NOVEMBER 7-9 2025

II
Third Coast heads to a new area of operations, Arena Training Facility for Operation GLADIUS.
West and East form a Joint Task Force to confront a new threat.
Tickets will be $185 for the event, there will be a Tier 1 offered on Friday evening.
Forces
JOINT TASK FORCE
Western Forces (Tan based, see uniform rules at Thirdcoastairsoft.com)
Eastern Empire (Green based (MINUS RHODESIAN BRUSHSTROKE), see uniform rules at thirdcoastairsoft.com)
Kit color does not matter. Headgear must match your faction choice. Facepro can be any color except red/orange.
TCA Staff will partner with the JTF Players, conducting planning and leading operations against the enemy forces.
Arena Training Facility has cabins available with reservations made through their site, https://arenatrainingfacility.com/events-cabins/#lodging
Limited primitive ground camping is available as well, no power or water is provided. No on the ground fires are allowed.
There are NO REFUNDS ONCE TICKETS ARE PURCHASED. Active Duty Military and First Responders WHO HAVE DUTY can transfer their tickets to another TCA event in the event that they have duty! Player Tickets can be transferred into another players name if sold, forward your ticket confirmation to the buyer.
All players receive an event patch!
THIS IS A BIO BB ONLY EVENT!
Timeline
Friday
1200 Gate opens for Camping setup/cabin check in ONLY, Sponsors/Vendors reg and setup,
1400 Limited Chrono/Check in (Safety/SITREP Briefs at 1415, 1445, 1515, 1545, 1615, 1645,
1715, 1745)
1800 CRONO CLOSES
1830 TIER 1 OPORD BRIEF
2000 TIER 1 Operations
2200 Tier 1 Operations Complete
Saturday
0700 Chrono/Check in Opens (Safety/Scenario Brief at 0715, 0745, 0800, 0815, 0845) (You must attend one of these if you did not on Friday)
1000 Crono Closes
1030 Formation (being in kit ready to move out)
1045 Advance units deploy
1100 Phase 1 Operation Execution
1400 Phase 1 Operation Ends
1515 Advance Units deploy for Phase 2
1530 Phase 2 Operation Execution
1730 PHASE 2 ends
1900 Phase 3 Operations
2200 PHASE 3 ends
Sunday
0730 Chrono Opens for spot checking and those needing crono
0830 Formation/Short SITREP Brief
0845 Advance units deploy
0900 Startex Phase 4
1200 Endex Phase 3
1245 Raffle and Closing Ceremony
1400 Field Closes, players/non support mission staff depart
Staff Strategic Leaders will provide additional operational direction on Friday evening and Saturday Morning (RSOI Phase) pre STARTEX (This will include Combined Arms Rehearsals and Troop Leading Procedures).
The Brigade Support Area (BSA) will be off field (for safety purposes), where sides can option to camp, park, or if reserved in cabins.