SQUADRON INFORMATION FOR RECRUITS
Hardware - What you will need (minimum recommended):
1. Please view the Aces High website for this information.
2. HOTAS flight stick, Rudder Pedals and Throttle.
3. Plantronics or Labtec C-15 boom mic, or equivalent, a good mic allows more talking sh*t during our Missions!
Application Process - How to Join the Dickweed Heavy Bomber Group:
1. Download the game and obtain a callsign from: Aces High
2. Get rid of AOL, CompuServe, Prodigy, Juno, Yahoo, and Hotmail. See Email Policy.
3. Email squadron recruiting and request to be placed on recruit status.
4. Fly a few online missions with the squadron; see if you like us and we like you.
The Dickweed Heavy Bomber Group is a senior squadron that has been with Aces High since beta testing. Prior to that we were in WarBirds dating from ver.1.0. The DHBG is over 25 years old, which makes us one of the oldest in the online world. Over the years the DHBG has maintained its stability and integrity by offering membership to those who show maturity and enjoy being team players. Those who jump from squadron to squadron, like to change callsigns or sides, or who take offense easily at either other players, the squadron, or Aces High management have proven unsatisfactory as Dickweeds. People with axes to grind, or who have some personal agenda, have also not been successful squadron members.
Being offered a slot on the DHBG roster is an honor and also an automatic vote of confidence in the new member by all Dickweeds. Understanding the camaraderie and responsibilities that go with being a Dickweed is important, as well as having a sense of humor.
The DHBG recruits all races, sexes, and age ranges without discrimination, however applicants below age 18 have been generally found too young to be happy with us in the long term. Successful recruits are chosen on the basis of both potential and proven performance, attitude, and friendliness. If you feel that you fit into this type of profile, then we encourage you to fly with us and perhaps join the squadron.
Any Squad Member can sponsor a new recruit into the DHBG. Standard SOP for a new recruit is a two month probationary period as a guest on our vox channel (Bishops VOX 118).
The potential recruit gets to see If he likes us. We get to see If we are comfortable with them. At the end of two months, the squad votes on extending a formal squad invite to the recruit. The vote is taken on Squad Night on the red squad channel, which the recruit cannot see.
They need 2/3 of the squad votes that night to approve the invite. Squad members can cast an absentee ballot through the CO or XO only if not available that night. If successful, the squad invite is extended on the spot by the CO or XO.
