Daetrin Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 How did this come about? It's clear in hindsight that this program has markedly increased the quality of 501st sandtroopers to such an extent that other costume types have copied the program; BSN & FISD being two that I know of and the Officers Det tossing the idea around. It's an outstanding program - to whom do we owe credit and thanks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SethB6025 Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 I think it was brought about by Bamatrooper (Joey Beck) and Joe Musso around the time we were still on the Yahoogroup prior to the move to the first php board. It is amazing what an effect it had long term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-VADER312 Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Seth do you know the total on how many actual MEPD Police Officers we have Currently??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dirty Trooper Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 I can answer that. We have 84 501st MEPD troopers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SethB6025 Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 84, sans two persons who left the 501st and were subsequently removed from the gallery. 84 troops out of around 3000 501st members? That is one exclusive accomplishment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daetrin Posted July 3, 2007 Author Share Posted July 3, 2007 Out of 384 sandtroopers in the 501st, or about 22% (e.g. 1 out of 5). That's amazing! Considering that out of those 384, how many still actually have their suits and troop in them? The odds get better. And, I'll bet that the percentage of new TD's that are MEPD is even higher, e.g. the majority of new TD's getting in their designation are MEPD standards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SethB6025 Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 I agree & I think we are already seeing that with FISD, etc. New people coming in are doing it "right" the first time. That can be better than learning the hard way, like we had to do in the olden days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skutch Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 My goal from the get go was to get into the MEPD, NOT just the 501st. The 501st is an awesome entity, but any clown with a pauldron and hasbro pistol and get a TD signification. I actually wish the 501st had standards as strict as this. I'm super proud to be a part of the MEPD. WE are where it's at! Accuracy is everything. Our goal should be to get MORE of the sandtroopers from the 501st into here so that all the sandtroopers across the legion are more uniform. It's all good. It's all make-believe anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD-5491 Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 I'm proud to say I'm one of the 84 MEPD! BIG props to you ALL for doing the **** thang dirty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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