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RAPTAC & Milsim West Announce Milsim Events Partnership

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Darkhorse of One Grunt's Opinion broke the news of the partnership between Raptor Tactical Applications and Operations (RAPTAC) and Milsim West (MSW) in organising Milsim events in the USA. Milsim West, by its name itself, operates in the West Coast whereas RAPTAC organises its events in the East Coast.

Realising that combining forces in holding Milsim events on both sides of continental U.S., the two groups decided to enter a partnership of giving each other support when one holds an event on the other one's side. The first event will be the Raid On Rostov Milsim Event which will be the first event that will be organised by MSW in the East Coast. RAPTAC will provide full support to Raid On Rostov to ensure its success.

Here is the official press release from RAPTAC:

Raptor Tactical Applications and Operations (RAPTAC)is proud to announce to the milsim community our new partnership with MilSim West. As an organization RAPTAC looks forward to having the opportunity to work with a capable and like minded event producer in order to bring additional high quality, immersive events to the east coast. The newly established partnership with MilSim West will further strengthen the ability of each company to grow our styles of event and will ultimately result in better experiences for the community.

Since both RAPTAC and MilSim West’s conception in 2012, each organization has strived to promote events which offer a challenging and immersive experience, with scenarios derived from real world events and crafted by subject matter experts, bringing an experience to participants which had not been previously available in the USA. With MilSim West’s success on the west coast allowing them to grow towards the east coast, and RAPTAC’s successes on the east coast, this partnership was sought out by both organizations in order to bring to the participants the high quality events which they seek.

MilSim West’s first east coast event, "Raid on Rostov”, will be held in Darlington, South Carolina from June 26 to June 28, 2015. RAPTAC will be supporting the event by providing members of our real-world experienced staff in key leadership positions as well as assisting in the promotion of “Raid on Rostov” to the east coast player base.

Registration for “Raid on Rostov” is currently open, with the early registration price of $150 in effect until May 4th, 2015. For registration and event information please contact MilSim West or visit their website at: http://milsimwest.com.

Milsim West issued a statement to further confirm this partnership:

MilSim West was created in 2012 by a group of friends who, disappointed with the quality of existing “milsim events,” set out to create the style of immersive military simulation events that we wanted to participate in.

Three years later the face of milsim has changed; there is more competition, more events and an actual community that demands increasingly immersive events from event producers. Just like the face of milsim changing, MilSim West has changed to meet the increasing demands of our customer base. 2015 is a year of expansion for us – first California, now South Carolina and more to come – there is a demand for our unique style of immersive war gaming coupled with our cadre of military staff and combat veterans.

Recognizing the similarities in our event style, MilSim West is proud to announce that we have entered into a partnership with Raptor Tactical Applications and Operations (RAPTAC) for Raid on Rostov in Darlington, SC. In addition to helping promote the event RAPTAC will be contributing their military staff and cadre to plus up MilSim West’s own staff in key leadership positions throughout the event.
MilSim West is excited about this partnership, the positive effects it will have on our event, Raid of Rostov, and about the possibilities for the future. Cooperation between two event producers, even one’s as like-minded as us, is something never before seen in the industry and we hope it leads to new and exciting things for both companies and sets a new standard within the industry.

One Grunt's Opinion welcomes such partnership:

RAPTAC and MSW will be partnering up to help each other out. So much awesomeness from the leaders in immersive realistic Milsim.

This is a great show of cooperation within the op producer community. It shows a true commitment to see the greater community benefit with great leading edge MilSim that many in are craving. This is not a merger but simply a partnership to help each other grow. There's room for everyone to bring great events to the masses.

Will this development be  a portent of things to come? Airsoft has been spitting out companies and organisations left and right but we have not seen any signs of consolidation yet (with the exception of acquisitions made by Cybergun a few years back). But in terms of events organising, there are efforts on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean to professionalise groups dedicated to organising Milsim events. If the output of such will bring about well-organised and high quality airsoft events, then bring them on, we need more professional organisations to gives us the best airsoft experience.

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