During a 1997 World Wrestling Federation (WWF) tour of South Africa, The Commandant stated during a promo that he was going to unleash his "commandos" upon WWF by bringing glory to the South African nation, in the form of The Truth Commission, consisting of Kurrgan the Interrogator, Recon, Sniper, and Tank.
Upon moving to the WWF, the Commandant was quickly replaced by Truth Commission member The Jackyl because the WWF wanted someone in the role who could participate physically in the matches.. Tank departed from the WWF after two matches. The Interrogator name was changed to Kurrgan and he was pushed as a monster heel while Recon and Sniper competed as a tag team.
The stable started to fall apart when Jackyl expressed how disappointed he was with Recon and Sniper, who had little success in their matches. During this time, Jackyl would pay more attention to Kurrgan's career than Recon and Sniper. He would enter the ring when one or both of them lost a match, berated and slapped them, then ordered the towering Kurrgan to attack them. Eventually, Recon and Sniper formed the team of Armageddon (under their real names of Buchanan and Poirier) but left the WWF after several matches.