Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4913740-20130707123202/@comment-3392084-20130722174213

I threw together a little timeline. Showing the events after Operation Snake Eater and leading up to the events of The Phantom Pain. All data is taken from this site. So if there is any errors in the data, it is not my fault. I did not copy word for word, I just typed it up as I compiled the data for the timeline. My respect to those on contribute to the articles I used to create this timeline.

1970- San Heiranymo Takeover. The Patriots are formed with members: Big Boss, Zero, Eva, Ocelot, Para-Medic, and Sigint.

1971- FOXHOUND is offically organized into a unit

1972- Les Enfants Terribles. Liquid Snake and Solid Snake are born through cloning of Big Boss' genes. This leads to a falling out between Big Boss and Zero. Big Boss leaves The Patriots and his command position at FOXHOUND.

1974- Peace Walker Incident

1975- Mother Base destroyed, Big Boss goes into 9 year coma.

1984- Big Boss awakens from his coma. Events of The Phantom Pain (Wikia User GreyWolf84 is born)

1987- Big Boss returns to the command position of FOXHOUND.

If the data is correct, it would be 3 years after the events of "The Phantom Pain" That he would take back command of FOXHOUND. My only guess is that there had to be peace talks between Big Boss and Zero in order for Big Boss to get back into the good graces of The Patriots. Unless Big Boss was forced to return for some reason. Maybe to keep Eva from dying? We all know The Patriots are not above using lives as leverage.

After putting this timeline together. I don't believe Big Boss went back willinly. Though I am sure that later, after his return, he portrayed the role of a willing participant. Just a theory though.