One thing I love about BF2 is that playing as commander gives you an RTS aspect to the game. However, it doesn't mean that people will obey orders, and just a few squad leaders actually asked for my help. Those that did were a mix of "gimming a damn vehicle every 2 seconds" and "spot the sniper that just killed me" in the midst of 30 enemies running around him.
It taught me a lot on the typical movements of players, and great places to expect arty when I was on the ground as regular infantry.
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Had some great moments in getting this badge:
Placing AT mines under unoccupied tanks at the uncap. Having to save my team from certain death by holding onto the intake on Kubra Dam, and coming out of command mode only to be knifed in the head each time. Killing a J-10 in mid-flight with artillery on Wake, and later killing 2 squads, 10+ guys, on top of a building in Jalalabad with one artillery shell.
Most of it was lonesome and required patience. There were hours spent sitting in a hut, a corner of building behind my last defense claymore, under carriers, behind trees, on the side of steep mountains, swimming in the middle of the ocean, and repairing my UAV over and over after the bomber took it out.
I was the good commander not jumping in choppers or jets even in those ultra-rare moments when no one wanted to fly and everyone wanted to ground-pound. Only had to deal with a few mutinies...mostly because some captain or general wanted it instead.
On the long long road to the war college ribbon....
Daggoth