipment:
- DVL-10 sniper rifle w/ suppressor
Nikon Black x1000 scope
Picatinny rails
Flash hider
Bipod
Cole-TAC mirage band
Maintenance tools- Binoculars
- Bushnell Pro XE laser rangefinder
- Beretta M9 handgun
- Ontario Knife Co. Marine Raider Bowie Knife
- Camouflage equipment/face paint
- Combat Gear
- Personal Equipment
Additional Information
Likes: Strawberries, action movies, Benôit Poelvoorde (Belgian actor, they have an uncanny resemblance...), being on target, riding in Humvees on a bouncy road, people being impressed by him,
Dislikes: Messing up, people laughing at him, the EU, full face beards on commandos, parachuting, losing, French cheese, French wine, people making jokes about Belgians
Fears: Small cats, the EU becoming a country and Belgium being not-sovereign anymore, and octopi
Personality: Outgoing and friendly in that older-brother-who-gives-you-a-noogie kind of way. A bit annoying at times, but sweet, and loyal to the point of jeopardizing other people because he's running into a line of fire to drag out a wounded person, which he most certainly should not be doing. Other outgoing people will probably like him a lot, introverts will be appalled.
Immediate Family: Father Michel, Mother Louise, Brother Ruben
Biography:
Born in Bruxelles (Brussels for you English-speaking ignoramuses) in 1975, and named after the great Belgian king, Leopold I, Leopold Vandermoose grew up knowing the lost glory of Belgium. He grew up believing Belgium is the greatest country in the world, and all the other countries are merely footnotes of history; Belgium is forever.
When Leopold was seven, his family moved from Bruxelles to Mouscron, a small town along the border with the much bigger French city of Lille. Leopold refused to make friends with any French boys, much to the aggravation of his parents and the local school district, which incorporated part of Lille and Mouscron together, claiming that they were "frogs" and Belgium was superior.
Leopold enrolled in a technical school when he was 18, to learn to repair broken electronics. He was absolutely horrible at that, however, and nearly burned down the school when he accidentally lit a fire with a toaster he was tasked to fix. He soon grew to hate his school and hate technology, and he dropped out of technical school—and enlisted in the army.
Leopold joined the army at age 18, in 1990, just as the fires of the Tutsi genocide were being kindled in Rwanda. Leopold, as a part of the Belgian army, was sent down to Rwanda and help attempt to keep the President in power, and evacuate French and Belgian citizens. Leopold fell in love with the hot, steamy jungles of Rwanda, beating up insurgents and pushing diplomats out of their windows and into trucks as mobs clashed in the streets. However, the Belgians did not love the war, and due to widespread opposition, Belgium drew out later that month. Leopold was devastated. He left Rwanda, expecting to be back to training and not actually seeing real war, but he found out that, instead, his battalion would be disbanded. Belgium trimmed most of their army units, and their last one ended up being incorporated into Euroforce. This was the last straw for Leopold.
Not only was he pulled out of a mission, and not only was his army unit disbanded, but he found out that his great nation of Belgium was incorporating their army into the European Union one! What a disgrace! Leopold was disgusted.
The army recruitment officers, when they disbanded their army and incorporated it into the Euroforce, gave the soldiers the option of reenlisting in the new army, or leaving. Leopold could not bear to see the Belgian flag on another army, so he decided not to reenlist. What was he to do?
One of Leopold's friends, in order to go back into the conflict, enlisted in the French Foreign Legion, which takes recruits from all over the world and incorporates them into the FFL army. Leopold's friend suggested Leopold join: even though it was called the French Foreign Legion, there were lots of Belgians in the army, and it got to go back to fighting. There was nothing else Leopold loved as much, and, frankly, nothing else he was good at. So Leopold swallowed his pride, held his nose, and enlisted in the French Foreign Legion.
He soon found himself dropped right back in the action in Rwanda, and back into the steamy jungles he loved. The mission was to evacuate the Westerners, even though that would abandon the Tutsi to the mercy of the Hutu mobs. The French left mixed-race couples behind in Rwanda, while taking the French citizens back to France, and are alleged to have led the mobs to Tutsis, and refused to stop the massacres. The mission was also to prop up the government, which was actively carrying out genocides. In the end, their mission still failed. The government fell, and the French command swept it under the rug.
But Leopold didn't care. He was back in the thick of fighting, it didn't matter who he was fighting for or what he was fighting for.
Leopold's battalion was relocated from Rwanda in late 1992, as unrest began breaking out in Bosnia and Yugoslavia began breaking up. He was dispatched to Sarajevo in early 1993, as part of a UN peacekeeping mission (FORPRONU). His task was to protect the Sarajevo airport, despite militia violence—they were not allowed to fire their guns, which made it very difficult for Leopold and his fellow troops. The objective to protect the airport succeeded, but the overall peacekeeping mission failed. Leopold was, once again, whisked out of battle.
The 2ème Airborne Regiment, or 2ème R.E.P., which Leopold's battalion was a part of, is stationed in Corsica, an island south of France. They resumed training for their next assignment, and Leopold asked to be assigned to testing for sniper school. He passed the test with flying colors, displaying a natural aptitude for shooting, and began training as a sniper.
The next deployment was in 1995, in Kosovo, as a part of the RIF and KFOR defense forces. Leopold was dispatched to the Dinaric Alps, on the eastern border with Yugoslavia (now Montenegro). Mountain warfare was different than the lowland jungles in eastern Rwanda that he was used to, and as a new sniper, Leopold was faced with different challenges he wasn't expecting.
In 1996, Leopold was stationed on a mountaintop above a slope that his platoon was traversing to provide cover, in case they encountered Serbian troops. The patrol was relatively peaceful, until out of nowhere, a loud BOOM shook the mountain. Artillery fire carpeted his platoon's slope, but the enemy didn't see Leopold, tucked into the top of the mountain. When the artillery fire subsided, his platoon was dead. Leopold abandoned his post, and darted down the other side of the mountain.
Leopold tried to reach command, but his radio only played static and Leopold had no idea how to fix it. Frantic, alone, and scared, Leopold tried running down the mountain until he found a town. But night started to fall, and Leopold started to get lost. Just as the sun went down, machine gun fire stitched the mountainside in front of him. Leopold dropped to the ground, then scrambled up as the gun fired right behind him. He threw his hands up and tumbled to his knees.
The gunner came out of the forest and started up the mountain slope, where Leopold was, flanked by two people carrying rifles. They didn't have Serbian uniforms, and Leopold didn't know who they were, but they easily identified his blue beret with "UN" stitched onto the front. They were KLA, Kosovo Liberation Army, and took him back to their camp. Leopold would spend the next few months fighting with the KLA unit as a guerilla force against Serbian militias on the border of Kosovo and Montenegro, picking up Albanian and guerilla warfare. Eventually though, he returned to his French Foreign Legion battalion and was sent back to Corsica until his next assignment.
That next assignment was back in Kosovo, in 1999. Once again a member of KFOR, now his mission was more focused on security and defense of Kosovo, and keeping peace, than it was on attacking enemies.
However in late 1999, while stationed in Besiana, a town on the Serbian border, his squadron was fired on my Serbian troops. His commanding officer was killed in the short firefight and Leopold took control, leading his men out of the city and into a small forest. The Serbians followed, but were met with an ambush, and Leopold managed to kill the Serbian leader from a little over 1,500 feet away. His platoon retook control of their post, and Leopold was awarded with a combat medal, and a promotion for his bravery. Now he was a lieutenant, and officially in command of his own platoon.
He wouldn't lead his new platoon into battle until 2002; he was stationed in Côte D'Ivoire as a part of Operation Licorne, a peacekeeping mission resembling Rwanda. After the mountains and temperate forests of the Balkans, Leopold was unused to the equatorial heat. Licorne was an extraction of French citizens as well as a protection of the Ivorian government, and there wasn't very much open war. There wouldn't be until around 2013—but by that time Leopold was out of the Ivory Coast.
At night in September 2013, Leopold and a few other men were parachuted into Tombouctou, Mali, as a part of Operation Serval, fighting Islamist insurgents. This was the first time Leopold got to go to active war in about fourteen years, and snipers were needed to combat the insurgents and their hit-and-run tactics. However, he was woefully unprepared for desert combat and so was the rest of his battalion. In 2014, they began training in desert warfare and survival techniques, which Leopold originally sucked at. He missed the jungles of Rwanda and Côte D'Ivoire, and the dry heat and pounding sun of Mali and Niger and Chad was most certainly not his forte.
Operation Serval was changed into Operation Barkhane, but with the same mission. Now Leopold's platoon was parachuted into Northern Niger, and tasked to fight AQIM, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. He racked up multiple confirmed kills, and began getting acclimated more to the desert, when he got the call from NATO...
Past RP Examples:
My RMB Post Archive
Mafia Queen
Genesis 2089
Those are my longest and chunkiest RP examples, the others are smaller and spread out more.
Additional Information:
I use battalion when I mean platoon sometimes, sorry! If the troop descriptions don't make any sense, just imagine I mean platoon instead of battalion.
NATO's headquarters is actually in Bruxelles, what a coincidence!
Also, his grandfather, Claude, fought for the Belgian army in World War II.
Leopold speaks French, English and Albanian fluently, as well as conversational Flemish.File Number T00-62872-57172AFG - DO NOT WRITE HERE - FOR TRACKING & STORAGE PURPOSES
This File is Property of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Defacement, Stealing, or otherwise Illegal Uses will result in charges.
by Madrinpoor » Mon Jul 12, 2021 6:01 pm
Anowa wrote:Madrinpoor wrote:TASK FORCE AEGIS MILITARY PERSONNEL FILE CONFIDENTIAL - DESTROY UPON COMPROMISE
"Task Force Aegis" is a "Research & Development" Department of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Basic Information
Name: Leopold Vandermoose
Appearance:
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: April 3, 1973
Nationality: Belgian
Place of Birth: Bruxelles, Belgium
Strengths:
Expert Sniper
Vandermoose is one of the best snipers in his battalion, and that has led to him being deployed in a variety of places. He claims to be able to "shoot a terrorist from 2,000 yards," which is a dubious claim.
Airborne
Vandermoose's battalion was an airborne regiment, and he is trained to parachute into difficult places if necessary. He parachuted into Timbuktu in 2013 and Northern Niger in 2015 on missions. He may not like parachuting (it makes him sick), but he can do it.
Desert Training
Vandermoose was trained to fight in the desert in 2014 as a part of his battalion's desert regiment, and he can deal with all the unique challenges of the environment.
Weaknesses:
Technologically Unskilled
He can't use technology to save his life, and has trouble getting an iPhone to work right—forget about fixing radios. He also distrusts technology, and prefers all of his mission files to be delivered on paper. He's a fan of "old-fashioned war" where cyberwarfare and hacking aren't a part of it. This puts him in dangerous situations, where he is not able to use the technology he needs to escape potentially dangerous situations.
Maverick Rambo
Vandermoose often gets distracted from his mission while trying to do something "cool," like steal a truck or shoot a target without a scope. Obviously this leads to dangerous situations, and can put his whole team in jeopardy.
No Steps Back
Vandermoose is brave to the point of stupidity. He refuses to leave anyone behind, even if rushing back to save them may cost the mission or even endanger himself. He also refuses to retreat unless it's the direst of circumstances, and he hates failing. This can come in handy sometimes, but more often than not it is very dangerous.
Military Information
Role in the Task Force Aegis: Sniper/rifleman (Is there anything else left for me to do?)
Military Rank: Lieutenant (OF-1) in the French Foreign Legion, 13ème R.E.P.
Past Combat Experience:
Under the Belgian Army
Operation Nôroit, Rwanda, October 1990 (Belgium pulled out of the Franco-Belge operation in Rwanda in mid October, and Vandermoose joined the FFL to continue fighting and avoid being incorporated into Euroforce)
Under the French Foreign Legion (and the KLA in 1996)
Operation Nôroit, Turquoise and Amaryllis, Rwanda, 1990-1992
FORPRONU Mission, Sarajevo, 1993
RIF/KFOR, Kosovo, 1995, 1996 and 1999
Operation Licorne, Côte D'Ivoire, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2010
Operation Serval, Mali, 2013
Operation Barkhane, Niger, 2015
Equipment:
- DVL-10 sniper rifle w/ suppressor
Nikon Black x1000 scope
Picatinny rails
Flash hider
Bipod
Cole-TAC mirage band
Maintenance tools- Binoculars
- Bushnell Pro XE laser rangefinder
- Beretta M9 handgun
- Ontario Knife Co. Marine Raider Bowie Knife
- Camouflage equipment/face paint
- Combat Gear
- Personal Equipment
Additional Information
Likes: Strawberries, action movies, Benôit Poelvoorde (Belgian actor, they have an uncanny resemblance...), being on target, riding in Humvees on a bouncy road, people being impressed by him,
Dislikes: Messing up, people laughing at him, the EU, full face beards on commandos, parachuting, losing, French cheese, French wine, people making jokes about Belgians
Fears: Small cats, the EU becoming a country and Belgium being not-sovereign anymore, and octopi
Personality: Outgoing and friendly in that older-brother-who-gives-you-a-noogie kind of way. A bit annoying at times, but sweet, and loyal to the point of jeopardizing other people because he's running into a line of fire to drag out a wounded person, which he most certainly should not be doing. Other outgoing people will probably like him a lot, introverts will be appalled.
Immediate Family: Father Michel, Mother Louise, Brother Ruben
Biography:
Born in Bruxelles (Brussels for you English-speaking ignoramuses) in 1975, and named after the great Belgian king, Leopold I, Leopold Vandermoose grew up knowing the lost glory of Belgium. He grew up believing Belgium is the greatest country in the world, and all the other countries are merely footnotes of history; Belgium is forever.
When Leopold was seven, his family moved from Bruxelles to Mouscron, a small town along the border with the much bigger French city of Lille. Leopold refused to make friends with any French boys, much to the aggravation of his parents and the local school district, which incorporated part of Lille and Mouscron together, claiming that they were "frogs" and Belgium was superior.
Leopold enrolled in a technical school when he was 18, to learn to repair broken electronics. He was absolutely horrible at that, however, and nearly burned down the school when he accidentally lit a fire with a toaster he was tasked to fix. He soon grew to hate his school and hate technology, and he dropped out of technical school—and enlisted in the army.
Leopold joined the army at age 18, in 1990, just as the fires of the Tutsi genocide were being kindled in Rwanda. Leopold, as a part of the Belgian army, was sent down to Rwanda and help attempt to keep the President in power, and evacuate French and Belgian citizens. Leopold fell in love with the hot, steamy jungles of Rwanda, beating up insurgents and pushing diplomats out of their windows and into trucks as mobs clashed in the streets. However, the Belgians did not love the war, and due to widespread opposition, Belgium drew out later that month. Leopold was devastated. He left Rwanda, expecting to be back to training and not actually seeing real war, but he found out that, instead, his battalion would be disbanded. Belgium trimmed most of their army units, and their last one ended up being incorporated into Euroforce. This was the last straw for Leopold.
Not only was he pulled out of a mission, and not only was his army unit disbanded, but he found out that his great nation of Belgium was incorporating their army into the European Union one! What a disgrace! Leopold was disgusted.
The army recruitment officers, when they disbanded their army and incorporated it into the Euroforce, gave the soldiers the option of reenlisting in the new army, or leaving. Leopold could not bear to see the Belgian flag on another army, so he decided not to reenlist. What was he to do?
One of Leopold's friends, in order to go back into the conflict, enlisted in the French Foreign Legion, which takes recruits from all over the world and incorporates them into the FFL army. Leopold's friend suggested Leopold join: even though it was called the French Foreign Legion, there were lots of Belgians in the army, and it got to go back to fighting. There was nothing else Leopold loved as much, and, frankly, nothing else he was good at. So Leopold swallowed his pride, held his nose, and enlisted in the French Foreign Legion.
He soon found himself dropped right back in the action in Rwanda, and back into the steamy jungles he loved. The mission was to evacuate the Westerners, even though that would abandon the Tutsi to the mercy of the Hutu mobs. The French left mixed-race couples behind in Rwanda, while taking the French citizens back to France, and are alleged to have led the mobs to Tutsis, and refused to stop the massacres. The mission was also to prop up the government, which was actively carrying out genocides. In the end, their mission still failed. The government fell, and the French command swept it under the rug.
But Leopold didn't care. He was back in the thick of fighting, it didn't matter who he was fighting for or what he was fighting for.
Leopold's battalion was relocated from Rwanda in late 1992, as unrest began breaking out in Bosnia and Yugoslavia began breaking up. He was dispatched to Sarajevo in early 1993, as part of a UN peacekeeping mission (FORPRONU). His task was to protect the Sarajevo airport, despite militia violence—they were not allowed to fire their guns, which made it very difficult for Leopold and his fellow troops. The objective to protect the airport succeeded, but the overall peacekeeping mission failed. Leopold was, once again, whisked out of battle.
The 2ème Airborne Regiment, or 2ème R.E.P., which Leopold's battalion was a part of, is stationed in Corsica, an island south of France. They resumed training for their next assignment, and Leopold asked to be assigned to testing for sniper school. He passed the test with flying colors, displaying a natural aptitude for shooting, and began training as a sniper.
The next deployment was in 1995, in Kosovo, as a part of the RIF and KFOR defense forces. Leopold was dispatched to the Dinaric Alps, on the eastern border with Yugoslavia (now Montenegro). Mountain warfare was different than the lowland jungles in eastern Rwanda that he was used to, and as a new sniper, Leopold was faced with different challenges he wasn't expecting.
In 1996, Leopold was stationed on a mountaintop above a slope that his platoon was traversing to provide cover, in case they encountered Serbian troops. The patrol was relatively peaceful, until out of nowhere, a loud BOOM shook the mountain. Artillery fire carpeted his platoon's slope, but the enemy didn't see Leopold, tucked into the top of the mountain. When the artillery fire subsided, his platoon was dead. Leopold abandoned his post, and darted down the other side of the mountain.
Leopold tried to reach command, but his radio only played static and Leopold had no idea how to fix it. Frantic, alone, and scared, Leopold tried running down the mountain until he found a town. But night started to fall, and Leopold started to get lost. Just as the sun went down, machine gun fire stitched the mountainside in front of him. Leopold dropped to the ground, then scrambled up as the gun fired right behind him. He threw his hands up and tumbled to his knees.
The gunner came out of the forest and started up the mountain slope, where Leopold was, flanked by two people carrying rifles. They didn't have Serbian uniforms, and Leopold didn't know who they were, but they easily identified his blue beret with "UN" stitched onto the front. They were KLA, Kosovo Liberation Army, and took him back to their camp. Leopold would spend the next few months fighting with the KLA unit as a guerilla force against Serbian militias on the border of Kosovo and Montenegro, picking up Albanian and guerilla warfare. Eventually though, he returned to his French Foreign Legion battalion and was sent back to Corsica until his next assignment.
That next assignment was back in Kosovo, in 1999. Once again a member of KFOR, now his mission was more focused on security and defense of Kosovo, and keeping peace, than it was on attacking enemies.
However in late 1999, while stationed in Besiana, a town on the Serbian border, his squadron was fired on my Serbian troops. His commanding officer was killed in the short firefight and Leopold took control, leading his men out of the city and into a small forest. The Serbians followed, but were met with an ambush, and Leopold managed to kill the Serbian leader from a little over 1,500 feet away. His platoon retook control of their post, and Leopold was awarded with a combat medal, and a promotion for his bravery. Now he was a lieutenant, and officially in command of his own platoon.
He wouldn't lead his new platoon into battle until 2002; he was stationed in Côte D'Ivoire as a part of Operation Licorne, a peacekeeping mission resembling Rwanda. After the mountains and temperate forests of the Balkans, Leopold was unused to the equatorial heat. Licorne was an extraction of French citizens as well as a protection of the Ivorian government, and there wasn't very much open war. There wouldn't be until around 2013—but by that time Leopold was out of the Ivory Coast.
At night in September 2013, Leopold and a few other men were parachuted into Tombouctou, Mali, as a part of Operation Serval, fighting Islamist insurgents. This was the first time Leopold got to go to active war in about fourteen years, and snipers were needed to combat the insurgents and their hit-and-run tactics. However, he was woefully unprepared for desert combat and so was the rest of his battalion. In 2014, they began training in desert warfare and survival techniques, which Leopold originally sucked at. He missed the jungles of Rwanda and Côte D'Ivoire, and the dry heat and pounding sun of Mali and Niger and Chad was most certainly not his forte.
Operation Serval was changed into Operation Barkhane, but with the same mission. Now Leopold's platoon was parachuted into Northern Niger, and tasked to fight AQIM, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. He racked up multiple confirmed kills, and began getting acclimated more to the desert, when he got the call from NATO...
Past RP Examples:
My RMB Post Archive
Mafia Queen
Genesis 2089
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Additional Information:
I use battalion when I mean platoon sometimes, sorry! If the troop descriptions don't make any sense, just imagine I mean platoon instead of battalion.
NATO's headquarters is actually in Bruxelles, what a coincidence!
Also, his grandfather, Claude, fought for the Belgian army in World War II.
Leopold speaks French, English and Albanian fluently, as well as conversational Flemish.File Number T00-62872-57172AFG - DO NOT WRITE HERE - FOR TRACKING & STORAGE PURPOSES
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I dunno, considering the first sentence of the bio actually insults me on nothing more than how I spell the name of a city. Being afraid of cats is also a pretty big red flag for a supposed commando. The 13ème R.E.P. also... doesn't exist. Marksmen also typically don't end up as platoon leaders, and platoon leaders typically aren't issued sniper rifles.
by Anowa » Mon Jul 12, 2021 6:15 pm
Madrinpoor wrote:Being afraid of cats is supposed to be a funny fear, because humor is a good thing, and it's not like Leopold is deathly afraid of cats, he just doesn't like being around them. He's a commando and he can deal with his fear of cats.
Madrinpoor wrote:I don't feel like doing a ton of research right now, but just from a ten second google search the US Marine Corps has 8-10 man sniper squadrons with, obviously, the leaders being snipers.
The US Marine Corps is really the only fighting force on the planet that makes specific sniper platoons. Everyone else either issues a marksman rifle to one person per platoon, or a sniper rifle to one person per company. France does both last I checked, and neither are officers.Madrinpoor wrote:Also, read my bio, he was a sniper that got promoted and probably moved to a sniper-specific squadron. I don't know, I can edit it if you want.
I have.Madrinpoor wrote:I really don't want to argue with you, please just point out what I need to fix and I'll do it. This isn't my first RP application.
by Madrinpoor » Mon Jul 12, 2021 6:35 pm
Anowa wrote:Madrinpoor wrote:Being afraid of cats is supposed to be a funny fear, because humor is a good thing, and it's not like Leopold is deathly afraid of cats, he just doesn't like being around them. He's a commando and he can deal with his fear of cats.
That would be more of a dislike than a fear.Madrinpoor wrote:I don't feel like doing a ton of research right now, but just from a ten second google search the US Marine Corps has 8-10 man sniper squadrons with, obviously, the leaders being snipers.
USMC Scout Sniper platoons are A: The exception to this, and B: still don't have platoon leads as snipers. They platoon leads are trained to be snipers, but in actuality carry M4 Carbines with an optic. As does half the platoon.The US Marine Corps is really the only fighting force on the planet that makes specific sniper platoons. Everyone else either issues a marksman rifle to one person per platoon, or a sniper rifle to one person per company. France does both last I checked, and neither are officers.Madrinpoor wrote:Also, read my bio, he was a sniper that got promoted and probably moved to a sniper-specific squadron. I don't know, I can edit it if you want.I have.Madrinpoor wrote:I really don't want to argue with you, please just point out what I need to fix and I'll do it. This isn't my first RP application.
Anowa wrote:Madrinpoor wrote:Being afraid of cats is supposed to be a funny fear, because humor is a good thing, and it's not like Leopold is deathly afraid of cats, he just doesn't like being around them. He's a commando and he can deal with his fear of cats.
That would be more of a dislike than a fear.
Madrinpoor wrote:I don't feel like doing a ton of research right now, but just from a ten second google search the US Marine Corps has 8-10 man sniper squadrons with, obviously, the leaders being snipers.
USMC Scout Sniper platoons are A: The exception to this, and B: still don't have platoon leads as snipers. They platoon leads are trained to be snipers, but in actuality carry M4 Carbines with an optic. As does half the platoon.
The US Marine Corps is really the only fighting force on the planet that makes specific sniper platoons. Everyone else either issues a marksman rifle to one person per platoon, or a sniper rifle to one person per company. France does both last I checked, and neither are officers.Madrinpoor wrote:Also, read my bio, he was a sniper that got promoted and probably moved to a sniper-specific squadron. I don't know, I can edit it if you want.
I have.Madrinpoor wrote:I really don't want to argue with you, please just point out what I need to fix and I'll do it. This isn't my first RP application.
by Madrinpoor » Mon Jul 12, 2021 7:21 pm
Anowa wrote:Being afraid of a snarling dog isn't special, it's common sense. So I fail to see your point.
Anowa wrote:Platoons aren't teams. A Team is 2-3 people, a Platoon is 10 to 50 people. The USMC is the only fighting force on the planet that maintains sniper platoons. A Sniper Team, is one part of a Company, which is 80-250 people.
Anowa wrote:I said France, not The French Army, you're putting words in my mouth. Regardless of that, the FFL is a branch of the French Army, thus, falls under the typical doctrine of the French Armed Forces, which does not operate Scout Sniper Platoons, period. Officers aren't snipers, nor are they marksmen, those are jobs given to enlisted personnel, not commissioned personnel.
You haven't really, you've just complained about things in my app without actually telling me what to fix.
Anowa wrote:Also, some the sniper rifles in the equipment section are just carbine rifles with a sniper built off of them I think.
M40A5, military version of the Remington Model 700, bolt action, not a carbine. Remington MSR, ground up design for the US Army, bolt action, not a carbine. DVL-10, replacement for the Russian Armed Forces' SV-98, bolt action, not a carbine. SR-25, AR-10 platform, fires .308, not a carbine. RSASS, updated version of the AR-10 design from the 1950s, fires .308, not a carbine. MK-14 EBR, battle rifle from the early 1950s with different furniture, not a carbine.
by Madrinpoor » Mon Jul 12, 2021 7:28 pm
Anowa wrote:Right, I've been pointed out two proper issues. Namely spending 20 some odd years as a Lieutenant, people are retired after a few years if they aren't promoted or aren't seen as a vital asset to be retained. He should probably be a senior officer by now, or otherwise spend a bulk of that 20 years as an NCO before commissioning as an officer in the past 5 years.
Anowa wrote:His encounter with KLA in Kosovo is also not actually legal under the LOAC, he'd have a duty to immediately report to his chain of command. By spending a few months with the KLA and using UN insignia, he'd be committing a war crime, and would be discharged on that alone. Even if he wasn't using his UN uniform, he'd be discharged for desertion and would probably still be in prison.
by Anowa » Mon Jul 12, 2021 7:43 pm
Madrinpoor wrote:I don't know anything about this stuff, and I am just using Wikipedia. I don't know what a carbine rifle is, and I don't know the difference between a bolt action rifle and a carbine rifle. I didn't even know they were different things, I thought there were carbine bolt action rifles or whatever. But that whole thing doesn't matter in any way.
by Hastur » Mon Jul 12, 2021 7:44 pm
Madrinpoor wrote:Welp, deleted your answer again. Here is my response.
Thank you for being more civil.Anowa wrote:Right, I've been pointed out two proper issues. Namely spending 20 some odd years as a Lieutenant, people are retired after a few years if they aren't promoted or aren't seen as a vital asset to be retained. He should probably be a senior officer by now, or otherwise spend a bulk of that 20 years as an NCO before commissioning as an officer in the past 5 years.
Alright, I took the whole officer thing out because I want him to just be a sniper, and I have zero idea how the military chain of command works.Anowa wrote:His encounter with KLA in Kosovo is also not actually legal under the LOAC, he'd have a duty to immediately report to his chain of command. By spending a few months with the KLA and using UN insignia, he'd be committing a war crime, and would be discharged on that alone. Even if he wasn't using his UN uniform, he'd be discharged for desertion and would probably still be in prison.
Aww, I loved that part.
by Kyraina » Mon Jul 12, 2021 7:54 pm
Hastur wrote:Madrinpoor wrote:Welp, deleted your answer again. Here is my response.
Thank you for being more civil.
Alright, I took the whole officer thing out because I want him to just be a sniper, and I have zero idea how the military chain of command works.
Aww, I loved that part.
Hi there, just to give you some help on how the ranking system works. Based on the fact that they’ve been in the French foreign legion for roughly twenty years, they’d be a pretty high non commissioned officer rank. Given how French ranks work differently from US ones you’ll need to look into it yourself. You’d probably be a Sergent-Chef, possibly even a Adjudant. But from my understanding the latter would put your character in more of a administrative role where they would be in the NCO in charge at a upper level like a brigade, something similar to a first sergeant or master sergeant.
https://special-ops.org/ranks-in-the-fr ... gn-legion/
by Madrinpoor » Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:20 pm
Anowa wrote:Madrinpoor wrote:I don't know anything about this stuff, and I am just using Wikipedia. I don't know what a carbine rifle is, and I don't know the difference between a bolt action rifle and a carbine rifle. I didn't even know they were different things, I thought there were carbine bolt action rifles or whatever. But that whole thing doesn't matter in any way.
That would have been good to open with. Sorry for coming off as abrasive and as a bit of a dickhead. That was never my intent, and I've been working as not coming off as subtle as a brick through the window (to the point where I have a factbook in my sig detailing what my thought processes in things like this are).
Anowa wrote:Commissioned Officers are NATO Ranks from OF-1 to OR-10
Non-Commissioned Officers are NATO Ranks from OR-4 to OR-9
Enlisted are OR-1 to OR-3, sometimes OR-4. The US Army stands out by having 3 OR-9 ranks, and 2 OR-4 ranks (of which only one is actually an NCO, the other is enlisted). The US Armed Forces have their own system which is similar where ranks are numbered E-1 to E-9 for Enlisted and NCOs and O-1 to O-11 for Officers. Some Armies have Warrant officers as well which kind sit in between officers and NCO, and typically have specialized training. Unfortunatelky France doesn't have any. French Sous-officiers are equivalent to NCOs. Senior NCOs are typically well respected and perform advisory roles to junior officers. You'll find that Lieutenants and Privates are the same age most of the time.
Anowa wrote:Carbines in modern terminology refer to shorter semi-auto rifles firing intermediate calibers like 5.56x45 NATO. Rifles refer to full size rifles firing the same size rounds, Battle rifles are combat rifles firing rifle sized rounds like .308, or 7.62. Marksman rifles are usually specially designed Battle Rifles with a scope, and Sniper Rifles are almost always bolt action rifles firing rifle calibers (the exception are anti-material rifles that usually fire rounds in excess of half an inch in size, they're typically semi automatic).
by Madrinpoor » Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:21 pm
Hastur wrote:Madrinpoor wrote:Welp, deleted your answer again. Here is my response.
Thank you for being more civil.
Alright, I took the whole officer thing out because I want him to just be a sniper, and I have zero idea how the military chain of command works.
Aww, I loved that part.
Hi there, just to give you some help on how the ranking system works. Based on the fact that they’ve been in the French foreign legion for roughly twenty years, they’d be a pretty high non commissioned officer rank. Given how French ranks work differently from US ones you’ll need to look into it yourself. You’d probably be a Sergent-Chef, possibly even a Adjudant. But from my understanding the latter would put your character in more of a administrative role where they would be in the NCO in charge at a upper level like a brigade, something similar to a first sergeant or master sergeant.
https://special-ops.org/ranks-in-the-fr ... gn-legion/
by Anowa » Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:23 pm
Madrinpoor wrote:Anowa wrote:
That would have been good to open with. Sorry for coming off as abrasive and as a bit of a dickhead. That was never my intent, and I've been working as not coming off as subtle as a brick through the window (to the point where I have a factbook in my sig detailing what my thought processes in things like this are).
Yeah, me too, sorry.Anowa wrote:Commissioned Officers are NATO Ranks from OF-1 to OR-10
Non-Commissioned Officers are NATO Ranks from OR-4 to OR-9
Enlisted are OR-1 to OR-3, sometimes OR-4. The US Army stands out by having 3 OR-9 ranks, and 2 OR-4 ranks (of which only one is actually an NCO, the other is enlisted). The US Armed Forces have their own system which is similar where ranks are numbered E-1 to E-9 for Enlisted and NCOs and O-1 to O-11 for Officers. Some Armies have Warrant officers as well which kind sit in between officers and NCO, and typically have specialized training. Unfortunatelky France doesn't have any. French Sous-officiers are equivalent to NCOs. Senior NCOs are typically well respected and perform advisory roles to junior officers. You'll find that Lieutenants and Privates are the same age most of the time.
Oh, ok, thanks. I'll probably have Leopold as a Sous-Lieutenant, so he can command a sniper team. Even if he'd probably be promoted, I'd expect him to not really be that interested in promotion because he doesn't care about the French Foreign Legion ranks, and stick to commanding a sniper team.Anowa wrote:Carbines in modern terminology refer to shorter semi-auto rifles firing intermediate calibers like 5.56x45 NATO. Rifles refer to full size rifles firing the same size rounds, Battle rifles are combat rifles firing rifle sized rounds like .308, or 7.62. Marksman rifles are usually specially designed Battle Rifles with a scope, and Sniper Rifles are almost always bolt action rifles firing rifle calibers (the exception are anti-material rifles that usually fire rounds in excess of half an inch in size, they're typically semi automatic).
Ok, thank you. I've fired bolt action shotguns before, so I more or less know how they work. I don't know if the DVL-10 is a Marksman rifle or not, but it seems like it is based on pictures not being the same as movie snipers.
by Anowa » Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:59 pm
Kyraina wrote:Carbines are select fire? I'm pretty sure the M4, and the AK-74 family are not semi automatic
by Kyraina » Mon Jul 12, 2021 10:30 pm
by Anowa » Tue Jul 13, 2021 4:24 am
Madrinpoor wrote:Is it too late to join this RP? It looks really cool.TASK FORCE AEGIS MILITARY PERSONNEL FILE CONFIDENTIAL - DESTROY UPON COMPROMISE
"Task Force Aegis" is a "Research & Development" Department of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Basic Information
Name: Leopold Vandermoose
Appearance:
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: April 3, 1973
Nationality: Belgian
Place of Birth: Bruxelles, Belgium
Strengths:
Expert Sniper
Vandermoose is one of the best snipers in his battalion, and that has led to him being deployed in a variety of places. He claims to be able to "shoot a terrorist from 2,000 yards," which is a dubious claim.
Airborne
Vandermoose's battalion was an airborne regiment, and he is trained to parachute into difficult places if necessary. He parachuted into Timbuktu in 2013 and Northern Niger in 2015 on missions. He may not like parachuting (it makes him sick), but he can do it.
Desert Training
Vandermoose was trained to fight in the desert in 2014 as a part of his battalion's desert regiment, and he can deal with all the unique challenges of the environment.
Weaknesses:
Technologically Unskilled
He can't use technology to save his life, and has trouble getting an iPhone to work right—forget about fixing radios. He also distrusts technology, and prefers all of his mission files to be delivered on paper. He's a fan of "old-fashioned war" where cyberwarfare and hacking aren't a part of it. This puts him in dangerous situations, where he is not able to use the technology he needs to escape potentially dangerous situations.
Maverick Rambo
Vandermoose often gets distracted from his mission while trying to do something "cool," like steal a truck or shoot a target without a scope. Obviously this leads to dangerous situations, and can put his whole team in jeopardy.
No Steps Back
Vandermoose is brave to the point of stupidity. He refuses to leave anyone behind, even if rushing back to save them may cost the mission or even endanger himself. He also refuses to retreat unless it's the direst of circumstances, and he hates failing. This can come in handy sometimes, but more often than not it is very dangerous.
Military Information
Role in the Task Force Aegis: Sniper/rifleman (Is there anything else left for me to do?)
Military Rank: Enlisted Private in the French Foreign Legion, Sniper team of the 2ème R.E.P.
Past Combat Experience:
Under the Belgian Army
Operation Nôroit, Rwanda, October 1990 (Belgium pulled out of the Franco-Belge operation in Rwanda in mid October, and Vandermoose joined the FFL to continue fighting and avoid being incorporated into Euroforce)
Under the French Foreign Legion (and the KLA in 1996)
Operation Nôroit, Turquoise and Amaryllis, Rwanda, 1990-1992
FORPRONU Mission, Sarajevo, 1993
RIF/KFOR, Kosovo, 1995, 1996 and 1999
Operation Licorne, Côte D'Ivoire, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2010
Operation Serval, Mali, 2013
Operation Barkhane, Niger, 2015
Equipment:
- DVL-10 sniper rifle w/ suppressor
Nikon Black x1000 scope
Picatinny rails
Flash hider
Bipod
Cole-TAC mirage band
Maintenance tools- Binoculars
- Bushnell Pro XE laser rangefinder
- Beretta M9 handgun
- Ontario Knife Co. Marine Raider Bowie Knife
- Camouflage equipment/face paint
- Combat Gear
- Personal Equipment
Additional Information
Likes: Strawberries, action movies, Benôit Poelvoorde (Belgian actor, they have an uncanny resemblance...), being on target, riding in Humvees on a bouncy road, people being impressed by him,
Dislikes: Messing up, people laughing at him, the EU, full face beards on commandos, parachuting, losing, French cheese, French wine, people making jokes about Belgians
Fears: The EU becoming a country and Belgium being not-sovereign anymore and octopi
Personality: Outgoing and friendly in that older-brother-who-gives-you-a-noogie kind of way. A bit annoying at times, but sweet, and loyal to the point of jeopardizing other people because he's running into a line of fire to drag out a wounded person, which he most certainly should not be doing. Other outgoing people will probably like him a lot, introverts will be appalled.
Immediate Family: Father Michel, Mother Louise, Brother Ruben
Biography:
Born in Bruxelles (Brussels for you English-speaking ignoramuses) in 1975, and named after the great Belgian king, Leopold I, Leopold Vandermoose grew up knowing the lost glory of Belgium. He grew up believing Belgium is the greatest country in the world, and all the other countries are merely footnotes of history; Belgium is forever.
When Leopold was seven, his family moved from Bruxelles to Mouscron, a small town along the border with the much bigger French city of Lille. Leopold refused to make friends with any French boys, much to the aggravation of his parents and the local school district, which incorporated part of Lille and Mouscron together, claiming that they were "frogs" and Belgium was superior.
Leopold enrolled in a technical school when he was 18, to learn to repair broken electronics. He was absolutely horrible at that, however, and nearly burned down the school when he accidentally lit a fire with a toaster he was tasked to fix. He soon grew to hate his school and hate technology, and he dropped out of technical school—and enlisted in the army.
Leopold joined the army at age 18, in 1990, just as the fires of the Tutsi genocide were being kindled in Rwanda. Leopold, as a part of the Belgian army, was sent down to Rwanda and help attempt to keep the President in power, and evacuate French and Belgian citizens. Leopold fell in love with the hot, steamy jungles of Rwanda, beating up insurgents and pushing diplomats out of their windows and into trucks as mobs clashed in the streets. However, the Belgians did not love the war, and due to widespread opposition, Belgium drew out later that month. Leopold was devastated. He left Rwanda, expecting to be back to training and not actually seeing real war, but he found out that, instead, his battalion would be disbanded. Belgium trimmed most of their army units, and their last one ended up being incorporated into Euroforce. This was the last straw for Leopold.
Not only was he pulled out of a mission, and not only was his army unit disbanded, but he found out that his great nation of Belgium was incorporating their army into the European Union one! What a disgrace! Leopold was disgusted.
The army recruitment officers, when they disbanded their army and incorporated it into the Euroforce, gave the soldiers the option of reenlisting in the new army, or leaving. Leopold could not bear to see the Belgian flag on another army, so he decided not to reenlist. What was he to do?
One of Leopold's friends, in order to go back into the conflict, enlisted in the French Foreign Legion, which takes recruits from all over the world and incorporates them into the FFL army. Leopold's friend suggested Leopold join: even though it was called the French Foreign Legion, there were lots of Belgians in the army, and it got to go back to fighting. There was nothing else Leopold loved as much, and, frankly, nothing else he was good at. So Leopold swallowed his pride, held his nose, and enlisted in the French Foreign Legion.
He soon found himself dropped right back in the action in Rwanda, and back into the steamy jungles he loved. The mission was to evacuate the Westerners, even though that would abandon the Tutsi to the mercy of the Hutu mobs. The French left mixed-race couples behind in Rwanda, while taking the French citizens back to France, and are alleged to have led the mobs to Tutsis, and refused to stop the massacres. The mission was also to prop up the government, which was actively carrying out genocides. In the end, their mission still failed. The government fell, and the French command swept it under the rug.
But Leopold didn't care. He was back in the thick of fighting, it didn't matter who he was fighting for or what he was fighting for.
Leopold's battalion was relocated from Rwanda in late 1992, as unrest began breaking out in Bosnia and Yugoslavia began breaking up. He was dispatched to Sarajevo in early 1993, as part of a UN peacekeeping mission (FORPRONU). His task was to protect the Sarajevo airport, despite militia violence—they were not allowed to fire their guns, which made it very difficult for Leopold and his fellow troops. The objective to protect the airport succeeded, but the overall peacekeeping mission failed. Leopold was, once again, whisked out of battle.
The 2ème Airborne Regiment, or 2ème R.E.P., which Leopold's battalion was a part of, is stationed in Corsica, an island south of France. They resumed training for their next assignment, and Leopold asked to be assigned to testing for sniper school. He passed the test with flying colors, displaying a natural aptitude for shooting, and began training as a sniper.
The next deployment was in 1995, in Kosovo, as a part of the RIF and KFOR defense forces. Leopold was dispatched to the Dinaric Alps, on the eastern border with Yugoslavia (now Montenegro). Mountain warfare was different than the lowland jungles in eastern Rwanda that he was used to, and as a new sniper, Leopold was faced with different challenges he wasn't expecting.
That next assignment was back in Kosovo, in 1996, then 1999. Once again a member of KFOR, now his mission was more focused on security and defense of Kosovo, and keeping peace, than it was on attacking enemies.
His next assignment outside Kosovo was in 2002; he was stationed in Côte D'Ivoire as a part of Operation Licorne, a peacekeeping mission resembling Rwanda. After the mountains and temperate forests of the Balkans, Leopold was unused to the equatorial heat. Licorne was an extraction of French citizens as well as a protection of the Ivorian government, and there wasn't very much open war. There wouldn't be until around 2013—but by that time Leopold was out of the Ivory Coast.
At night in September 2013, Leopold and a few other men were parachuted into Tombouctou, Mali, as a part of Operation Serval, fighting Islamist insurgents. This was the first time Leopold got to go to active war in about fourteen years, and snipers were needed to combat the insurgents and their hit-and-run tactics. However, he was woefully unprepared for desert combat and so was the rest of his battalion. In 2014, they began training in desert warfare and survival techniques, which Leopold originally sucked at. He missed the jungles of Rwanda and Côte D'Ivoire, and the dry heat and pounding sun of Mali and Niger and Chad was most certainly not his forte.
Operation Serval was changed into Operation Barkhane, but with the same mission. Now Leopold's platoon was parachuted into Northern Niger, and tasked to fight AQIM, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. He racked up multiple confirmed kills, and began getting acclimated more to the desert, when he got the call from NATO...
Past RP Examples:
My RMB Post Archive
Mafia Queen
Genesis 2089
Those are my longest and chunkiest RP examples, the others are smaller and spread out more.
Additional Information:
I use battalion when I mean platoon sometimes, sorry! If the troop descriptions don't make any sense, just imagine I mean platoon instead of battalion.
NATO's headquarters is actually in Bruxelles, what a coincidence!
Also, his grandfather, Claude, fought for the Belgian army in World War II.
Leopold speaks French, English and Albanian fluently, as well as conversational Flemish.File Number T00-62872-57172AFG - DO NOT WRITE HERE - FOR TRACKING & STORAGE PURPOSES
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by Anowa » Tue Jul 13, 2021 5:45 am
TASK FORCE AEGIS COMBAT OPERATIONS PROPOSAL
This file has been deemed classified, and is to be destroyed immediately if compromised.
OPERATION KINKY BRICKPrepared By: Cpt. Luke van Kovschek.
AREA(S) OF OPERATION
Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Hamburg, Germany.
London, England.
BACKGROUNDPreamble: On November 27th 2020, a raid by Polish JW FORMOZA on a cargo ships suspected of participating in human trafficking operations off the Polish coast resulted in the retrieval of sensitive documentation regarding shipping and receiving of both ordinary shipping and contraband shipping in to Western Europe by sea. Of the twenty three individuals arrested, nine died in custody before being interrogated and one was hospitalized, all committing suicide (or attempting to) via potassium cyanide capsule located in a hollow molar. Those who died or were hospitalized were not found in any records in any national identification base by the EU, NATO, or Five Eyes. The sole survivor was interrogated following international law, and brought context to to the packages and documentation received during the raid. Supposedly, 3rd Party Russian Ultranationalists are seeking to destabilize Western Europe via mass importation of materiel and weapons to noted radical groups.
In the following 4 months, GSG-9, JW FORMOZA, SAS, and KSM also raided and seized vessels either in int'l waters or in port with similar manifests and status of crew. While ringleaders have not yet been found and proper organization has yet to be understood, terminus locations for these shipping operations and the names of cover corps have been found with regularity.
Proceedings: Task Force Aegis has thus been given operational jurisdiction over the sustained shipping of contraband from former eastern bloc and CIS nations and the suibsequent investigations.
There are four docks and three warehouses in Westpoort, Amsterdam; Tilbury, London; and Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg that are most commonly found to be the reception points, but not the sending point.
Task Force Aegis' primary tasks are as follows:
Understand the enemy. They are known to be blank slates in almost all cases, very few have any form of record in EU, NATO, or Five Eyes databases. Marginally more pop up in Interpol nets, but Interpol aren't exactly our friends for stuff like this. Thus we cannot rely on them. Any information regarding organization names, callsigns, identification, lodgings, and any form of personal documentation of any kind is a must.
Capturing sensitive documentation is a must. In all cases a majority of documentation has been destroyed at the beginning of the raids prior, before it could be retrieved. Shipping manifests, operational procedures, cover company names, packing labels, and photographic evidence are but a small list of things to keep an eye out for.
Should OPFOR attempt to smuggle in materiel classed as or capable of making Weapons of Mass Destruction beyond a reasonable doubt, direct action is to be required immediately, and armed intervention will be required.
Task Force Aegis' secondary tasks are as follows:
Capturing an enemy without their successful usage of methods of suicide to prevent interrogation are needed to obtain contextual information regarding documentation. Though the risk of capturing an enemy alive without raising alarm is the primary reason as to why this is not a necessary measure. The safety of our operators and the ongoing effort to combat this threat without being compromised is a higher priority.
Tracking shipment processes to find a proper terminus for arms and materiel moving in to the respective countries is desired by their respective intelligence communities to better track and excise potential threats to public safety. Due to nature of both digital and HUMINT tracking, doing so puts a risk on the clandestine nature of the operation.
While the overall operation is at the discretion of team leaders, covert operations of a HUMINT, IMINT, or SIGINT nature are strongly suggested. Unless teams are sure beyond reasonable doubt that they can capture and obtain the information required before it is destroyed. Do not cause open firefights in the streets, and exercise caution, these are civilian areas.
OBJECTIVES
PRIMARY
- Obtain INTEL regarding OPFOR Org, ORBAT, and Staff
- Obtain INTEL regarding shipping and receiving
- Prevent any and all WMDs from leaving the AO or becoming active
SECONDARY
- Maintain covert nature
- Capture a live OPFOR
- Track materiel shipments
PRESENT FACTIONS
Friendly Forces (BLUFOR)
- British Armed Forces
The armed forces of the United Kingdom, one of the most well equipped and well funded national militaries in the world.
- Special Boat Service, X Squadron
- German Bundespolizei
The German federal police, and home to one of the first modern counter terror units. A well funded and well trained police force.
- Grenzschutzgruppe 9, 2nd Operational Unit
Hostile Forces (OPFOR)
- Unidentified 3rd Party CIS Aligned Group
A literal and figurative unknown to the public at large, it is suggested that this group is composed of mostly VFS denizens based on nothing more than linguistic analysis. That is, as of current, the only concrete information. At this time training, true allegiance, and temperament is unknown. Exercise caution, and shoot to kill.
Independent Forces (INDFOR)
- ???
It is known that weapons and materiel are being shipped to unknown contacts in country. At this time it is unknown who they are, what their goals are, or what their true allegiances are. It is suspected to be several different groups. Remain cautious, as it is unknown at this time if any of these receivers are hostile to BLUFOR as a whole, local governments, simple criminals, or just sting operations.
ATTACHMENTS
- N / A
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by Madrinpoor » Tue Jul 13, 2021 7:36 am
Anowa wrote:
Accepted.
While Operation Amazon is currently full, I am working on another operation that the rest of you should be able to hop in to.
by Ubaria » Tue Jul 13, 2021 10:44 am
TASK FORCE AEGIS COMBAT OPERATIONS PROPOSAL
This file has been deemed classified, and is to be destroyed immediately if compromised.
OPERATION:LUCID GUARDIANPrepared By: Cpt. Luke van Kovschek.
AREA(S) OF OPERATION
Skikda, Algeria - 36° 52′ 0″ N, 6° 54′ 0″ E
BACKGROUND//SECRET//
041700z JUN 4 - FLASH
TO: COMMANDING OFFICER - TASK FORCE 'AEGIS'
FROM: NATOCENTCOM 'JUPITER'
SUBJ: OPERATION: LUCID GUARDIAN BRIEF
SITREP - Unrest in the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria has reached a critical tipping point. Last week, the Head of State and Commander in Chief, the President of Algeria, Abdelmadjid Tebboune was attacked and killed when his presidential cavalcade was ambushed by VBIED's and heavy weaponry. Several hours after the attack the Prime Minister was betrayed by several of his personal security detail and was killed whilst in the safe-room of his home along with his wife and children. Claiming responsibility for these attacks are the Algerian Islamic Liberation Front, or more specifically the attacks were handled by it's military counterpart, the Islamic Algerian Revolutionary Army, IARA, which up until now has only been majorly active in the Maghred and Northern Sahara regions. They have major financial and political ties to what remains of ISIS and Boko Haram, as well as an informal alliance with AQIM and several Saharan/Tuareg islamic tribes.
Since the attack, the Algerian Army has been sent into disarray, with commanding officers receiving conflicting orders and reports of desertion and infighting rife. In response, acting commander-in-cheif, General Makhrim Saif al-Din has proclaimed himself the new president of Algeria and has ordered the arrest of thousands of suspected dissidents, including dozens of foreign nationals who have been detained on false or fabricated charges ranging from espionage to sedition. The current transitional government has refuted Al-Din's claims, though we believe their power to hold onto political control of Algeria is waning. Algeria risks becoming a rogue state.
Neighbouring Morocco and Tunisia have already reported multiple armed incursions into their sovereign territory by rebel soldiers with heavy weapons and vehicles, further reinforcing the assumption that and command structure within the Algerian Armed forces has collapsed and soldiers are acting on their own whims.
NATO and the U.S Government has publicly expressed unwillingness to forcefully intervene in the conflict at the fear it will open up another costly conflict and instead is trying to approach a more diplomatic solution to the crisis, to a negligible effect as the Algerian Government is splintered between various factions. However, yesterday evening, Washington as well as NATOCENTCOM received reports that several American, French and Italian prisoners have died in captivity under rebel forces and that the Algerian Government are refusing to cooperate. Along with speculative reports that prisoners are being subject to regular torture, NATOCENTCOM has authorized the deployment of Task Force Aegis to conduct a direct action hostage rescue mission on a group of known hostages.
The Algerian Government have been adamant that any threat to their sovereignty will be met with a military response, they have already fired openly on civilian shipping outside of their territorial waters. NATO have been holding short thirty miles of the Algerian coast as to not agitate the situation further.
INTEL - SATRECON as well as high-altitude drone reconnaissance conducted by NATOMEDCOM have identified a group of foreign nationals being held hostage at a police station in the coastal town of Skikda, a hotly contested area between rebel forces and the Algerian Army. The group, mostly foreign aid workers and international journalists were captured from their hotel rooms by masked gunmen roughly three days after the assassination of the President and Prime Minister. According to HUMINT, they are in varying states of health and time is of critical importance.
The Police Station is located on the outskirts of Skikda, it is a three story, concrete structure with underground vehicle access and prisoner holding-cells. The building is constructed from rebar-reinforced concrete and SATRECON shows that further modifications have been made to the exterior to withstand an armed assault. The main Police HQ is located centrally in a large compound, several outlying structures such as a vehicle depot and barracks are present, the whole area bordered by a 9ft Concrete Retaining Wall topped with Razorwire and HESCO barriers. Two entrances, North and South have been blockaded by vehicles.
OPFOR - Algerian rebels are in possession of mostly old Soviet purchases made some decades ago by the Algerian Government, that said, these threats are not to be taken lightly. The Algerian Navy is mostly relegated to port and only a couple of missile patrol boats are currently operational, however the Algerian Air Force has suffered multiple mutinies and at least two squadrons of MiG-21's are in the rebel's possession.
Execution - U.S 510th will be deployed in assistance of Aegis and will be conducting an initial SEAD sweep and then continue to provide air cover for helicopter insertion via CH-46, deployed from the Dixmude Mistrale Class Ship. Due to potential for MANPADS and Heavy MG's stationed within the police HQ, 'Charon' and 'Tempest' will offload teams 'Adder' and 'Cobra' several hundred meters from the objective and remain on station until the HQ has been secured.
Team 'Adder' will conduct an assault of the building using whatever means necessary, though caution should be aired to the heavy defenses of the building and a covert entry is advised until you can gain entry to the compound proper. Team 'Cobra' will be providing overwatch and securing approaches to Skikda HQ, preventing possible hostile QRF's from interfering with the assault and extraction. Callsign 'Ronin' will be on station to destroy the police HQ with guided munitions once the hostages have been extracted.
OBJECTIVES
PRIMARY
- Secure the area around the Police HQ
- Conduct a ground assault of Skikda Police HQ and secure all hostages.
- Extract
SECONDARY
- Destroy any targets of opportunity within mission profile. Send a message that torture and murder of foreign nationals will not be tolerated.
- Gather intelligence. Hard Drives, Files, Photographic evidence.
PRESENT FACTIONS
Friendly Forces (BLUFOR)[*]510th Fighter Squadron 'Ronin'
- NATO Standing Maritime Group 2
A small task force consisting of 3 frigates and several gunboats as well as a french Mistrale Class Amphibious Assault Ship
A squadron size element of F-16's stationed at Aviano AFB in Italy. Armed with AGM-88 HARM's, AGM-65D's and GBU-12's
[*] ''Charon & Tempest'
CH-64's from 160th SOAR Squadron, tasked with insertion and exfiltration of operators and hostages
Hostile Forces (OPFOR)
Independent Forces (INDFOR)
- Islamic Algerian Liberation Army
Possibly trained by ISIL and Boko Haram in clandestine warfare, they have looted various police and military bases around Algeria and now pose a significant military threat, not only to Algeria, but to surrounding nations.- Algerian Rebels
Headed by General Makhrim Saif al-Din, these rebels possess military training and mid to high grade military arms, including tanks and rotary aircraft.ATTACHMENTS
- Algerian Armed Forces
Forces still loyal to the interim government, these forces have been strained by the infighting and may not be friendly to western forces. Caution should be advised.
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