Battle Technicians expects potential recruits to be trustworthy, motivated, and making progress in learning military tactics. Recruitment is conducted on an invite-only basis and may involve months or years of participation prior to receiving an invitation. In the meantime you can participate with Battle Technicians as a guest and even join the "Battle Technicians Guests" group here.

Here are some suggestions for improving your chances of being invited to the official Battle Technicians roster.

Participate in as many activities with BT as you can. Do more than the minimum expectations. Study beyond the events that we run. Treat the members of Battle Technicians as friends. Find videos that demonstrate tactics, read more in field manuals, practice firing drills in single player, make missions or addons, discuss things, train others, practice tactics in other games like Door Kickers, SWAT 4, etc. Overall, put extra effort into learning and/or teaching.

In order to get involved in making progress with Battle Technicians, please subscribe to each forum of the Discussions section of our Steam group. You will then be notified of new posts in the green box at the upper right of your Steam Library.

There are seven categories, only three of which are readable by the public (General Discussion, Tactical Library and After-Action Reports).

I would encourage everyone to gather and play on public servers occasionally during the week. The more you put into it, the more you'll get out of it. For example, I sometimes study a tactical guide and then deliberately try out what I have learned during public gaming. It works the best when we gather a group of like-minded individuals who are playing seriously and with discipline.

It is also an opportunity for people to learn fireteam and squad leading skills. Some people have expressed an interest in learning how to lead, and they have been reading tactical guides. The most effective way to learn leadership is to actually do it, so I hope that you'll have patience with new leaders.

Finally, here is a list of public servers that I recommend for practicing tactics and leadership.

TacBF[www.tacticalbattlefield.net]
DTAS[forums.bistudio.com]
EUTW TeeTimes[eutw.net]
KotH HC: EU Inf Only[arma3.swec.se], EU Standard[arma3.swec.se], US Inf Only[arma3.swec.se], US Standard[arma3.swec.se]

All of these servers use first-person only difficulty settings and start players with enough gear to enter combat immediately.

Recruiting
Membership is currently by invitation from the group owner only. An interview process is required before new members are accepted. New members are placed in recruit status and can leave the group or be asked to leave at any time. They also have no obligations so they can participate with the group and decide whether they like it before accepting obligations.

Basic Rules
1. Maintain professional and mature behavior on and off the virtual battlefield,
2. Follow orders on the virtual battlefield,
3. Have regular activity,
4. Be flexible,
5. Have fun!

The name Battle Technicians derives from a book titled "The Last Hundred Yards", about the non-commissioned officer's contribution to warfare.

"Many enlisted infantrymen spend almost half their careers in rifle companies. They experience numerous billet assignments and countless field exercises. By the time they become NCO’s, many have spent years where the 'rubber (of their commanders’ decisions) meets the road.' By the time they become senior Staff NCO’s (SNCO’s), many have operated under a wide assortment of battlefield conditions and have become quite familiar with the most common. These experienced enlisted infantrymen have mastered the execution phase of small-unit tactics, in much the same way that career mechanics master the performance of car repair. For this reason, NCO’s are often called the 'technicians' of tactics — their 'tricks of the trade' being the ways to accomplish the various actions that make up any tactical maneuver."

-excerpt from The Last Hundred Yards - The NCO's Contribution to Warfare, by H. John Poole.