I wasn't going to get involved, I didn't want to get involved, but I'm doing it, I just can't stay away.
I'm calling shenanigans.
You're resting a lot on this 'Colonel Bateson' who was in the Infantry, British Special Forces and the SAS-Reserves. I'm sure he has signed the official secrets act, but you're making a big deal of nothing. I know a gentleman who was in a VERY special regiment, so special he won't even go into which force he was in. He's an open book about all his training, mostly because he knows most of it is f**king useless on the airsoft field, unless EVERYONE is playing the same game. Instead he's spent four or five years learning how to play airsoft, much as I have and that's why he's good.
Next up, he's an open book, and that's how you can tell he's legit, he'll discuss anything on his terms, you don't even hear about the official secrets act because you don't get the chance to bring anything up that might be an issue, because frankly, the training isn't secret 'cause pretty much everyone knows about it, it's the horrible dirty tactics that are used to turn the odds that you don't need to know about, and those aren't always about being 'uber-1337', sometimes, from what I gather, they're about being an evil c**t so bad it keeps you up at night for the rest of your life if you aren't careful.
So long story short, I'm not so sure about 'Colonel Bateson'.
Next, 99.9& need not apply, because it's a state of mind (you might already have it), so you're the Royal Marines now? Come up with something original, not that it matters 'cause anyone can pass, right?
Rankings, military ranks is fine for some, some people are into that, for me, I know a man who was a sergeant, he shot children once, largely because it was do-or-die, now, he has no family, his wife left him and took his kids because he became convinced the devil was speaking to him and threatening to take them from him so he went a bit coo-coo, he even pissed himself in the supermarket once because he started seeing stuff. He probably wouldn't approve of you giving yourselves ranks for playing soldier, I would say, even if you lot are okay with it, have a little consideration for the fact that A LOT of airsofters are from the forces, either now or in the past. Also, 'Officer entry' - really?
Next up, uniform and specific weapons? Again, I call bull. If you know anything about airsoft, you know it's a hobby in which pretty much any AEG can be tuned to be as good as any other AEG, same with GBBR etc. If you were sensible you'd know that the best setup for each airsofter is what works for them. Let your team decide what they need to give you 100%, because if you gave me X, Y and Z, but I wanted A, B, C, I know I'd get annoyed at being uncomfortable and end up not giving it my all.
Your website is hardly elite, spellcheck is your friend. There are no photos of you playing/working together as a team, this doesn't make you seem legitimate.
You're also not, by definition, an organization, at best you're a team/network. Calling it 'the organization' doesn't make it any more 'elite'.
I'm going to stop before I start to sound cruel.
