Exceptions by referral only.
Every operation. No exceptions.
One operation keeps you active. Go quiet and you can come back.
No experience. No milsim résumé. No interview.
Thermal NVGs · vanilla equipment (some exceptions approved) · anything a Zeus or admin deems unnecessary or bans for a given operation.
MAKO Administration may remove any member from the community, and a Zeus may remove any member from a mission. Bans can be appealed by direct message to a MAKO admin or by email to makopsyops@gmail.com.
MAKO runs on ArmA 3. Operations use a curated modset and comms run on TeamSpeak — all of it is set up for you during orientation. You need the game, a microphone, and a free evening.
A paramilitary intelligence group under the DIA Directorate for Mission Services. The line runs back to the 1st Observation Detachment, 504th PIR — paratroopers who jumped into Sicily, Normandy, and Holland. Members are still called Observers.
American, allied, and everything in between. The recruiting pool has never been narrow, and it isn't now.
From a misdropped stick of paratroopers on a Sicilian beach to the detachments running today.
1st Observation Detachment, 504th PIR. Combat jumps into Sicily, Normandy, and Holland.
Sabotage and deep reconnaissance, usually beyond the reach of command.
Founded under the DIA. First deployment ran in the guise of Cuban exile forces.
Clandestine reconnaissance and counter-insurgency across Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
Narco-guerrilla conflicts, and the networks feeding them.
Inserted into the Zagros Mountains, watching the Republican Guard fall back toward Iran.
Target development and direct action, ahead of the conventional force.
Taliban communications broken open across Kandahar province.
Same berets. Same job. Still recruiting.
Everyone starts on the line.
Move with the detachment. Hold your sector. Everyone starts here.
Trauma care from the point of injury to the bird.
Further evaluationHold the nets together and put ordnance on target.
Further evaluationCrew-served guns, marksman work, everything heavier than a carbine.
Demolitions, breaching, and the kit that gets the detachment through.
You write the operation, set the enemy, and run it live. Everyone else finds out what you built when the ramp drops.
Further evaluationAssistant Detachment Commander. Highest enlisted authority in the detachment, and the one running it when the commander goes down.
Administration approvalDetachment Commander. The plan, the net, and every decision that comes after it are yours to own.
Administration approvalCome through orientation. Prove it. Get a detachment.
The oldest element in MAKO. Senior Observers only.
Raised in 1961. Blooded in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
The Guard element. Veterans and old friends of the unit. No activity requirement — come when you can.
Airframes go up when the operation calls for one, and seats are filled per mission. There is no dedicated pilot billet — every Observer fights on the ground first. If you can fly, say so.
All times Eastern. Orientation comes first.
Hold a standard. Work a team. There's a red beret waiting.
Take the first step
