Paramarine Task Force

Celebrating ten years · 2016–2026

Arma 3 · Milsim · 10 Years Strong

Rapid-deployment Marines.
Serious, fun, and immersive.

The Paramarines were a WW2 airborne Marine outfit, disbanded before the war ended. We took the concept and put it in a modern setting: rapid-deployment Marines with our own air wing. Ten years running, and we still fill a Sunday op.

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  1. 01

    Apply

    Five minutes on the personnel portal.

  2. 02

    Meet a recruiter

    Find us in #find-a-recruiter.

  3. 03

    Train & deploy

    Recruit training, then your first op.

What to expect before you apply →

Main op
SUN · 8PM ET
Field training
TUE · 8PM ET
Schools
SAT · 8PM ET
Recruiting
OPEN

From the archives · the classic

We are the Paramarines — Deployment
A Major inspecting a formation of Marines at a desert firebase, 2017A Huey landing on a carrier deck beneath a rainbow, 2017
The Unit

Who we are

The Paramarines were a real WW2 outfit: Marines trained to jump into the South Pacific, disbanded in 1944 before they ever made a combat jump. We took the idea and gave it a modern setting, flying under a fictional Marine Aircraft Group 36.

We started in 2016 and we're still here, which is rare in this hobby. Units usually fold when the founders burn out or the schedule slips. Ours held because the structure is real: you get trained, you get promoted, and there are enough people who show up that the op happens whether or not any one person makes it.

Between ops it's a lot less formal. We run a custom modpack, argue about loadouts, and play whatever else is on sale that week.

New to milsim? Here's what it actually involves: how an operation runs, what the radio is for, and how to tell a unit worth joining from one that folds inside a year.

  • Our own modpack. “Paramarine Milsim Core” on the Workshop. Armor, aircraft, boats, gear, sound. One subscribe and you're set.

  • An organic air wing. MAG-36 pilots fly the transport and the CAS. Those are members in the cockpit.

  • Records that stick. Rank, courses, and awards live in our personnel system. Your file follows you.

  • A film crew. Ops get cut into films. A few are below.

Unit facts
Founded
2016
Celebrating
10 YEARS
Main op
SUN · 8PM ET
Also running
TUE · THU · SAT
Unit formation at a Paramarine Task Force ceremony in Arma 3
Formation, 2021
Live ORBAT

Order of battle

Combat structure, live from the personnel system. Staff sections are kept off the public chart.

Active
74
Open billets
19
  • PTF

    74 active

    • Task Force HQ

      Storm

      Maj M.Hawkins

      74/95

      • Task Force Staff2/2
      • Operations Staff4/4
      • Lightning Company

        Lightning

        1stLt N.Cook

        61/79

        • 1st Platoon

          Lightning 1

          1stLt G.Taylor

          37/52

          • 1st Squad

            Lightning 1-1

            Sgt C.Havel

            11/16

            • 1-1 Alpha4/4
            • 1-1 Bravo2/4
            • 1-1 Charlie1/4
          • 2nd Squad

            Lightning 1-2

            Sgt B.Lowe

            11/16

            • 1-2 Alpha3/4
            • 1-2 Bravo0/4
            • 1-2 Charlie4/4
          • 3rd Squad

            Lightning 1-3

            Sgt C.Forge

            11/16

            • 1-3 Alpha4/4
            • 1-3 Bravo3/4
            • 1-3 Charlie0/4
        • 2nd Platoon

          Lightning 2

          7/8

          • Weapons7/8
        • 3rd Platoon

          Lightning 3

          1stLt A.Ash

          11/12

          • 1st Vehicle1/2
          • 2nd Vehicle3/3
          • 3rd Vehicle3/3
          • 4th Vehicle2/2
      • Marine Air Group 36

        Thunder

        1stLt A.Shepard

        5/8

        • Gunfighters Squadron2/5
        • Training Squadron1/1

19 billets open across the task force.

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Media

In the field

Paramarines free-falling from a MAG-36 Osprey high over the coast
Airborne insertion · MAG-36
A mass night parachute drop silhouetted over the treeline
Night jump
Pilots walking the flight line past armed Hornets
The flight line
Calm Before the StormAmphibious film
Here Comes the ThunderMAG-36 aviation film

From the archives · the early years

Marines seated down the cargo bay of a strategic airlifter
Strategic airlift
Marines riding in an open truck bed as an attack helicopter passes overhead
Convoy escort

As heard on RadioArma — EP #06: Paramarine Task Force

Operations

The week

Five nights on the calendar. Sunday is the one everybody turns out for.

Field training8PM ET

Tuesdays

Drills with your own squad or platoon, and the whole unit together on the third Tuesday of the month.

Recon ops8PM ET

Thursdays

Reconnaissance operations run by the MSO element.

MSO cert required

Recruit training8PM ET

Fridays

Paramarine Recruit Training. New Marines have 30 days from joining to pass it.

Recruits only

Schools8PM ET

Saturdays

Attendee's choice: whichever course the most people who turn up need is the one that runs.

Main operation8PM ET

Sundays

The week's operation. Everyone deploys, from rifle squads to aircrew.

Operations conducted
48
Last operation
Aug 26

Ready to ship out?

Send an application, then find us in #find-a-recruiter. We'll get you to your first op.