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May FISD Newsletter 2022


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NEW

In Memoriam

Detachment Leader

Merchandise & Officer

Hall of Fame

Just For Laughs

Update Your Build Threads

Around the Detachment

Celebration

Costume Totals

 

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
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The Singapore Garrison lost one of their own on 25 April 2022.

Shawn Chak, TKID 7576, was a great friend to many. He could always bring smiles to any gathering, and his positive attitude towards life was always infectious. He will be dearly missed by the Garrison, who will hold on to their fond memories with him.

Shawn is also missed by his wife Jessica, who shares his passion for Star Wars and the 501st Legion. 

 

Our condolences go out to his family, friends.

 

"Buckets Off"

 

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The French Garrison suffered a loss in 2021 with the passing of Sebastien Veidt (TC-2432).

His friends have written an eulogy for him, as follows:

It is with great regret that our dear friend Sebastien Veidt joined the Stars to become one of them.

Sebastien shared with us so many beautiful things in life: Passion, Friendship, Love and his Joie de Vivre.

From his TC – 2432, he is an ANH Stormtrooper, an Imperial Officer, a Shoretrooper, an Imperial Soldier, a Stormtrooper Concept by Ralph Mcquarrie and a Clone Trooper.

He became the greatest of the Heroes conveying a positive image of Human Values and knew how to highlight his happiness through his passion and his everyday life at our side, family and friends.

We keep in our mind and heart, his smile and his good mood.

We miss His presence and we know that in the Galaxy, one star shines brighter than the others and we know that our dear friend is watching over us.

 

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,

 

Celebration Anaheim 2022 is looming and troopers from around the globe will meet and make new friendships, catch up with old friends and have a truly fabulous time. Unfortunately I won't make it there personally, but some of the FISD staff certainly will.

 

They have planned a meet and greet time slot, to try and bring some of our staff, attache's and members together on thursday, 6pm. Also keep an eye open for any further updates on that.

 

Our group photo time slot looks to be locked in  Christoph (Danny) Lauber (Ripper_L) TK-55550 has organised this and the time slot for all detachment photos can be found HERE  FISD  time slot is 4:00PM Saturday 28th May

 

Location is South Terrace of the Convention Center accessible via the second floor. When you enter the main entrance (that face the fountains), turn left and go up the escalator (there is also an elevator). The escalator will let you right off such that you will be able to see the first photo below. Head towards those doors and walk outside. You definitely need a Celebration pass to gain access to this area via the second level.

 

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Detachment Staff Update:

 

 Jim Ferrell (Rat) TK-95970 is taking a break from his role as DPRO managing our Facebook social media platform, and moving into the IPM. Thank you Jim for your service to the Detachment, the door is open for you in our PR team when you are ready to come back.

 

Justin Reed  (TheRascalKing) TK 61490 will be stepping into the DPRO role and taking over from Jim's duties for Facebook. Justin is a good fit as he does spend plenty of time in that social media platform, so keep a look out for his updates and posts. Congratulations Justin, we look forward to seeing what you bring to our Social Media DPRO team.

 

I'd like to thank our DMBO James for the huge task of getting our shirt run organised, manufactured and ready to ship. He is still waiting on payment from a few members so please if this is you, get your payment in so Keepsmile can start shipping these out to you. This runs was not without it's ups and downs, But James let nothing sway him in getting us to the finish line.

 

Before I sign off on this edition, I would also like to thank the members who currently have build threads underway on our forums. We are consistently blow away by not only the quality and detail put into these builds, but also the ingenuity of our members in coming up with more ways to assemble and create bits and pieces for their costume. You folk are a credit to FISD, you inspire others, and you keep this place the best resource for Stormtroopers bar none.

 

Thanks for your time and enjoy the May edition.

 

Sly11

With Unquestioned Loyalty

Andrew Franke

TK11469 "Sly11"

Detachment Leader

 

 

 

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Hello Troopers!

 

The Racing shirts are paid for and the vendor says they are finished with manufacturing and they are preparing them for shipping. With hopes that they will make it before SWCA 2022!

 

Once tracking has been provided to me, I will provide it to you! Keep an eye on your emails and please check your spam folders for emails from TK-12953@outlook dot com

 

I think they look amazing and I hope you will agree. Here is the sample shirt being modeled by my son, TK-12140. 

 

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With the 15th Anniversary Shirt Run almost complete, we have started a poll for a members choice Merch item. Please vote in the poll, or if you have an item that you'd like to see leave it in the comment! This poll closes on 2 June 2022, so get your vote in early. Once the item has been chosen, we will work on design work, so keep that in mind as well! Poll Link

 

We will have at least 2 more items this year after this one. So be sure to be checking in to the forum to learn more!

 

And for those of you going to SWCA 2022, I look forward to seeing you there. Please come up and say hello to your friendly neighborhood DMBO

 

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With Unquestioned Loyalty

James Silvius

TK-12953 "jsilvius"

Merchandise & Branding Officer

 

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Please welcome TK - 21175 Jim as March 2022’s Stormtrooper Hall of Fame!

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Big congratulations Trooper!!!

https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/46139-74-tk-21175-hotel-troop-log/?do=findComment&comment=732734

 

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And without further delay please welcome TK - 60446 Dennis as April 2022’s Stormtrooper Hall of Fame!!!

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My bucket off to you Trooper - epic work!!!

https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/51433-4-tk-60446-aradunff-troop-log/?do=findComment&comment=729804

 

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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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Hovi/Mic Tips - Origin Found

 

A massive thank you to Mike "Prophecy Maker" who has recently posted an image of the original Hovi/Mic Tips.

 

We give you the "Swirlerators"

 

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My E-11 Fan Film

 

This month we also had an amazing E-11 fan film from Robert "Rob78", you can tell a lot of work went into this, well done Robert I'm sure everyone will enjoy the detail you have put into this video. You can find his thread here

 

 

 

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Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2022

 

Star Wars Celebration has started officially announcing guests and panels in the past weeks. Several staff members will be attending SWCA this year and we are planning to host some FISD events framing the celebration program. Here are the dates for what we've planned so far:

 

We start on the first day of Star Wars Celebration with a cozy meet&greet at 6pm in the Hilton's Mix Lounge. All FISD members are invited to have some chitchat there before going to the multi club bash, thursday at 8pm!

 

All attachés, please check in on the staff & attaché get-together interest thread in the Attaché HQ. It's most likely going to take place on friday. ;)

Also on Friday: the "Detachments of the 501st" panel on saber guild stage at 1pm might be more than interesting for you!

 

Attention! The 501st group photo has been moved to Saturday, May 28th, 1pm.

Also don't miss the 501st Legion's 25th anniversary panel, saturday 3pm - right before our detachment group photo at 4pm!

We close on saturday evening with a swag trade event for all club members at the marriott ball room, 8pm.

 

You can find the Legion's Celebration main index thread with many more mesmerizing events alongside Star Wars Celebration on the legion forums here

SLam's 501st, Rebel Legion & Droid Builders Group Photos

 

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With Unquestioned Loyalty

Danny Lauber

TK55550 "Ripper_L"

PRO Editor At Large 

 

 

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Currently (as of 16th May 2022 ) there are 32,691 approved costumes in the legion, out of these under FISD there are 5.717 which is 17.49% of all approved 501st costumes. This percentage has been dropping for the last few years but this is the first time it has dropped under 18%, the larger the legion costume totals grows the smaller amount of TK's there are.

 

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Info can be found in the legion holocron

 

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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 April - May

 

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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 

 

 

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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  April - May the 1st Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment would like to congratulate the following.


Expert Infantry Badge Award:

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Mario  "TKSpartan TK48117  EIB TFA 2nd Award

 

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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Ben "benthemonkey TK60421 Centurion 514

 

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 the newsletter 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 hey amazing siblings of White and Chrome!

Your Friendly neighbourhood IG PR lady here! WOW. Where has May gone? It’s craziness! Not much to report in. Hoping you are all well and building away madly.

May saw the goodbye of my FB fellow PR mate Rat. It will be odd for certain to not have him to bounce ideas off of. You will be greatly missed sir.
Justin, has come on board, and we shall see what we can do for you all! Please join me in welcoming him to our team!

We shall be seeing you all in just mere days! It’s surreal really…. After postponing and delays, years!!!! Celebration somehow snuck up on us! For all those attending, you WILL see me there. I will not be in White or Chrome Armor, but I will be there with camera in hand, snapping photos of as many of you as I can. Running about in my racing shirts. If you see me there, shout out! I’d love to visit with you and check in in person! Looking forward to seeing all there at our meet up, and FISD photo. At the 501 tables and photo booths. Have an amazing time if you’re going, and those of us not going, be sure to send in posts of your troops out and about as well! We always want to hear about the magic you are creating, and share it with the world. 

 

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Social Media Relations (DPRO):  Justin Reed  (TheRascalKing) TK 61490

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): Jim Ferrell (Rat) TK-95970 

 

 

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

 

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9 hours ago, Hotel said:

Wow, I had no idea! How did I get into the Hall of Fame? What an honor! Thank you FISD!

Congratulations Jim!!

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