At first glance Colonel McCord seems the atypical regimental commander indeed...at second glance too for that matter.  At a portly 5'7", sixty-two years old, with bright eyes surrounded by laugh lines, and sporting a full, pre-maturely grey beard, McCord comes across more as the saintly grand father every kid wished he had rather than a sharp minded, battle hardened veteran of  forty plus years.  During his long career in the Davion Heavy Guards McCord showed an excellent grasp of logistics, tactics, and unit maneuvering.  McCord was in semi-retirement teaching military history and tactics at NAMA when he was offered the chance to help form Davion's new ACR's in 3014, and then command of the newly commissioned 1st Praxis ACR in 3015.  Though critics of Davion's experiment  thought of the project as a sign of Davion's inexperience, McCord himself  jumped at the opportunity.
    From the 1st Praxis ACR's conception under Prince Davion, through it's "metamorphosis" into the 1st Volunteer ACR following the signing of the F-C Document, and during it's tenure for the Lyran Commonwealth, Colonel McCord has proven himself an exceptional leader totally devoted to his men and women.  Currently, McCord's priorities are attaining a land hold for the Regiment's dependants, and the addition of a Pale Riders aerospace wing.

Name:  Major Lorien Walker
Assignment:  Squadron Commander, 2nd ACS
    Aside from being a briliant tactician, Major Walker is known for being an extremely aggressive commander.  These two traits in conjunction with his expectation of only the best from the people under his command has lead to his squadron's elite status among the Pale Riders.  Though Colonel McCord values Major Walker's aggressiveness, it does seem to be a point of contention from time to time.  When Walker personally lead the artillery raids deep behind enemy lines that crippled a major Laio assault on Redfield from a civilian air car conviscated when both his mech and command vehicle were disabled, Colonel McCord commended the men and women of the 2nd ACS for their bravery and tenacity, then promptly invited Walker into his office for one of his infamous "long talks".

Name:  Mechwarrior China Carlson
Assignment:  14th Maneuver Platoon, C Cavalry Troop, 1st ACS
    A relative newcomer to the Pale Riders,  Carlson almost found her career over before it began when she got kicked out of the Nagelring.  An avid skier, it seems that Carlson got the idea that if she were to lay her Quickdraw, The Lawndart, prone on a segment of an assault drop cocoon, she could sled up a closed ski slope through the use of her jump-jets.  Luckily, no one was injured in the resulting avalanche, but over 32,000 C-bills damage was done to the slope as well as the lodge, leaving her pennyless, in debt, and stranded on planet.  She was about to sell The Lawndart, when Colonel McCord, having heard that "She ran th' slolom in record time, an' would'a made it to the top if it han'ta been for that herd 'a jackelopes." promptly offered her a place in the Regiment.

Name:  Captain David Milton
Assignment:  Company Commander, 36th Command Lance, I Mech Company, 2nd ACS
    The sight of Captain Milton leading a charge of the Immortals of I Mech Company onto the field is the last sight many mechwarriors have ever seen.  An imposing man inside, or outside of his Marauder Luca Brazi, Captain Milton is the man who, "Brings the hammer down" whenever the the 2nd ACS needs a descisive push.   

Name:  Sergeant Ellen "Boo" Hamill
Assignment:  84th Tech Platoon, X Troop, 5th Support Squadron
    Always tinkering with a servo, banging away on a stuck actuator, or hanging from her toes inside a mech adjusting coolant flow, it is doubtful that anyone would be able to recognize Sgt. Hamill without grease smeared on her face.  The daughter of a senior tech for the Crucis Lancers, Hamill literally grew up in and around mechs.  Besides having a natural feel for diagnosing and tracking down problems in vehicles and mechs, her small size, at 4'11" allows her to get into places no one else can without tearing the machine apart.

Name:  Sgt. Leonard Wallace and Cpl. Tigger Von Richtover
Assignment:  33rd Scout Platoon, H Troop, 2nd ACS
    Sgt. Wallace and Cpl. Von Richtover have the distinction of being the most decorated, most experienced, and most effective of all of the Pale Rider's dismounted scout teams. They are also the only team that has six legs between the two of them. This is due to the fact that Cpl. Tigger Von Richtover is a five year old Lyran Shepherd.
    As odd as it sounds, these two make the perfect deep reconaissance team, from tracking the movements of a brigade sized force to those of a lone commando. In addition to their duties with the 33rd Scout Platoon, sometimes they are temporarily reassigned in order to take the point in a Search and Rescue operation, root out the occasional sapper, or locate and eliminated a sniper.
    Insepperable on duty or off, when in the field it is almost spooky to watch them work together. Though they might be several meters apart, their actions are so well coordinated that it is sometimes difficult to tell where one ends and the other begins.
    Difference in species notwithstanding, the personel of Harlequine Troop accept Cpl. Von Richtover as a fellow brother-in-arms. When recently asked how she felt about having a the Cpl. under her command, H Troop commander Captain Brianna Rice replied, "Corporal Von Richtover is an exceptional soldier. He's intelligent, he follows orders, and he's the only male in this whole damn regiment that remembers to put the seat back down after using the latrine."