A History of TAW
It is unlikely that you will find a gaming community out there that can talk about being around since early 2001. TAW has a long history of adapting and improving it's structure, keeping pace with the changing winds of PC gaming.
2001
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~ Jan
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"The Art of Warfare" name is first used by a group of players who play Delta Force together. Wedge and Omega, the founding members of The Art of Warfare (TAW), are two players from that group. |
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6 Mar |
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Applications begin to get screened for 1st Squad (a Delta Force Squad). Development of a website begins and TAW formally launches. |
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13 Mar |
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TAW purchase the domain www.theartofwarfare.net and the website is moved from its holding page at www.exade.com/artofwarfare to its new domain name. |
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15 Mar |
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The first official version of the TAW website is launched. |
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28 Mar |
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The website is featured in the news and they refer to Captain Wedge as a Co-Founder of TAW. When TAW is launched, Captain is the highest rank that a member can hold. |
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Jun - Oct |
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TAW creates Task Force Operations (TFO) as a group to oversee all TAW related business. |
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27 Dec |
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TFO restructures Divisions by time zones and approves expansion to include European players. |
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2002
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6 Jan |
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The first TAW wide Annual Meeting is held. |
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14 Jan |
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An internal tournament between Europe and the US is played, featuring the Delta Force and Ghost Recon Divisions. |
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6 Feb |
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Dossiers are launched which display general information on each Member of TAW. |
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2003
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4 Jan |
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The TAW wide Annual Meeting is held. |
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27 May |
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Sub-domains, including news.theartofwarfare.net, are created for the TAW website. |
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13 Jul |
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TAW launches a new Tournament and Maps website at www.theartofwarfare.org (no longer active). |
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5 Aug |
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The TAW Shop (initially called "TAW PX") is re-designed and more items are added. |
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7 Aug |
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TFO approves a new structure for TAW in which Zones will be used to organise Divisions around the world. |
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12 Sep |
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A new Flash introduction is created for the TAW website. |
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2004
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3 Mar
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TAW branded merchandise is made available through the TAW Shop. |
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13 May
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The World of Warfare (www.wowarfare.com) launches as TAW's new Tournament website (no longer active). |
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24 Jun |
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TFO approves the creation of a Commander's Award and an Outstanding Volunteer Medal to recognise Members' exemplary leadership and community contributions. |
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2 Jul
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TAW recruitment video goes live. |
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5 Jul
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The main TAW website has its Flash introduction redesigned. |
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15 Aug
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TFO approves a restructure change to the divisions (3rd restructure). Divisions will now have Battalions instead of Zones. Battalions can be filled with Members from anywhere in the world.
TFO introduces Corps Commanders to help Divisional staff.
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2005
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16 Jan
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Omega is re-elected as Secretary General of TAW to serve for another year. The role is later renamed to "Commander in Chief". |
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31 Jan
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TFO approves a pilot project for Ghost Recon 2 on the XBox. GR2 becomes the first non-PC game to join TAW as a Squad within the Ghost Recon Division. |
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5 Feb
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First TAW wide Annual TeamSpeak Meeting held. |
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10 Jul
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TFO approves a new structure for Divisions with more than 100 Members, creating the positions of Division Commander, Staff Officer and Platoon Leader.
TFO promotes Omega to the rank of 5 Star General (then the highest rank in TAW). Omega is the first and only 5 Star General at the time. |
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30 Oct
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TFO approves the 5 Years of Service Medal. |
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2006
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1 Jan
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2006 Motto : "1006 in 2006!" |
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12 Feb
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TFO approves its first non-gaming Division, the Central Command Office (CCO). |
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19 Feb
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Omega re-elected as Secretary General for 2006 calendar year. |
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4 Mar
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The Art of Warfare takes ownership of www.taw.net after winning the auction for the domain name. |
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6 Mar |
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TAW celebrates its Fifth Birthday! |
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30 Apr
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TFO approves the creation of the TAW Retirement Program, the TAW Lifetime Achievement Medal and the Retirement Division. This is the second non-gaming Division in TAW. |
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11 Jun
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TFO approved "Years of Service" medals to recognise long-term membership within TAW. 5 types of medals depending on lenght of service can be obtained |
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15 Jun
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TFO approves the Information Technology Division. This is the third non-gaming Division, whose focus is to maintain and respond to all IT related issues within the organisation. It is the predecessor of Operations Support. |
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10 Sep
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The Art of Warfare Mission Statement is ratified by TFO. |
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10 Sep
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The 2006 TAW Tournament begins with 13 FEAR Teams (1st Modern TAW Wide Tournament) |
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17 Sep
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TFO Approves the Distinguished Service Cross as the 2nd highest medal in TAW. |
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5 Nov
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TFO approves the 21th division in TAW: Deployed Military Division. This is the 4th "special" division which whose focus is not on gaming but maintaining contacting with those members of TAW who are currenlty deployed on military duty in real life. |
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19 Nov
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TFO approves the TAW Tournament Medal. |
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22 Nov
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The Seal Of TAW is released. |
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10 Dec
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The Deployed Military Medal is approved by TFO. |
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2007
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1 Jan |
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2007 Motto : "If you have nothing positive to say, then say nothing at all." |
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27 Jan
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158 members attend the TAW-wide Annual Meeting. |
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25 Jun
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TAW is restructured into Branches : Administration, Military and Massive Multiplayer Online. |
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24 Aug
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Vanguard is created with the task of launching new Divisions - and supporting Divisions that are too small to maintain in Military Operations. |
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2008
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1 Jan
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2008 Motto : "Save the drama for your Momma." |
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13 Jan
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CIC Omega promotes Fox to 5 Star General. He becomes only the second person in TAW history to carry the rank of 5 Star General - and at the time of his promotion is the only holder of this rank. |
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27 Jan
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The first Commander In Chief Voting Process begins on 27 Jan 08 and runs until 10 Feb 08 with the election of CIC Fox as the 2nd CIC in TAW History.
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16 Mar
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The TAW-wide Annual Meeting takes place. 177 members attend the meeting. |
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~ Jul
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Operations Support (OS) was formed, bringing together the Retirement, Information Technology and Joint Services Divisions. |
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2009
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2009 Motto : "Save the drama for your Momma."
"It worked well last year when REDCELL recommended it. We are keeping it again." - CIC Fox |
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8 Feb
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TAW-wide Annual Meeting takes place. 270 members attend the meeting. |
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2010
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1 Jan
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2010 Motto : "Play first and work second." |
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10 Jan
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The second Commander In Chief Voting Process begins on 10 Jan 2010 and ended on 30 Jan 2010 with the election of Hook as TAW's 3rd CIC. |
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11 Apr
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340 Members attend the TAW-wide Annual Meeting. |
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Jul
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TAW@War launches with the goal of running an internal tournament in a free-to-play game for all our Members. TAW@War I features Urban Terror. |
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5 Nov
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TAW transitions from TeamSpeak 2 to TeamSpeak 3 - and introduces substantial integration and automation between the TAW website and our TeamSpeak server. |
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Nov - Dec
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TAW@WAR II features Wolfenstein |
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2011
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1 Jan
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2011 Motto : "Play first and work second." |
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6 Mar
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The Art of Warfare celebrates its 10th birthday. |
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Jun - Jul
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TAW@WAR III takes place in Scorched Horizon. |
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28 Aug
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A completely new version of www.taw.net is launched. The latest website adds further integration with TeamSpeak 3 and boasts many new administration functions - making it easier to manage large numbers of TAW Members. |
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28 Aug
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Central Command Office (CCO) is renamed to Central Command (CC). |
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Nov - Dec
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TAW@WAR IV takes place and feature Team Fortress 2 which recently moved from a paid for to a free-to-play model. |
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2012
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28 Jan |
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Icarus is elected as the 4th Commander In Chief of TAW following the 24 hour Member voting period. |
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~ Oct
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Steam replaces XFire as a place for the TAW community to gather on an external platform. |
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16 Nov
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TAW-wide Annual Meeting is held. |
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23 Nov
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The Horizon Division is created within Vanguard as a proving ground for potential new games. |
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2013
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1 Jan
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2013 Motto : "Servant leaders lead the way." |
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30 Jun
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TFO votes to change the age requirements for Battalion-level Officers from 21 to 18, creating opportunites for a broader age range across our staff. |
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17 Aug
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TAW@WAR V features America's Army 3. |
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2014
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14 Jan |
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The Art of Warfare formally incorporates as a not-for-profit corporation. The new Board of Directors will contribute to organisational success by monitoring, evaluating, supporting and protecting the organisation in the following areas of responsibility; mission and purpose, senior leadership, planning, programs and services, financial resources, legal and ethical integrity, assets, oversight and public standing. |
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09 Feb |
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The process of nominating and electing TAW's next Commander in Chief begins. |
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16 Feb |
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A TAW-wide Tournament featuring Hearthstone is held. |
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02 Mar |
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Bravehardt is elected as TAW's next Commander in Chief following a 48 hour voting process across the organisation. |
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16 Mar |
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First meeting of the Board of Directors. |
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04 May |
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TAW-wide Annual Meeting |
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2015
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19 Sep |
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TAW@War VII is held featuring Dirty Bomb |
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2016
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07 Feb |
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Doc is elected as the 6th Commander in Chief of TAW following the 48 hour member voting period. |
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07 Feb |
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After serving as our CiC for 2 Years, Bravehardt was awarded the coveted Lifetime Membership Award. |
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25 Aug |
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TAW@WAR IX features Brawlhalla |
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01 Dec |
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TAW Education Center launched their classes on an online learning platform |
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18 Dec |
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New Vanguard record set of 16 teams launched in one year with launch of WWS, HOTS, RS, BD, SWBF, RP, TD, DB, OW, PD, SQ, BF, PAL, WF, EFT, WFM |
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New Vanguard record set of 1219 members into ARMY in one year |
2017
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19 Mar |
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The TAW wide Annual meeting is held. |
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16 Sep |
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4th Corps All Hands meeting is held. |
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29 Oct |
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TAW Radio has officially launched and is running 24/7 |
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29 Oct |
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TAW Education Center releases the new Bootcamp script, guide and presentation |
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22 Dec |
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EFT Became the largest Division ever in TAW, they broke the record by having over 400 members. |
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31 Dec |
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Vanguard 2017 stats: 5 teams launched (PB, RLG, CT, ESO, SWBF) consisting of 410 members |
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2018
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25 Jan |
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EFT broken their own record by having over 500 members, this also includes for having the highest amount of members ever within a division
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28 Jan |
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Kingcheese is elected as the 7th Commander in Chief of TAW following the 48 hour member voting period |
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10 Feb |
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TAW@WAR X features Paragon |
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11 Feb |
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TAW Operations All Hands meeting is held |
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14 Apr |
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III Corps All Hands meeting is held |
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29 Apr |
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TAW all hands meeting is held.
CiC Kingcheese’s Motto “More than just a gaming community...”
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01 May |
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Far Cry, Quake Wars and Ghost Recon are the first 3 divisions within TAW which has earned their Decade Hall of Fame medal, they survived for at least 10 years within TAW with no break. |
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03 Jun |
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Fundraising has ended and another record has been set by collecting a total of 8358,11 USD. |
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28 Jul |
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Vanguard All Hands meeting is held
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27 Oct |
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TAW@WAR XI features Black Squad |
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