Editing Marine Team One (section)

== History ==

=== Formation ===

Miller told ''[[Action Pursuit Games]]'' in August 1995 that he had started Marine Team One “about one year ago”. This places the team's documented formation at approximately 1994, although the surviving account does not establish an exact founding date.[1]

The team's original core consisted of active-duty Marines from Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 16, commonly abbreviated MALS-16, based at Marine Corps Air Station Tustin. Operational commitments could produce frequent personnel changes, so the organisation also recruited civilian players.[1]

Marine Team One adopted a formal code of conduct based on fairness, honour, integrity, clean play and a positive attitude towards opponents. Players who deliberately broke the code could be removed from the team.[1]

=== Tournament competition ===

By August 1995, ''Action Pursuit Games'' reported that Marine Team One had entered four major [[National Professional Paintball League|NPPL]] events during its first year and reached the finals twice. The report did not identify the two events or record the team's final placings.[1]

The team attended the 1995 Dallas NPPL event. Marine Team One travelled with a converted truck carrying compressed-air tanks, a compressor, generator, equipment storage and an awning. According to Miller, its compressed-air system became the tournament's only functioning air source during the final two days of the event.[1]

=== Youth activities ===

In December 1994, Marine Team One organised a Kids’ Tournament Day at the Lion’s Den in Temecula. The morning programme covered paintball safety, tactics and equipment, followed by a youth tournament and prize drawing during the afternoon.[1]

Miller described the event as an opportunity to teach sportsmanship and personal responsibility. He also advocated the development of a separate youth league in which younger players could compete without being placed against adults.[1]