A few questions
 

1.Is there a way to rename soldiers? I have a few friends who would like to see a little version of themselves running around before getting blasted to bits.

2.Is there any way to outfit soldiers with different weapons aside from lurking around the battlefield and scavenging from dead soldiers?

3.Really wish there was a way I can actually FIND particular soldiers in the database during the setup before a mission. I have a heavily decorated veteran lurking somewhere in there and I have no clue where they put him :P

1 and 2 - possible in mission editor.
3 - be careful not to leave your veterans in captured or obsolete vehicles before next mission - they will be taken from frontline duty (=you) together with this equipment.

Ugh. The editor looks so non-userfriendly. I have a hard time figuring what is what and if I touch anything I'd break it.