Bright Rain IX-Operation Freedom

Event Description

Setting:  City of Kakhovka, Southern Ukraine

Putin has stepped up activity to try to regain control of the Ukraine.  Russian backed foreign fighters have started violent separatist uprisings in cities across the East and South, trying to agitate for a reunion with Russia by taking strategic cities.  The latest outbreak is in the key city Kakhovka, close to the Black Sea.  If the Russians can gain this city, it is likely they can put a logistical stranglehold on all of Ukraine. 

The paramilitary units have been successfully opposed by the Ukrainian military.  To turn the tide, the Russians have brought in highly mobile light infantry.  The Ukranian government, unable to deal with this influx, has requested emergency help from NATO.  The US has responded.

Publicly, the US cannot state they have "boots on the ground".  However, unofficially they have sent in expeditionary forces to cooperate with the Ukrainian military.  The US troops are arriving by plane to an airport close to Kakhovka, right as the fighting is getting under way.

Bright Rain is held at a privately owned military training facility in North Little Rock, AR. known as D.A.R.C. (Direct Action Resource Center).  This facility trains all branches of the military including SF as well as local law enforcement.  The training facility has a large, stand alone covered shoot house, a mock village with multiple structures including another large covered shoot house, a transport helicopter on a 25' tower, a DC 9 fuselage as well as well as Huey helicopter chassis, cars and buses spread around the AO with large dirt berms around parts of the AO for great tactical engagements.  

This year thanks to Arkansas Mobile Airsoft, we will have structures in strategic places that were previously open.

email: arkansasmobileairsoft@gmailcom

Facebook: ARKANSAS MOBILE AIRSOFT

Due to the nature of this facility, no Foreign Nationals are allowed on site. 

BR IX Registration will close at midnight March 22.  If cap of 160 is reached before this date, registration will close earlier.  Registration fee day of game is $85.

Schedule of Events:

Friday27, March:

4pm- Front gate open to attendees.

7pm-Shoot house competition begins.  9:30 shoot house competition index.

11pm-Front gate closed.

Saturday 28, March:

6am-Front gate open.

7am-Registration and chrono open.

8:30am-Pre game safety briefing.

9am-Game on!

1pm-Lunch, Reload, Regroup

2pm-Game back on.

4pm-Index.

4:30pm-Raffle, police trash, pack up, head out.

Cost for this years Bright Rain IX Event is $75.  Please Note:  We have added a discount for teams of 10 or more.  You must have your commited team of ten or more assembled and contact Admin at aramilsimevents@gmail.com provide the name/call sign of each person in your group to receive a promo code with which each player can use during registration to receive a $10 discount off the cost of registration.   

Each player pack will have:

2500 rnds 2.0gram bb's

Bright Rain IX Patch

Bright Rain IX T shirt

Free Camping

Free entry in Friday night shoot house competition.

Raffle ticket

Map of AO

We will have meals available for purchase Friday for Dinner, Saturday for Breakfast and lunch.  We will update this information with cost and what is in each meal soon.

ARA proudly donates a portion of BR proceeds to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation.

Bright Rain IX rules and regs:

First and foremost, airsoft is a game of honor, if you do not have any this event is not for you.  CALL YOUR HITS!

We will not tolerate cheating of any kind.  Players found cheating will be given one warning.  The second time, you will leave the game and not be refunded your registration fee.

Please understand that at times, you will be engaged from possibly less than six feet when inside one of the structures.  We highly recommend wearing some form of face and neck protection, however it is not required.  Please use trigger control.  Identify your targets before shooting them.

No auto fire from inside to inside.  Semi only.  Snipers, Support Weapons and DMR's will not be allowed to fire inside to inside even on Semi auto!

All other times are ok for full auto

All Players must have admin approved eye protection.  Full sealing, and ANSI rated or higher eye pro.  If you must absolutely remove your eyewear during game play, you must find the nearest corner in a structure, face it while removing your eye pro to clean out your eyes or adjust your eye pro and yell blind man.  Otherwise you must go to the nearest base or "Out of Play" area of the property.

Any Player under 18 must have a signed waiver from a legal parent or guardian.  

All waivers will be available on the ARA forum to print off as well as available the day of the game.  Forum address at bottom of page.

Bio bb's are recommended, but not required. 

Each players gear does not have to match their perspective uniform colors, but we highly recommend it.

If you wear head wear, it must match the base color of your uniform. 

Absolutely no players under 15.

Mag Load Outs: All players other than snipers, pistols and support weapons can only can two Hi Cap Magazines along with your mid or low cap mags which are unlimited in the number you can carry. WE WILL DO RANDOM CHECKS.  COUNT ON IT!

Medic Rules: 

Every squad must assign one medic.

If your hit, you YELL hit, hit, hit while pulling out your RED dead rag and placing it on your head.  Sit, squat, lay down.  Whatever is needed to get out of the line of fire.  Yell for medic.  Medic will be give a roll of tape before game.  Medic must rap arm of hit player then the player is considered healed and can go back to game play.  If you are hit, you do not talk other than to call a medic.  When a player is hit for the third time, he/she must re spawn at their perspective base.

FPS limits:

Regular Rifleman- 400 fps/ 20 ft engagement.

DMR-450 fps/ 50 ft engagement.  Must have ARA pre approval for this position.  

Sniper-500 fps/100 ft engagement.  Must have ARA pre approval for this position.

Pistols-Absolutely no pistols over 380 fps/ 5 ft engagement.

All Polar star and/or heavily modified guns and rocket launchers must be pre approved by ARA staff. 

Only cold smoke may be used by players.

Only Tornado style grenades can be used.  The grenade must propel out bb's to be used as a grenade and have a 10 ft kill radius.  If thrown in a room, everyone in room is dead.  Only solid walls can protect a player from a grenade.

 

Thunder B style grenades can be used as a distraction device only.

We will address any other rules/regs of game play on the ARA forum and during the pre game safety briefing.  If you have any questions, please contact ARA staff at http://arrateam.proboards.com/ under the BR Question/Answer thread or email at aramilsimevents@gmail.com.

If you are participating in the Friday night shoot house competition, it is your responsibility to form a team of 7 to run the competition.  Each team (stack) will be competing against the other in the competition.  The winning team will each get prizes at the end of the night and recognition at the raffle on Saturday.  Do your best to arrive at the AO as early as possible Friday before the competition starts so ARA staff can verify that you are present and get your teams together so we do not delay the start of the competition.  White light and lasers are permissible. If you have any questions concerning the shoot house competition, contact ARA staff via ARA email. 

ARA Forum:  http://arrateam.proboards.com/

BE ADVISED!  BRIGHT RAIN AND D.A.R.C. STAFF WILL BE USING M18 SMOKE GRENADES AT THEIR DISCRETION THROUGHOUT THE EVENT AND IF AVAILABLE, FLASH BANGS. 

We will post pics of the DARC complex on our forum under the BR thread along with the Force breakdowns.
Click links for quick videos of Past Bright Rain events at D.A.R.C.
 http://youtu.be/GhaTRj1wo-w
http://youtu.be/tWEzHeMoBEE