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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tzeentch" data-source="post: 1017710" data-attributes="member: 13222">I'm usually not particularly picky about RPG sourcebooks getting facts right, I can get scholarly books on the subjects I care about, or I simply know firsthand how things work. But the author of the book seemed to care about feedback so here is some.All page references are for the PDF version of this book.GeneralThe text assumes some level of knowledge about the US military system, which is probably unwarranted. A case in point is references to reservists "drilling." Which is not explained, many people will not know what that means.Please go through the text and add actual equipment designations if you can. It's very confusing what models you are referring to -- specifically with things like the TOW (which has numerous versions) and where it's obvious you mean one model (The F/A-18 E/F SuperHornet) but don't explain it.p. 1 Although "hummer" is a common slang term for the HMMWV, "hummer" is actually the term used to refer to the civilian vehicle. The military slang is commonly "Humvee." The fact that "Hummer" is capitalized at every instance is odd.This overcapitalization gets pretty strange. When you are capitalizing Helicopter the editors never said anything?p. 5 "Unlike other branches of the armed forces, the Marines have no administrative or logistical personnel, nor medical units, relying on the Navy to provide these non-combat functions."The first part is completely incorrect. I am a Marine logistical planner. The second part is correct, we have Naval Corpsmen.p. 6 There is no mention of the fireteam. This is an odd oversight.p. 23 Marine Force Recon: The text is not clear, but it seems to imply that Force Recon was designated as Special Operations (again with over-capitalization) unit for lack of work. It's worth pointing out that Force Recon and their close cousin Radio Recon were intentionally not placed under USSOCOM control. This has only recently changed, with a small detachment being placed under Joint command.Note: They were not placed under USSOCOM control so they could not be pulled away from Marine commanders. It also had the interesting side effect of making them more useful for CIA and NSA operations.The rest of the Force Recon text seemed a bit dubious as well but I can't comment on it much.p. 47 Bit odd that being a member of a MEU is an "elite unit." Actually, it's more then a bit amusing but ok.Personally, I would have made Radio Recon a specialization of Force Recon. That is, require Force Recon levels. They go to the same schools (generally) and do much of the same thing. Which is why there are always calls to get rid of it <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />p. 48 Seabees: There are certainly reservist Seabees.p. 50 Medals: The medal requirements seem incorrect. For one thing a Bronze Star is not limited to the Army.p. 65 M249: The M60 has been replaced for quite some time. "Minimi" is not a slang term, it's part of the actual name of the weapon.p. 66 ANY aircraft with the President aboard is "Air Force One."p. 75 The M998 is not a modified HMMWV. It's the basic designation for the vehicle. You are probably thinking of the  M1097 or M998A2.p. 76 The JDAM does not have the capability to seek on laser marked targets. You may be confusing a laser seeking capability with the DAMASK upgrade package.p. 76 Mk 40 torpedo: The title says Mk. 40, the text says Mk. 48.p. 76 The Stinger capabilities seem to change in every instance it appears in the text.Correction: I was incorrect in stating the ATAS was not deployed. I should have consulted my own notes. I was thinking of the AIM-43D, which was the never-deployed air-to-air version of the Redeye. Sorry for the confusion.p. 77 TOW: The TOW is not an "earlier version" of the Hellfire in any respect.p. 78 I'm not aware of any level of classification called "Eyes Only." You're thinking of SCI (Secret Compartmentalized Intelligence) -- which is actually more like a separate level of classification as holding a TS is no guarantee of acquiring an SCI.p. 79 In the last sentence Air Force needs to be capitalized. Odd this was missed heh.p. 89 For MEU I'm assuming it should be read MEU (SOC) once they've received their training certifications. In any case, they probably should rate as Elite, Good.p. 93 Your definition of REMF and HQ made my eyes roll, sorry.</blockquote>

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