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March FISD Newsletter 2022


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NEW

In Memoriam

Detachment Leader

Executive Officer

Merchandise & Officer

Hall of Fame

Just For Laughs

Update Your Build Threads

Around the Detachment

 

INFORMATION & AWARD PROGRAMS

Common FISD Acronyms and TK Glossary

Pre Approval Forum

3D Section

Field Exercise Award

Imperial Attaché Program

Fire Teams

EIB & Centurion: What do these terms mean?

Need Help Ask the Deployment Officers

Advanced Tactics Awards

Public Relations

Staff List 2020
Follow FISD

 

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David Sack (TA-52568) of Starkiller Garrison departed on December 8th, 2021. Dave was a 501st member since 2015, creating amazing costumes that he and others loved! He was one of the few makers of Rebels armor and LOVED everything about the show. Throughout the years he has helped countless people make and build their armor, hosted armor parties and was an absolutely wonderful person to everyone around him.

In the hours just before his passing, he was working on a new Mando and posting memes like he always did.

The Garrison trooped for the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins Star Wars night on the same day as the viewing/funeral. There was a lot of emotion in the room. His kindness and joy left a deep impression on everyone. Prior to the start of the game, the team took a moment to honor him. Once that was done, everyone made sure to be upbeat for the rest of the night. It was what he would have wanted, and truly did feel like he was trooping there.

 

Our condolences go out to his family, friends.

 

"Buckets Off"

 

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Daniel Murawski (TI-14546) passed on January 9th 2022. He was a 6'8" trooper that LOVED every chance that he had to troop. He has been a 501st member since 2016, and had a TIE Reserve and a Bridge Crew costume. He was also working on an OT TIE Pilot costume during the past year.

When he wasn't trooping, he also loved gaming, and all sorts of nerdy things. He was not extremely active of late, because of his career. However, he always made time to interact with his fellow Starkiller Garrison troopers via Facebook and other means. He will be dearly missed by all who knew him.

 

Our condolences go out to his family, friends.

 

"Buckets Off"

 

 

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Calvin Deckert joined the Legion on Aug 22, 2007, and had the nickname Gigantor. He was not in the Legion long as he subsequently enlisted in the military, where he made Sgt. in the US army. He loved helping returning vets reacclimate to home again and also helped military families deal with the unknown.

While his time was short in Garrison Carida, many who knew him were shocked at his passing.

 

Our condolences go out to his family, friends.

 

"Buckets Off"

 

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Scott Goodvin (SL-52673) was a member of the Imperial 80th Squad of Central Garrison, who passed on due to a battle with long-term illness. Scott was a staple at any troop done at Acme Comics in Sioux City, which is owned by two fellow 501st members. He loved going out of his way to make sure everyone got to have a moment with Vader, and being able to costume as the Sith Lord was his pride and joy.

 

Our condolences go out to his family, friends.

 

"Buckets Off"

 

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Mike Galer (TK-8493) was the squad leader for 621st Detention Squad, which is active in the South Dakota Territory of Central Garrison. He served for many years on the command staff for the garrison.

Affectionately known as "Pooh Bear", Mike, along with his wife Missy (TX-4839) and their children, were founding members of the squad and trooped faithfully across the garrison boundaries over the course of his 11-year trooping service.

 

Our condolences go out to his family, friends.

 

"Buckets Off"

 

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Leeroy Simpson (TI-2541) joined the 501st in 2010, and was a member of Great Lakes Garrison until his passing on 22 January 2022. He enjoyed attending comic cons with his granddaughters. He also owned a collectibles store and was a classic car enthusiast.

 

Our condolences go out to his family, friends.

 

"Buckets Off"

 

Eternal Legionnaire Gallery: https://www.501st.com/members/memoriam.php

 

 

 

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Greetings fellow members

 

Legion has finally reached the end of ratification for the new team of LMO's (Legion Membership Officers) Those responsible for approving new and updated CRL's.

 

Michael Capell will be our dedicated LMO for this term, he is an FISD member and understands our CRL's well.

I worked with Michael and the LMO team on our CRL updates last year, and am happy to be working with him again on several CRL upgrades this term.

 

While on that topic, we recently announced our CRL team for 2022-23

Here they are for those that missed the announcement on the forums.

 

Joseph (justjoseph63) TK-10963 DO

Mario  (TKSpartan) TK-48117 DO

Jose  (Chemi) TK-30173 DO

Glen (grmhodes13) TK-85421 DPRO

Tony (ukswrath) TK-10116 DPRO

Daniel  (TheSwede) TK-55669  IPM

Justin (TheRascalKing) TK-61490 IPM.

And myself as LMO liason, Wiki doc editor and general word refinement.

 

Currently underway is the TLJ/Tros CRL treatment.

The team do the bulk of the heavy lifting but as this discussion thread is in a highly visible location to full members, we welcome anyone who has built these costumes or has great knowledge on them to join in and add value to the conversation and be part of the initial process.

Once this is complete any proposals will be put to the membership to vote on via a series of Polls.

 

We have a full year lined up for you folks, so keep an eye open for announcements on the forums, my DL's Blog and in future news letter editions.

 

Until next time, hope to see you on the forums

 

Sly11

With Unquestioned Loyalty

Andrew Franke

TK11469 "Sly11"

Detachment Leader

 

 

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Greetings FISD membership!  This is my first entry as the new Detachment Executive Officer!  First I would like to thank Andrew (Sly11) our amazing FISD DL for thinking of me when it came time make choices for his staff.  I first signed up here in 2011 and have loved this place ever since.  I was finally approved in 2014 and I never left.  Many of your current staff members were all getting started around the same time.  I consider this place my home.  It has always been a welcoming place and I have met many of my legion friends through this detachment.  I am so honored to be able to give back now as the XO. 

 

I have loved being your DCOG for the last 5 years and have learned so much about the detachment and its members since then.  I want to thank Chris (themaninthesuitcase) for being by my side through most of it.  He truly is a very special staff member and I consider him one of my best Star Wars 501st family member nerds.  I know he will continue on keeping this detachment running smoothly as he always has.

 

So now what?  Well I think Andrew has some very special things planned for this detachment for this year.  You all should be very excited about being a FISD member.  We would love to have participation on our forums be at an all time high this year.  We have always stressed Troopers Helping Troopers and we certainly cannot do it without all of you.  So please pass on to your legion friends who are stormtroopers to come over to our forums often.  Join the party!

 

Lastly, I would like all FISD members know that you can come to me at any time and for any reason.  You can shoot me a PM here on the forums, a message on facebook (my name), message on instagram (starsaber25) or however you would like to try and contact me.  If you would just like to chat, throw around some ideas for the detachment, or ask for advice for one of our amazing costumes here then please don't hesitate to contact me.  I look forward to an amazing year here at the FISD! 

     

 

starsaber25

With Unquestioned Loyalty

Steve Sheades

TK10466 "starsaber25"

Executive Officer

 

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FISD Racing Shirt - RUN OPEN

For anyone with an approved Stormtrooper, must have TK.

For updates you can find the thread here

 

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Closing April 14th

 

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2022 Celebration Patch Run CLOSED

This run is now closed.

For updates you can find the thread here

 

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Greetings Trooper!

 

The 15th Anniversary Racing shirt Order thread is pending LMBO and LFL approval. We had hoped that we could do pre-orders, but alas, it was not to be. As soon as I have approvals, I will open the tread and reset the order form, so be sure to follow the thread so you get updates to your email! If we want these in before Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2022, we may have a very short order window.

To that end, the last day to place orders will more than likely be early April. I'm waiting to hear from the manufacturer about how much lead time we need to make sure we have them in troopers hands the 3rd week of May.

 

In other merch news, we will be having a "members choice" poll for one of our Merch slots this term. I have a list of popular items that have already been requested of me in my short time as DMBO. If you have more ideas, please feel free to PM me your idea, and if you have Artwork you'd like to see on a piece of merch, please feel free to include it as well.

 

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With Unquestioned Loyalty

James Silvius

TK-12953 "jsilvius"

Merchandise & Branding Officer

 

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Welcome February’s Stormtrooper Hall of Fame inductee TK - 89400 Adam!

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https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/51637-4-tk-89400-revlimiter-troop-log/?do=findComment&comment=732637

 

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With Unquestioned Loyalty

Aaron Gibson

TK-99725 "Pyrates"

Curator Hall of Fame

 

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"FISD Memes"

 

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Thank you to Luca "Morgi" TK66744 for starting a FISD specific meme thread, hope to see more of these in the future not only by you but by others as well.

You can find the thread here

 

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WE NEED YOU TO UPDATE YOUR BUILD THREADS

 

As most would be aware we are diligently working through the forums updating watermarked images, missing images and broken links, this has taken over a year so far and has been a monumental task but there is still a lot of work ahead of us. 

 

Members build threads are one of the biggest areas of watermarked/missing images and we are asking you the membership to help and update your build threads yourselves as this is just too big a task for staff. 

 

Build threads requiring updates are being moved over to this area https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/241-build-threads-requireing-maintenance/

 

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

 

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New FISD Tri Fold Brochure

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 We have just launched our newly revised Detachment Tri Fold brochure.

It's been quite a long time since we actually had these available and since then many things have changed leading us to updating some of the text to include new costumes, and have more relevant information.

Originally these were done in a limited run by the member who created them, but nowadays, we have moved this to a print your own service making them accessible to all countries around the globe.

Files are available to all full 501st members on request, and are completed in a very high resolution to ensure quality in a finished product.

The thread can be found here for more information and how to access the files.

 

 

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INFORMATION & AWARD PROGRAMS

For a full list of FISD awards head here

 

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Are you new to the FISD and wondering what the heck all those abbreviations and strange sounding terms mean?  To help you @justjoseph63 has started a list of the most commonly used ones that will give you some insight.  If you have ANY questions about a particular term that is not listed or suggestions for new ones please contact Joseph. You can find the list here

 

 

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Pre Approval Forum allows future Troopers the opportunity to submit photos of their completed build to be reviewed by the Staff, Imperial Attaches and others in preparation for forwarding it to their GML for approval.  Any and all advice/suggestions given will be specific, constructive, helpful and respectful. Please note that this program will NOT take the place of your local GML, as Detachments are not chartered for costume approval and can not override a GMLs decision, but is instead a peer review program designed to help you look your best and offer guidance and positive feedback.  For more information on this program, please visit the link here


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Don't forget to visit our 3D section when next surfing the FISD forums, there is plenty of useful information to potentially help you on your next TK adventure. You might be feeling may generous and share with our community a new TK related 3D file and maybe win yourself a 3D contributors award DGx4MwQ.png  DjQ8bJi.png so check out the details below and be part of the in house 3D community.  Here is a link to the FISD 3D Contributor program.


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Don't forget to create a troop log here on FISD and get awarded for your adventures The list of accomplished troopers keeps growing, so get on board and register your troops today Simply start (or update!) your troop log, keep the running total in the title, and post (at least!) a date and name for the official 501st event where you wore your TK! Once you've hit a milestone count, go over to the "Field Exercise Awards -- Post your milestones here" thread to request your profile be updated!  Simple, right?

 

Award Recipients February - March

 

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Are you an approved TK that spends more time on the boards than the average Trooper?  Do you enjoy using your knowledge to help out future and existing Troopers?  If so, we would like to invite you to join the Imperial Attaché program! Members of the I.A. team are chosen to help out not only those here on the boards, but on a local level as well.  Our aim is to have at least one in each and every Garrison, Squad and Outpost in the entire legion to be the eyes and ears of the FISD on a local level. For a complete list of Imperial Attaches, go here

Some of the benefits:  Access to exclusive Attaché merch., including patches, IA patch 6PLrnxJ.png,       IA Rocker  dPN7mwd.png

For a complete list of Imperial Attaches, go here

 

You may also be in the running for an Imperial Attaché Award   7UlPmRQ.png  Imperial Attaché Award for those attaché's who have gone above and beyond [minimum 1 year of service]. You can find a list of prior recipients here 


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Want to setup a "Fire Team?  the Fire Team program is completely optional, and is intended to help form a common identity and spirit of camaraderie among 501st Legion Stormtroopers in the same geographic area/garrison that troop together. Fire Teams are not officially recognized by the 501st Legion nor the FISD, although they will be able to access a Fire Team sub-forum on the detachment website. You can find more information here 

Please welcome of 65th Fireteam

Region: Germany (German Garrison; Western Squad) 

Name: WHITE WALLS

Logo: 

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So what exactly are kKf6hGu.png and QrRRhuF.png levels?

These programs were designed for those who choose to take their armor above and beyond the minimum requirements for basic 501st Legion approval.  It gives you the chance to show a level of dedication and pride that takes your armor closer to being as "screen accurate" as possible, without as much extra work as you may realize! You can find more information on the programs here

 

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ASK THE D.O.s

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For those of you who have a particular issue (or issues) before or after submitting for Expert Infantry / Centurion level approval, in order to get you an answer faster you can now privately contact the entire Deployment Officer team at one time!  

 

Questions about fitting, repairs, CRL standards/requirements or anything pertaining to reaching Levels 2 and 3 are not only welcomed, but encouraged.  Keep in mind that no question is too small, and that your queries will only be seen by the D.O. Staff.

 

We are here to help in any way we can, so please feel free to send us a message by clicking on this link: @Deployment Officer Team and we will get back to you A.S.A.P.!

 

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This area lists all those who have gone above and beyond basic approval toward screen accuracy and obtained EIB or Centurion or both.  FOR  February - March  the 1st Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment would like to congratulate the following.


Expert Infantry Badge Award:

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Merlin  "Merlin_Stohlmann TK92099  EIB 1042

 

GREAT job on your approval, now on to Level 3!  :salute:

Request your free EIB certificate here

You can find a list of multiple award recipients here

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Centurion Badge Award:

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Jessie "JHowe102 TK10272 Centurion 509

Dan "KaiserintheHood TK80419 Centurion 510

Ben "Ebio Amisi TK19984 Centurion 511

Nicholas "Silentperformance TK26329 Centurion 512

 

Outstanding job on reaching Centurion, Troopers!  :salute:

Request your free Centurion certificate here  

You can find a list of multiple award recipients here

 

If you see any of these Troopers around your Garrison or Squad, be sure to congratulate them!

 

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Newsletter Editor

If anyone has any content for the newsletter please contact me via PM 

 

For anyone interested in having a look through any of the older newsletter they have now been moved to a new archive sub forum which you can find Here 

 

 

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With Unquestioned Loyalty

Glen "Q" Rhodes

TK-85421 "gmrhodes13"

PRO Newsletter

 

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Social Media 

Hey all you amazing ladies and gentlemen of the FISD!
Thank you to all that sent in photos for International Womens Day!
We shall be on the look out for Easter, Mothers Day, Fathers Day and Pride in the upcoming months.

I look forward to posting more this year, and showcasing our members fine armors!
That being said…… SEND OVER SOME PICS! Have any heartwarming trooping tales? Please tell us. We want to hear them!
I really want to focus on the human side of all we are and all we do. We are a vast Detachment, with a large membership, with one of the most iconic and recognizable costumes in the Star Wars Universe. Let’s see you!

Thank you once again for the honor to serve you all on this years Command Staff.

 

Soulart

With Unquestioned Loyalty

Teresa Nuthall

TK41307 "Soulart"

PRO Social Media

 

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Staff List 2022 -2023

 

Detachment Leader (DL): Andrew Franke (Sly11) TK11469

Executive Officer (DXO): Steven Sheades (starsaber25) TK-10466

Chief Deployment Officer (DCA): Joseph Pedigo (justjoseph63) TK-10963

Deployment Officer: (DCA): Mario E RT (TKSpartan) TK-48117

Deployment Officer: (DCA): Jose Maria Sanchez (Chemi) TK-30173

Provost Marshal (DCOG): Dan Branton (CableGuy) TK-42911

Provost Marshal (DCOG): Tim Waychoff (Dark CMF)

Provost Marshal (DCOG): Chris Pearson (themaninthesuitcase) TK-10911

Personnel Officer (PER): AC (Novatie) TK-5597

Fire Team Relations (PRO): Mark Ryner (Captsafe66) TK-4584

Content Editor At Large (PRO): Christoph (Danny) Lauber (Ripper_L) TK-55550

Content Editor Support (PRO): Tony Jobe (ukswrath) TK-10116

Content Editor Awards (PRO):  This will be handled by the XO

Newsletter Publisher (PRO): Glen Rhodes (gmrhodes13) TK-85421

HOF Director (PRO): Aaron (Bronx) Gibson (Pyrates) TK-99725

Attaché Ambassador (PRO) Frank Peranteau (Frank75139) TK-75139 

Merchandise and Branding (DMBOJames  Silvius (jsilvius) TK- 12953

Social Media Relations (PRO): Teresa Nuthall (Soulart) TK-41307

Social Media Relations (PRO): Jim Ferrell (Rat) TK-95970 

Systems Administrator (DWM): Eric Brager (Darth Aloha) TK-9674

Systems Administrator (DWM): Mathias (Locitus) TK-2959

Detachment Founder (DF): Paul (Daetrin) TK-8020

Trading Cards Content Support (IPM): Eric Ho (Hoda) TK 77520

Imperial Propaganda Machine (IPM): Brien Edick (Harbinger) TK 92802

Imperial Propaganda Machine (IPM): Jeff Salt (wingnut) TK 50297

Imperial Propaganda Machine (IPM): Richard Tibbitts (CallMeMrTibbles) TK 46116

Imperial Propaganda Machine (IPM): Adam Wolf  (revlimiter) TK 89400 

Imperial Propaganda Machine (IPM): Daniel Melin (TheSwede) TK 99665

Imperial Propaganda Machine (IPM): Justin Reed  (TheRascalKing) TK 61490

 

 

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On behalf of the 1st Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment Command Staff and the Imperial Propaganda Department

 

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