Thanks for the tips! Saving the player via the ALiVE interaction menu before saving the server works sometimes, but not consistently.

I've just been running two scenarios based off of the Stratis basic template and Operation Landlord. The only add-ons used are Spyder's recruitment and vehicle spawner mods. Here are the files:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7888410/arma/operationLandlord.Altis.zip
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7888410/arma/ALiVE_assaultOnStratis_002.Stratis.zip

Following-up, I've found that if I do an 'Admin Server Save & Exit,' I don't get player persistence, but if I do a 'Player Exit' without saving the server, I do. This is fine with me, as I tend to return to my FOB between sessions without much exception, and I can just keep the server running in the background if I need persistence.

Thank you for posting this. Like Easy, I have a baby at home and single player is my only outlet at the moment. I followed through the steps thus far, and my server is almost perfect. The only remaining problem is respawning on log-in, which HeroesandvillainsOS's 'description.ext' should fix.