Name: Dave Cilio
Call Sign: Cilio (…mean sounding, isn’t it)
Date Started Paintball: 1987
Years Played: About 13
Number of Scenario Games Played: Approx. 100
Markers Owned: Many AGD Mags, Carter Buzzard, Sniper II, assorted pumps
Awards Won:8 MVP’s, Part of 26 MVT’s, 3 Most Formidable Opponent, 2 Sportsmanship, 1 Most Damage Done
Favorite Saying: “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” Vince Lombardi
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Enjoys both Speedball and Scenario/Big Game play. Plays an up front, intense, aggressive, high speed, tactical style of paintball. Founder and Captain of Knightmare Tango paintball team. Knightmare Tango played as part of Joint Fury for 2 years, from late 1996 to early 1998. During this period, Joint Fury was undefeated. Knightmare Tango played as part of RTD for 2 years, from early 2000 through mid 2002. During this period, RTD was undefeated. Proudly playing, for almost the past two years, as a member of ThunderStruck.
Why I play paintball: Paintball is an intense, competitive sport. It's an adrenaline rush. It's the feeling of floating, being on autopilot as you move and react to everything around you. It's like stepping inside a video game and actually living it. Big games/ Scenarios are an endurance marathon, in which I get to see how much I can possibly produce for the side I'm on, how much damage I can do to the other side and how I can improve from the time before. I get the opportunity to test my skills, endurance, mind and will against others. It's about challenging myself, it's about improvement. It's an opportunity to become an animal, to hunt and be hunted. It is a chance to be part of a team and work with my teammates toward a common goal... each of us doing our part, doing what each of us does best, for the whole. It's the thrill of playing with people who know what you're thinking without saying it, who react when you react, who are there to back you up when you need it and you for them. It's a chance to play with people who I enjoy to be around. And like all sports, it's about trying to WIN, not at the expense of honor but with Honor. It's about being the BEST.
Career: Personal Trainer for 18 years, Physical Education and Health Teacher, Massage Therapist
Education: Bachelor of Science in Movement Science, Concentration: Exercise Physiology, Minor: Commercial Design, Psychology
Post Baccalaureate: Physical Education and Health
Massage Therapist.
Sports: American Freestyle/ MMA Fighting, Wrestling Coach (Head Coach 36-2 record, Assistant Coach 23-3), Former NCAA Division I Wrestler, Former NPC National Level Bodybuilder, Soccer, Baseball
Military: United States Army (Army National Guard)
Rank: on Separation: E-4
MOS: 19D Cavalry Scout
Years Served: 3 (5 inactive)
Awards and Decorations:
General George S. Patton Jr. Award (Top Graduate Delta 5/15)
Highest Rifle Marksmanship Award
Highest Army Physical Fitness Training Score Award
Excellence in Cavalry Appointment/ Award
Several Commendations
