PFNG

A pFNG ("Pre-Fucking New Guy" or "Probationary Fucking New Guy") is a ShackTac Rank for a player who has joined ShackTac recently, and has not yet been permanently inducted into the group.

While pFNGs have already passed the initial screening, their skill and behavior in actual gameplay has yet to be fully tested, nor their ability to adhere to the minimum mandatory attendance requirements. Players typically stay at this rank for about one month, before being promoted to the full rank of "FNG", or being kicked out for whatever reason.

During the ArmA 2 era, ShackTac would occasionally recruit a large number of new players all at once, and would then run a massive pFNG Session - one or more "easier", large-scale missions meant to test them all "in bulk". This tradition quickly ceased after the transition to ArmA 3, and replaced with more gradual but more frequent recruitment of small numbers of new players. This presumably allows better scrutiny of each pFNG's behavior by their superiors during the course of a standard mission, providing a better and more accurate assessment of their performance.

Due to the lack of knowledge about their actual skills and ability to take responsibility, pFNGs are confined to Rifleman roles, including AT Rifleman and Assistant Automatic Rifleman. If only Vehicle Crew roles are available, pFNGs can serve as Drivers. They may not take any other role until promoted to the next rank.

Traditionally, Squads would place a higher importance on keeping the pFNG alive throughout the mission, and would take pride in getting all of their pFNGs to the end of the mission.

Notable Examples
Please add any examples of pFNG Sessions, or any mission where attention was called to the existence of a pFNG in the Squad, and/or pivoted around that pFNG.


 * ' by Dslyecxi: Features the first (?) appearance by Cypher as a pFNG. As shown in this video and the accompanying ', Cypher was the only one to survive the entire mission alive. He later went on to become a very prominent member of the group.
 *  by Dslyecxi: Footage by Taconic showing Dslyecxi manipulating John - a pFNG on the enemy team - into divulging sensitive intelligence. Sadly, it's been reported that the pFNG was so traumatized and humiliated by the experience that he never came back.
 *  by Dslyecxi: Shows Dslyecxi manipulating a whole bunch of regulars and pFNGs (possibly at the start of a pFNG Session) into a panicked firefight against a phantom enemy unit.