Armaverse Timeline

Timeline Overview

Project	Y / M / D	Event
	1982 / 08 / 21	Arma: Cold War Assault - Resistance
	1985 / 05 / 05	Arma: Cold War Assault
	2006 / 06 / 10	Arma: Armed Assault
	2007 / 10 / 28	Arma: Queen's Gambit
	2009 / 10 / 8	Arma 2
	2012 / 06 / 01	Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
	2012 / 07 / 19	Arma 2: British Armed Forces
	2013 / 06 / 29	Arma 2: Private Military Company
-wrong parameter ("TakOH") defined!-	2013 / 08 / 05	Take On Helicopters
	2035 / 07	Arma 3

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Timeline

Project	Y / M / D	Event
	1920 / approx	Aleksei Vasilii Guba is born.
	1940 / approx	Victor Troska is born in Nogova.
	1945 / approx	James Ian Gastovski is born.
	1948 /	Aleksei Vasilii Guba becomes Commandant in one of Stalin’s Siberian Gulags, where he earns nickname 'The Dentist'.
	1955 / 11 / 01	Vietnam War starts.
	1962 / approx	With the Communist regime in Nogova growing stronger, Victor Troska leaves the island as a stowaway on board a cargo ship.
	1965 / approx	David Armstrong is born.
	1965 / 07 / 24	Andrey Lopotev is born in Solnichniy, Chernarus (then CSSR).
	1970 / approx	Victor Troska, serving in the British Special Forces, meets Lt James Gastovski.
	1974 /	Anti-government demonstrations in Nogova. With the help of Victor Troska, pro-Soviet regime is overthrown. He becomes a police chief in the newly established republic.
	1974 / 04 / 12	Patrick '8-Ball' Miles is born in Sacramento, CA.
	1974 / 06 / 15	Randolph 'Ice Cold' Sykes is born in San Antonio, TX.
	1975 / 05 / 15	Vietnam War ends.
	1976 / 02 / 24	Mark Reynolds is born in Hartford, CT.
	1976 / 12 / 09	Matthew 'Coops' Cooper is born in New York, NY.
	1977 / 02 / 08	Chad 'Robo' Rodriguez is born.
	1977 / 04 / 14	Frank 'Tanny' Radcliffe is born in Falkirk, Scotland.
	1978 / 02 / 21	Brian 'Scarlet' O'Hara is born in San Francisco, CA.
	1978 / 05 / 08	Garry Pierce is born.
	1981 /	Victor Troska becomes a Judge at the Nogovan court.
	1981 / 06 / 09	Joe Larkin is born in Seattle, WA.
	1982 / 05 / 05	Brian Frost[1] is born in Duxford, England.
	1982 / 08	Resistance
	1982 / 08 / 21	Invasion After years of regime liberalization in Nogova, Vice-Premier Ostrovsky of the Nogova Communist party resigns and leaves for Moscow to meet with the General Secretary of the Soviet Communist party, Leonid Brezhnev. Result of this meeting is the dispatching of Soviet forces stationed on the nearby island of Kolguyev, to Nogova. Led by Col Aleksei Guba, their official mission is to establish Socialist order and prevent the country from devolving into a capitalist regime of corruption and unemployment. Victor Troska manages to flee from Lipany, Nogovan capital, and hides at home.
	1982 / 08 / 22	Crossroad Resistance leaders fail to draft Victor Troska to their cause, but the next morning, wounded resistance fighters appear at Troska's home and hide in his barn. Soviet forces searching for them arrive shortly afterwards and give Troska no choice other than to defend himself. After neutralizing all Soviet troops, Troska heads to the main Resistance base.
	1982 / 08 / 22	No Turning Back Resistance camp is under Soviet attack and Guerrilla fighters are forced to retreat. Resistance leaders execute the Kappa plan and lure incoming Soviet forces into minefields, slowing them down.
	1982 / 08 / 22	Ammo Low Victor Troska leads an ambush on a small supply convoy and steals as many weapons and as much ammo as possible.
	1982 / 08 / 23	Scrap Small task force lead by Victor Troska attacks the tank base in Trosky and steals armored vehicles stationed there.
	1982 / 08 / 24	Field Exercise With stolen vehicles, Resistance army attacks the city of Modrava and neutralizes all forces there. At this point, Soviet leadership stops viewing resistance as unorganized guerrillas and starts considering them to be a serious threat.
	1982 / 08 / 28	First Strike Large Soviet tank group is sent towards Modrava to crush the resistance, but Victor Troska's armored group manages to stop them in a pass south of the city.
	1982 / 09 / 02	Hostages Victor Troska's infantry squad rescues civilian hostages in village of Nova Ves.
	1982 / 09 / 03	Information USA launches an operation to support Nogova anti-Communist resistance. Maj James Gastovski is in charge. He meets with Victor Troska at an undisclosed location on Nogova and together they negotiate further resistance efforts.
	1982 / 09 / 04	Occupation Resistance fights launches attack against Soviet base in ruins north of the city of Mirov.
	1982 / 09 / 04	Counterattack Resistance fighters defend captured base, but incoming Soviet combat helicopters force them to retreat.
	1982 / 09 / 06	Contraband During nighttime, The USA sends first major weapon shipment and Victor Troska transports it back to the resistance base.
	1982 / 09 / 08	Reckoning Task force led by Victor Troska ambushes Soviet helicopter base and destroys numerous gunships.
	1982 / 09 / 19	Fireworks Resistance fighters blow up the strategic bridge in central Nogova, practically dividing the island in half. Soviet logistics is crippled.
	1982 / 09 / 21	The Pass Since the bridge is destroyed, Soviets are sending supply convoys through the mountains on the northern part of the island. Resistance fighters attack one of these convoys and destroys it completely.
	1982 / 09 / 22	Hunting After a long and exhausting battle, Nogovan capital Lipany is liberated.
	1982 / 09 / 24	Trap Pretty much all resistance forces participate in the attack on Petrovice, Nogova's largest city. Maj James Gastovski destroys the Soviet communication center, disrupting enemy radio operations for several minutes. Offensive is successful and shortly afterwards, the whole of Nogova apart from the airport is in resistance hands.
	1982 / 09 / 25	Fire Fight As a last resort, Col Guba plans to level the whole island using his heavy bombers which arrived from nearby Kolgujev. With Malden NATO forces lead by Gen Williams refusing to send support, Maj James Gastovski's team tries to hastily infiltrate the airport and destroy the bombers before they can takeoff. However, a small spec-op team is no match for the heavy Soviet defenses and the retreating Gastovski is the only survivor. Victor Troska takes explosives from him and heads to the airport to finish the mission. Meanwhile, Col Blake persuades Gen Williams to send help. As a result, a small army group is dispatched to Nogova to help the local resistance. Victor Troska manages to destroy all the bombers, but fails to retreat safely and is hunted down by Col Guba himself. Shortly afterwards, the US Army arrives at Nogova and crushes the invasion forces. Soviet Army retreats from the country.
	1982 / 09 / 25	Victor Troska dies. His body is never found.
	1982 / 10 / 12	James Gastovski sends a letter to Col Blake, the newly appointed leader of the Malden NATO forces, with his resignation. He then moves to Malden and starts Pegasus Air Taxi.
-wrong parameter ("TakOH") defined!-	1983 /	Larkin Aviation is founded by Harry Larkin.
	1983 / 07 / 04	Patrick Dixon is born in Anna Bay, Australia.
	1985 / 03 / 11	Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
	1985 / 04	Cold War Crisis
	1985 / 04 / 04	Michail Gorbachev announces Glasnost and Perestroika reforms, welcomed by the West. However, Communist hardliners in his own government are unsympathetic to his cause and are ready to do anything to stop these reforms.
	1985 / 04 / 04	Training NATO soldiers at the Malden base are going through soldier training.
	1985 / 05 / 05	General Aleksei Vasilii Guba with his loyal army forces invades the island of Everon to spark conflict between two superpowers and increase the power of Communist ideologists.
	1985 / 05 / 08	Flashpoint As a response to recent hostilities, NATO forces invade the Everon city of Morton.
	1985 / 05 / 08	Combined Arms NATO tank group attacks the village of Regine, south of Morton, to be repelled by enemy heavy armor.
	1985 / 05 / 10	Camping Small NATO infantry squad establishes forward camp near Le Moule and secures its surroundings.
	1985 / 05 / 10	Alert NATO officer is ambushed between Morton and Le Moule. NATO infantry squad manages to neutralize the attackers, but are too late to save the officer's life.
	1985 / 05 / 13	Montignac Must Fall NATO forces pushes toward the city of Montignac. Order to evacuate Everon arrives shortly after the city is clear, and NATO forces retreat back to the sea.
	1985 / 05 / 13	After Montignac NATO forces successfully leave Everon.
	1985 / 05 / 13	Cpl David Armstrong fails to reach the evac point and is left behind on Everon.
	1985 / 05 / 14	Rescue Cpl David Armstrong joins Everon's resistance group, Freedom and Independence Army (FIA). Together they rescue captured civilians in the village of Levie.
	1985 / 05 / 14	Undercover FIA group is heading south to their base of operations in a castle above St. Pierre.
	1985 / 05 / 14	With local resistance help, Cpl David Armstrong leaves the island of Everon and joins his forces on Malden.
	1985 / 06 / 01	Night Patrol Cpl David Armstrong successfully neutralizes enemy commandos trying to disable AAA defenses on Malden.
	1985 / 06 / 02	Hold Malden Guba's forces invade Malden, NATO defenders retreats from shore.
	1985 / 06 / 04	Defender Small NATO task force prepares an ambush in central Malden and disables enemy heavy armor.
	1985 / 06 / 04	Tank Training Robert Hammer undergoes final stage of his training before his first combat action.
	1985 / 06 / 05	Battle Of Houdan NATO tank group repels the enemy attack against the city of Houdan.
	1985 / 06 / 06	Interdiction In the early morning, Maj James Gastovski's black op team disables enemy tanks.
	1985 / 06 / 06	Spearhead NATO tank group successfully defends village of Lolise against enemy attack.
	1985 / 06 / 08	Pathfinder NATO infantry groups clears AAA defense around St. Marie and then continues to the city with support of combat helicopters.
	1985 / 06 / 08	Tank Rally NATO armored counter-offensive heads south and liberates large portion of Malden.
	1985 / 06 / 10	Cpl David Armstrong, freshly promoted to Lieutenant, meets Maj James Gastovski. Together they learn about ultimatum set by Gen Aleksei Guba to NATO forces
	1985 / 06 / 11	Unfinished Business Lt David Armstrong, protected by Maj James Gastovski, returns undercover to Everon to negotiate a deal with the FIA.
	1985 / 06 / 13	Taking Command During his first officer's assignment, Lt David Armstrong collects his squad and defends village of Goisse.
	1985 / 06 / 13	Scouting Lt David Armstrong is sent to recon the valley north of Goisse to locate the base from which the attack on the village originated from.
	1985 / 06 / 14	Turning the Tide Lt David Armstrong leads offensive against enemy camp north of Goisse.
	1985 / 06 / 16	Saboteur In preparation of upcoming Everon invasion, Maj James Gastovski infiltrates enemy tanks base and sabotages all armored vehicles stationed there.
	1985 / 06 / 18	Guardian Lt David Armstrong leads important supply convoy to Malden's airport.
	1985 / 06 / 20	Return To Eden NATO forces return to Everon, Lt David Armstrong's infantry squad is first to land.
	1985 / 06 / 20	Hind Attack Maj James Gastovski infiltrates field helicopter base and destroys all vehicles there.
	1985 / 06 / 21	Rolling Thunder NATO tank platoons storm northern Everon and neutralize all hostile forces.
	1985 / 06 / 23	Airborne Cpt Sam Nichols transports infantry squads during fast evolving Everon offensive.
	1985 / 06 / 24	Air Superiority Cpt. Sam Nichols neutralizes enemy supply convoy heading from Morton to Le Moule.
	1985 / 06 / 26	Recon Maj James Gastovski's squad is deployed on Kolgujev and locates AAA defense posts.
	1985 / 06 / 27	Killdozer NATO tank group rolls through central Everon and clears the way for infantry groups.
	1985 / 06 / 27	Air Assault After launching a joint offensive against last enemy's stronghold in city of St. Pierre, NATO forces liberate Everon and ready themselves for a final strike on Kolgujev.
	1985 / 07 / 02	Wake-up Call Maj James Gastovski's squad gets a green light and neutralizes three AAA sites on Kolgujev.
	1985 / 07 / 02	Planes Start Cpt. Sam Nichols takes off in his A-10 and heads to Kolgujev.
	1985 / 07 / 02	Maverick Cpt. Sam Nichols arrives on Kolgujev and clears an armored force from the shoreline. Shortly before NATO ground forces arrive, his plane is hit and he ejects behind enemy lines.
	1985 / 07 / 02	Counter Strike Lt David Armstrong leads offensive against enemy base and captures it.
	1985 / 07 / 03	Escape Cpt Sam Nichols, being held as a POW, escapes from captivity shortly before Guba's orders to execute him arrive.
	1985 / 07 / 03	USSR begins a full-scale mobilization, allegedly as a military exercise.
	1985 / 07 / 07	Incursion Maj James Gastovski infiltrates Guba's heavily guarded main base and steals important documents. According to the documents, Gen Guba has managed to obtain a SCUD missile with nuclear warhead and plans to launch it on Everon to demonstrate Soviet power.
	1985 / 07 / 07	Search And Destroy As an immediate response to latest Intel. NATO task force led by Maj James Gastovski searches for SCUD launcher in central Kolgujev and manages to destroy it shortly before launch preparations are finished.
	1985 / 07 / 10	Red Dawn After unsuccessful launch of SCUD missile, Gen Guba decides to leave the island and heads to the harbor where his evac ship is prepared. Against all odds, Maj James Gastovski manages to track him down and capture him, destroying a second SCUD launcher in the process. Remaining rogue Soviet Forces capitulate immediately afterwards. Cold War Crisis ends.
	1985 / 07 / 10	Gen Aleksei Vasilii Guba is captured by Maj James Gastovski. His further fate is unknown.
	1987 / 06 / 10	Henry Asano is born in Los Angeles, CA.
	1987 / 08 / 25	Tom Larkin is born in Seattle, WA.
	1988 /	Coup d' état in Takistan. Following the fall of the incumbent monarchy and second exile of the royal family, Socialist and Royalist groups fight for supremacy in Takistan. Each faction is backed by world-leading superpowers (Royalists by the USA, Socialists by the USSR).
	1990 / 08 / 02	Gulf War starts.
	1991 / 02 / 28	Gulf War ends.
	1991 / 05	Status Quo Buddies from 1985 conflict - James Gastovski, David Armstrong, Sam Nichols and Robert Hammer - meet back on Everon after many years.
	1992 /	Reinforced by open Soviet military support and large shipments of Eastern weaponry, Takistani Socialists prevail over the Royalists. The supply of crude oil at hand is quickly exploited to expand and strengthen the Takistani state police and armed forces. Scud-B ballistic missiles, missile carriers, and the covert research and development of chemical and nuclear weapons contributes to the proliferation of military stockpiles with the aim of maximizing Takistani military might – and, by extension – tightening the grip of Soviet rule.
	1992 / 06 / 22	Scott Miller is born in Killingworth, Northern England.
	1995 / 04 / 02	Martin Novak is born in Vancouver, Canada.
	1997 /	Andrey Lopotev forms the 'Working Man's Defence Alliance' pseudo-union along with other employees of the Solnichniy Quarry Corporation.
	1998 / 01	Black Element Private Military Company is founded.
	1998 / 05	Mark Reynolds graduates from an Ivy League college and is recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency.
	1999 /	Flag of ChDKZ Andrey Lopotev organizes a violent protest over pay and conditions that leads to at least three deaths, unconfirmed injuries (figures vary from 10s to 100s) and a dozen prosecutions. Later he forms the ChDKZ (Chedaki) along with several previous members of the Working Man's Defence Alliance. The party's main line is that of reintegration with the Russian Federation.
	1999 / 05 / 28	Takistan detonates its first nuclear bomb. Western diplomatic pressure forces it to stop its nuclear programme. Since their program is highly classified and Russia states it never supplied the country with any fissile materials, many analysts believe the country never had a nuclear bomb.
	2000 / 05	Brian Frost starts helicopter training supervised by his uncle, a professional pilot.
	2000 / 07	A few days after completing his helicopter training, Brian Frost's helicopter crashes during takeoff. Even while surviving with only a few scratches, his trust in helicopters is severely shaken.
	2000 / 11	Brian Frost enlists into the British Army.
	2001 / 03 / 15	Evan Illing is born in Cedar Rapids, IA.
	2001 / 06 / 22	Documents about Cold War Crisis of 1985 are declassified. The world is shocked to learn how close to global flashpoint it was.
	2001 / 09 / 11	9/11
	2001 / 10 / 07	War in Afghanistan starts.
	2002 /	Flag of Sahrani In aftermath of 9/11, a small US Army contingent is sent to the Atlantic island of Sahrani with the purpose of helping to train the army of the local pro-American monarchy and locating possible terrorist suspects who could use the country for its strategic position between America, Europe and Africa. As a longtime socialist regime with strong ties to the former Soviet Union, the Kingdom's Northern neighbor, the Democratic Republic of Sahrani, doesn't welcome the arrival of US troops much.
	2003 / 03 / 20	Iraq War starts.
	2003 / 04	Brian Frost is deployed in Iraq as part of Pegasus Company.
	2003 / 09	Patrick Dixon joins Black Element.
	2004 / 07	Henry Asano enlists into the US Army.
	2006 /	As the situation in the Kingdom of South Sahrani has remained stable during recent years and the training of local forces is almost finished, US Army plans to leave the country in the following months.
	2006 / 03 / 02	William Porter starts blogging from Sahrani.
	2006 / 05	Mark Reynolds warns his superiors against a potential Sahrani Liberation Army (SLA) invasion into the Kingdom of South Sahrani. All his reports are ignored.
	2006 / 06	Sahrani Conflict
	2006 / 06 / 10	Transport A few days after the official withdrawal of US Army troops, SLA invades the Kingdom of South Sahrani. Royal Army Corps Sahrani (RACS) are forced to retreat, and the few remaining US troops go with them.
	2006 / 06 / 11	Beaten Dog SLA army proceeds to the city of Ortego, where it's slowed down by a mix of RACS and US forces.
	2006 / 06 / 11	Dolores SLA armored forces move south towards coastal city of Dolores. In a desperate act of defense, RACS decides to destroy the bridges to cut the approaching enemy off. Even though the operation is successful and SLA forces are heavily hit, RACS has to retreat even further into its territory.
	2006 / 06 / 11	Battle Of Somato US Army takes advantage of its technology and stages night attack at camping SLA forces in Southern Province.
	2006 / 06 / 12	Dawn of Hope When the remains of RACS and US forces defend the last base on the Sahrani International Airport, United States Marine Corps (USMC) 27th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) joins the battle, repelling SLA invasion back from the Kingdom.
	2006 / 06 / 12	Reclaiming SLA is pushed away from the Kingdom of South Sahrani. After two days of conflict, the country is free again.
	2006 / 06 / 14	Into Enemy Territory In order to restore peace in the region, USA decides to invade the Democratic Republic of Sahrani. RACS joins the offensive and both armies progress towards Bagango, the country's capital.
	2006 / 06 / 15	Gryphons As main RACS forces are nearing Bagango, SLA launches majority of its remaining forces in one large counter-offensive. However, they are no match for US air superiority and are crushed after short battle.
	2006 / 06 / 16	Blood, Sweat & Tears US forces open a new front by capturing a helicopter base in the Eastern part of the country.
	2006 / 06 / 16	Final Countdown Bagango is encircled. A few SLA troops dressed like RACS infantry try to spread confusion amongst US forces, but their origin is quickly discovered and the offensive continues. Few hours later, Prime Minister Torrez is captured and the SLA capitulates. Sahrani Conflict ends.
	2007 / 10	Queen's Gambit
	2006 / 10	King Jose of Sahrani and his son, Prince Orlando, die in helicopter crash. King's other child, Princess Isabella, becomes the Queen of Sahrani.
	2007 / 10 / 28	Spy Black Element Private Military Contractors team (codenamed Royal Flush) arrives on Sahrani, hired by Queen Isabella Ximénez. Their job is to fight against growing anti-government resistance.
	2007 / 10 / 29	Base Royal Flush team discovers that Prince Orlando is alive and leads the anti-government Guerrillas. They terminate their contract and sides with them.
	2007 / 10 / 30	Camp Royal Flush team attack the government prison and liberate all political captives held there.
	2007 / 10 / 30	Genocide Royal Flush team attacks another camp, liberating more of the Prince's supporters.
	2007 / 10 / 31	Reality Show Prince Orlando is ready to go public, and the Royal Flush team clears a local TV station building in order to give the Prince the opportunity to speak to the nation.
	2007 / 11 / 01	Meeting Royal Flush team fails to stop the Queen from luring her brother into a trap and killing him.
	2007 / 11 / 01	Escape Surviving members of the Royal Flush team steal a plane on Sahrani Airport and flees the country. Black Element proclaims them rogue operators and denies any responsibility for their actions. Situation in the Kingdom of South Sahrani remains unchanged.
	2008 / 10 / 09	US Marine Corps in Grozovia
	2008 / 10 / 27	Bombing in Chernogorsk leaves 6 dead
	2008 / 11 / 11	National Party (NAPA) group, allegedly lead by mysterious Prizrak, burns down ChDKZ warehouse
	2009 / 03	Mark Reynolds arrives in Chernarus with objective to find Aslan Radayev, international weapons dealer and major supplier for ChDKZ
	2009 / 07 / 27	ChDKZ groups engage in skirmishes with Chernarussian Defence Forces, but lack of strong leadership leaves their efforts unsuccessful.
	2009 / 09	Flag of Chernarus September Crisis ChDKZ (Chedaki) masses its forces on the coast to take control of the most developed part of the country and gain access to harbors, trade routes etc. This effort is coordinated by three warlords and is largely successful. Chedaki seizes the majority of Chernarus including Chernogorsk, the capital of South Zagoria. After negotiations to join Russia result in dismissal by Moscow, Chedaki executes Alexander Baranov, the prime minister of Chernarus, and declares the nation the Chernarussian Socialistic Republic. Part of the Chernarussian government manages to find a way off the island into exile abroad and insist they are still the only legitimate government of the country, asking western countries for help.
	2009 / 10 / 03	Chernarussian PM Executed
	2009 / 10 / 04	Marines En Route to Green Sea
	2009 / 10 / 06	Chernarussian Crisis Intensifies
	2009 / 10 / 07	Russians call emergency UN meeting
	2009 / 10	Operation Harvest Red
	2009 / 10 / 08	First To Fight USMC 27th MEU is sent to Chernarus to prevent civilian casualties in the ongoing conflict between Chedaki and remnants of Chernarussian Defence Forces (CDF).
	2009 / 10 / 08	Security Council stalemate
	2009 / 10 / 09	Into The Storm Shortly before USMC invasion starts, Razor Team is deployed near Chernogorsk with objective to destroy communication station. During the mission, they discovers a mass grave created by Chedaki forces.
	2009 / 10 / 09	Harvest Red Razor team joins the battle of Chernogorsk tasked to locate and capture Chedaki leaders - Andrey 'Akula' Lopotev, Mikola Bardak and an unknown man going under the identity of Kostey. They manage to take the first two captive, while transporting them back to base, they are ambushed and taken captive. It's learned that Kostey was actually a CDF officer who now revealed his true identity. Shortly after the warlords leave the scene, USMC squad rescues Razor team, but they're too late to save Sgt Miles' life.
	2009 / 10 / 09	Sgt Patrick '8-Ball' Miles is KIA.
	2009 / 10 / 09	Razor Two Though Andrey Lopotev manages to escape, Mikola Bardak is captured after a long hunt by Razor team, now led by MSgt Matthew Cooper.
	2009 / 10 / 09	US Marines reportedly inside Chernarus
	2009 / 10 / 09	US confirms Marine incursion
	2009 / 10 / 09	Marines retake Chernagorsk - mass graves discovered
	2009 / 10 / 09	ChDKZ' leaders captured?
	2009 / 10 / 10	Mark Reynolds interrogates Mikola Bardak, who was captured by Razor team. From him he learns that Aslan Radayev has already fled Chernarus.
	2009 / 10 / 10	ChDKZ in full retreat?
	2009 / 10 / 11	New Twist in Chernarus Crisis
	2009 / 10 / 12	Interim Chernarussian Government Elected
	2009 / 10 / 13	Nationalist reprisals intensify
	2009 / 10 / 14	2nd chance for UN talks
	2009 / 10 / 15	'Conventional' war over?
	2009 / 10 / 16	Chernarus crisis nearing end as USMC advance
	2009 / 10 / 16	Manhattan As USMC pushes north, Forward Operating Base (FOB) Manhattan is set up. Razor team searches for Chedaki base and smaller camps in the region. While doing that, they meet Father Fyodor, local priest with ties to NAPA.
	2009 / 10 / 16	Moscow bombing. Fifty three people are killed and nearly two hundred injured, many critically, in a bomb blast that tore through Moscow's Red Square. NAPA is linked to the attack and Russia readies itself to enter the Chernarussian conflict.
	2009 / 10 / 17	Bitter Chill Under diplomatic pressure, USMC withdraws from Chernarus, leaving arriving Russian Forces to handle the situation. Razor team fails to reach the evac point and goes undercover with the help of locals.
	2009 / 10 / 18	Badlands Officially MIA, Razor team supports local forces with their fight against Chedaki. USMC command, unconvinced that NAPA was behind the Moscow bombing, tasks Razor team with finding evidence about the truth.
	2009 / 10 / 19	Dogs of War After gathering enough evidence, Razor learns that Lopotev was the man responsible for the Moscow bombing. While US government presents this data to the UN council, USMC forces return to the country. Tolerated by Russian Forces, they help Razor team with the assault on the main Chedaki base, followed by the swift capture of Andrey Loptev. Chernarussian crisis ends.
	2009 / 10 / 19	Andrey Lopotev is captured by Razor team of USMC.
	2009 / 12 / 22	Eagle Wing Preemptive Strike Plan is cancelled by Pentagon and never happens.
	2009 / 12 / 27	Black Element caught up in controversy as contractors led by Patrick Dixon use live ammunition to disperse groups of angry civilians, protesting over fuel shortages amidst bitter winter chill.
	2009 / 12 / 31	Infiltration Mark Reynolds oversees the destruction of the Takistani Army's BM-21 missile launchers, supplied by arms dealer Aslan Radayev. Reynolds needs army officers to contact Radayev again, so he can track him.
	2010 / 01	Mark Reynolds traces Radayev to Zargabad, Takistan.
	2010 /	Scott Miller enlists into the Royal Marines.
	2010 /	Sgt Chad "Robo" Rodriguez is KIA and Sgt. Randolph 'Ice Cold' Sykes is WIA during Operation Fiery Mountain in Zargabad. Purpose of the operation has not been declassified to this date.
	2010 / 04 /16	Based on Mark Reynolds' Intel, Aslan Radayev is captured by ACR Special Forces in South Zagoria, Chernarus.
	2010 / 05 / 28	NATO training exercises planned for Green Sea Region.
	2010 / 05 / 31	Chernarus firms strike uneasy deal in Takistan.
	2010 / 06 / 01	Chernarussian Geologist Killed in Karzeghistan.
	2010 / 06 / 06	Interview: UN Chief Weapons inspector.
	2010 / 06	Mark Reynolds leads investigation into the slaying of geologists.
	2010 / 06 / 14	Green Sea Anger at Takistani Missile Launch.
	2010 / 06 / 17	Chernarussian Beer Export Market Stagnates.
	2010 / 08 / 13	British Armed Forces Defuse Shapur Bomb.
	2010 / 09 / 20	The Chernarussian judiciary agrees to extradite weapons dealer, Aslan Radayev, to Russia.
	2010 / 10 / 01	Black Element Rebrand Corporate Image, changing it's name from Black Element to ION Inc.
	2010 / 10 /	Mark Reynolds leaves CIA and joins ION Inc.
	2010 / 11 / 10	Green Sea ARMEX events confirmed
	2011 / 05 / 02	Operation Neptune Spear
-wrong parameter ("TakOH") defined!-	2011 / 08 / 18	Take On: Operation Longbow Lt Joe Larkin patrols the Karzegho-Takistani border, as military commanders assess the situation.
	2012 /	Following a slow recovery from his wounds, Sgt. Randolph 'Ice Cold' Sykes becomes a special warfare instructor at Marine Special Operations School, Camp Lejeune.
	2012 / 04 /17	Flag of Takistan Takistani Royalist tribes, with the rumored support of CIA operatives seeking to destabilize the dangerous regime, succeed in significantly damaging the production of crude oil. A well-coordinated raid on key oil fields deals three critical blows to the regime: the loss of a year's production of crude oil, the destruction of 68% of the country's oil wells, and the sudden lack of resources required to hold Takistan. Power structures start to disintegrate; voices and actions of discontent spread. In a desperate bid to cling to the reins of power, the Socialist Supreme Bureau threatens the nearby country of Karzeghistan with the use of chemical weapons if the oil-rich Sharig Plateau, an integral part of Takistani territory usurped by the British reign in the times of the Takistani monarchy, was not "immediately returned to the people of Takistan". The ultimatum is set.
	2012 / 06	Operation Arrowhead
	2012 / 06 / 01	One Shot One Kill At the dawn of upcoming full-scale NATO military operation, US Army sniper sent behind enemy lines neutralizes Jafar Karizi (Two of Spades), Intelligence Commander for Zargabad District.
	2012 / 06 / 01	Good Morning T-stan A few days after the ultimatum set by Takistani Government in April, NATO forces deploy bases in rebel-controlled territories and instigate Operation Arrowhead, whose objectives is to neutralize the threat of ballistic missile attacks and nullify the possibility of an attack on Karzeghistan before attempting any humanitarian or political actions.
	2012 / 06 / 01	Pathfinder After securing Loy Manara airport and establishing FOB Revolver, NATO dispatches armored convoy heading towards oil fields south of Zargabad. However, when C-130 cargo plane transporting humanitarian workers and journalists is shot down near convoy's position, objective changes to securing the crash site. Unfortunately, NATO forces are too late and civilians are captured by Takistani Army.
	2012 / 06 / 01	Coltan Blues Delta Force is sent to rescue captive civilians supposedly held in nearby mine, but information proves incorrect and only the dead body of AAN reporter Joe Harris is discovered.
-wrong parameter ("TakOH") defined!-	2012 / 06 / 01	Take On: Operation Arrowhead Lt Joe Larkin provides air support in the full-scale invasion of Takistan.
	2012 / 06 / 01	Open Season Cpt Garry Pierce is tasked with neutralizing outpost and command stations along Takistani Army defense line. Whilst the operation is successful, Pierce's gunship is hit and he's forced to autorotate to the ground.
	2012 / 06 / 01	Cpt Garry Pierce is shot down over enemy territory and captured by Takistani Army.
	2012 / 06 / 02	Death from Above Immediately before crucial offensive against main enemy base, NATO uses its technological advantage and sends Unmanned Littlebird (ULB) near the base. From there, it marks targets for Hellfire missiles fired by AH-64 gunship hovering 8km away in occupied territory. Abdul Mussawir Ghafurzai (Seven of Hearts) is reported killed by ULB strike, although the hit cannot be confirmed.
	2012 / 06 / 01	Sandstorm NATO forces start offensive against main Takistani base in region. Under cover of night, fast moving armored platoons crushes poorly equipped enemy and seize the base and nearby airfield without significant losses.
	2012 / 06 / 01	Cpt Garry Pierce escapes during NATO offensive and manages to return back to safety.
	2012 / 06 / 02	Eye Of The Hurricane Large scale battle of Zargabad takes place. Delta Team rescues civilian hostages held in city's mosque, while main NATO force focuses on disabling SCUD launchers scattered around city. Muhhamad R. Aziz (Jack of Clubs), local army commander, is captured alive while trying to escape the city.
	2012 / 06 / 03	Scud Busters British SAS are sent into the deserts of Takistan to hunt for remaining mobile SCUD launchers, which are about to attack Karzeghistan and the Allied bridgeheads.
	2012 / 07	Operation Crimson Lance
	2012 / 07 / 19	Blue Jam While heading towards FOB Arizona in central Takistan, a transport chopper carrying Sgt Brian Frost's squad is mistakenly targeted and shot down by a US Missile. The squad defends the crash site and evacuates in another helicopter a few minutes later.
	2012 / 07 / 20	Lancers Operation Crimson Lance is in effect. Sgt Brian Frost's squad assists in defusing IEDs and minefields and then continues onto FOB Winchester, now serving as a mere outpost for a couple of British patrol teams.
	2012 / 07 / 20	After numerous quarrels with his clients (notably Refugee Help Center organizer Rita Ensler), Patrick Dixon is demoted from his post of team coordinator.
	2012 / 07 / 20	Mark Reynolds takes command of ION Inc. security team, previously lead by Patrick Dixon.
	2012 / 07 / 20	Heat Sgt Brian Frost's squad manages to defend FOB Winchester against a surprise Takistani offensive.
	2012 / 07 / 20	Mountain Lair A joint raid of US and UK forces against the insurgent's group headquarters succeeds and the region is secured.
	2012 / 09	Frank 'Tanny' Radcliffe leaves British Army and joins ION Inc.
	2012 / 12 / 24	Reaction Frank 'Tanny' Radcliffe leads a small security response team to rescue captured clients.
	2013 /	Brian 'Scarlet' O'Hara leaves USMC after 6 years in service. He returns to San Francisco to study, becoming a civilian MD some years later.
	2013 / 01	Brian Frost leaves British Army and joins ION Inc.
	2013 / 03 / 27	Provision ION drops supplies for a UN team operating in Central Takistan.
	2013 / 02	Brian Frost is assigned to Mark Reynold's security team.
	2013 / 02	Henry Asano is assigned to Mark Reynold's security team.
-wrong parameter ("TakOH") defined!-	2013 / 03 / 29	Take On: Operation Gold Quiver Lt Joe Larkin and Cpt Garry Pierce air-drop propaganda leaflets over captured Takistani territory.
	2013 / 04	Frank 'Tanny' Radcliffe is assigned to Mark Reynold's security team.
	2013 / 05 / 06	Four Talon International security contractors die in insurgent attack
	2013 / 06 / 17	Harry Larkin, father of Joe and Tom, dies.
	2013 / 06	Operation Black Gauntlet
	2013 / 06	After a year of occupation, the situation in Takistan is dire. NATO forces have withdrawn to a few Green Zones around major cities, while the rest of the country is ravaged by ongoing power struggle between the New Takistani Army (NTA) and Royalist tribes, no longer unconditionally pro-Western. With most of the allied forces already gone and the British Armed Forces in the process of leaving the region, the US government plans to draw down its forces in the following months.
	2013 / 06 / 29	Reception UN weapon inspectors arrive in Zargabad to search for the remnants of the Takistani nuclear programme. An ION Inc. security team, lead by Mark Reynolds, is tasked with their protection.
	2013 / 07 / 01	Vocation An ION Inc. security team disperses civilians around an abandoned factory while UN investigators search for documents pertaining to the Takistani nuclear programme.
	2013 / 07 / 02	Confirmation UN inspectors locate the former Takistani presidential advisor and orchestrator of various weapon programmes. They discover it to be Abdul Mussawir Ghafurzai, proclaimed dead after NATO strike during Operation Arrowhead, now hiding in Zargabad. While they force him to tell them everything he knows, an NTA offensive against the emptied city arrives and Ghafurzai is killed. ION Inc. security team manages to evacuate UN inspectors back to safety, but some of its members are killed during an initial mortar strike and a few others are cut off from the main squad.
	2013 / 07 / 02	Frank 'Tanny' Radcliffe is KIA during a mortar strike on Zargabad.
	2013 / 07 / 02	Inception Brian Frost and Henry Asano reunite after the initial confusion and retreat back to Patrick Dixon's position on the city outskirts. All three of them are later evacuated by Mark Reynold's helicopter.
	2013 / 07 / 02	Transportation UN inspectors insist upon getting to abandoned OKB-754 test site, located deep in unsecured territory. A lightly armored SUV convoy is dispatched to travel through no man's land of central Takistan, while Mark Reynolds stays in the U.S. Green Zone to handle the legality of such an operation.
	2013 / 07 / 02	Elimination An ION Inc. security convoy deliver UN inspectors to the the Takistani test-facility, but locates an NTA camp there. Brian Frost and Henry Asano manage to neutralize scattered armored units and rest of the team then finishes off the demoralized infantry units.
	2013 / 07 / 03	Malfunction Deep in the cover of night, an ION Inc. security team is ambushed by UAV's operated by competing PMC, Talon International. Even when they succeed in defending the site, questions about why they were attacked remain.
	2013 / 07 / 03	Retaliation UN inspectors discover nuclear materials buried deep in a partially destroyed bunker. According to their calculations, the quantity is enough for creating small-yield nuclear warhead. Initial readings place the origin of the material to China, possibly Russia. n the morning, an ION Inc. security team is attacked by incoming enemy forces. Brian Frost uses UAVs hijacked by Patrick Dixon and soon the guerilla attack is repulsed. Mark Reynolds joins the battle in his helicopter shortly before enemy starts to retreat.
	2013 / 07 / 03	Preparation UN inspectors ready the materials for transport back to the Green zone. Some of the ION Inc. contractors refuse to go with the radioactive material and they are assigned to a helicopter. Brian Frost overcomes his fear of flying and takes control of the helicopter, while Henry Asano and Patrick Dixon take crew seats. Mark Reynolds drives the car with the material.
	2013 / 07 / 03	Aviation An ION Inc. security convoy travels back through Central Takistan, while helicopters provide air support.
	2013 / 07 / 03	Decision After being damaged, Brian Frost's helicopter continues back to the Zargabad ION base. The SUV with UN inspectors arrives shortly afterwards, but Reynolds' SUV with nuclear materials on board is delayed. Reynolds contacts them and explains the situation - An unspecified government contacted ION Inc. and want to cover up their illegal involvement in Takistani nuclear programme. While Patrick Dixon openly opposes this change of plan, Brian Frost and Henry Asano are indecisive.
	2013 / 07 / 03	Deception Brian Frosts kills Patrick Dixon and together with Henry Asano, they join Mark Reynolds. Dressed in NTA uniforms, they use an IED to blow up the SUV with UN inspectors on board and murder all remaining survivors.
	2013 / 07 / 03	According to official statement by ION Inc., Patrick Dixon is KIA while protecting the UN inspectors from militia ambush north of Zargabad. Attackers manage to escape before authorities arrive.
-wrong parameter ("TakOH") defined!-	2013 / 07	Take On Helicopters
-wrong parameter ("TakOH") defined!-	2013 / 07 / 04	The Gathering Storm Tom Larkin returns back home to Seattle.
-wrong parameter ("TakOH") defined!-	2013 / 08 / 05	The Brothers Larkin Tom Larkin takes responsibility for Larkin Aviation, the family business started by his father.
	2016 /	Scott Miller completes Officer's Course.
	2021 /	The War starts.
	2021 /	Scott Miller joins Special Boat Service.
	2025 /	Sgt Evan Illing joins 10th Special Forces Group.
	2025 /	Iranian Forces invades Limnos, defended by USMC 27th MEU.
	2032 /	Col Martin Novak helps to establish Combat Technology Research Group.
	2032 /	Cpt Scott Miller drafted by Combat Technology Research Group.
	2034 /	Sgt Evan Illing is captured by Iranian Forces on Crete, but is rescued by a joint NATO taskforce operating in the area shortly afterwards.
	2035 / 07	Limnos Incident
	2035 / 07	Cpt Scott Miller is deployed to Limnos.

Legend

Image	Description
Template:Timeline Item ARMA0	Arma: Cold War Assault
Template:Timeline Item ARMA1	Arma: Armed Assault
Template:Timeline Item ARMA2	Arma 2
Template:Timeline Item ARMA2OA	Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
Template:Timeline Item ARMA2BAF	Arma 2: British Armed Forces
Template:Timeline Item ARMA2PMC	Arma 2: Private Military Company
Template:Timeline Item ARMA3	Arma 3
Template:Timeline Item TakOH	Take On Helicopters
Template:Timeline Item AAN	AAN World News
Template:Timeline Item Person	Person
Template:Timeline Item Person	Person (first mention; indicated by grey line above image)
Template:Timeline Item Real	Real Event