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Post by Kanchana on Jun 6, 2010 2:59:52 GMT -5
Lieutenant General Jason Lewis paced the stage before coming to a stop at the microphone. Silence filled the group. This was the leader, 2nd highest rank in the whole army. Behind him stood several others. General Morris, General Majour Auraka and other unknowns.
"I would like to welcome you all to the start of Basic Training," Jason said clearly, green eyes running over every one of the crowd. He forced them to move over Naina Collins, though he had an internal battle over it. "This," he continued "will be one of the hardest things you will ever do. You will have role calls, O500 sharp, you will have random wakeup calls during the night for acitivies. You will be expected to push though everything, if you give up you must restart the whole entire process if you can prove to me that you wont give up again." He spoke with slight grim humor.
"You will have lessons, starting right after this, your teachers are to be respected in every single way. Questions will be answered with 'yes mam' 'no mam' 'yes sir' 'no sir'. Is that understood?" He spoke and the group yelled in reply. He nodded once before finishing his speech with a few last words. "Go, you know your classes already."
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Post by Jenny Night on Jun 6, 2010 3:08:22 GMT -5
Naina Collins I headed over with the others to where one of them was standing. I'd already talked with the other girl and i liked her a little. I knew what I was doing, I'd been through this before. This was going to be interesting.
How much different would a different Army be really in this training? There would not be too many, and i would easily adapt to this life. I was always up at 5 anyways, five years in the army did that to you...
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Post by Kanchana on Jun 6, 2010 3:17:30 GMT -5
Audrey bounced into the room, her black hair pulled roughly in a pony tail, as she walked over to Naina. "Hey Naina!" she said, waving slightly madly. She was 21, yet as nutty as a teen. Maybe it was from being dropped on her head to many times as a child, but one could ever know. She was never normally like this, maybe a few to many coffees that morning.
She stood beside Naina, and a few guys leered at her. She turned, glaring at them until they finally removing there gaze. "Creeps," she muttered but smiled broadly.
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Post by Jenny Night on Jun 6, 2010 3:23:44 GMT -5
Naina Collins "Hey, what took you so long?" I chuckled. None of these guys would be able to keep me from beating them at some of the things. I was as athletic.
I looked over at the guy who was taking us. So this was General Major Auraka? Interesting. I wondered how much Jason had told him about my past.
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Post by Kanchana on Jun 6, 2010 3:32:18 GMT -5
Auraka stood at the top of the room, this would be only his 3rd time teaching. He had replaced an older teacher who had sadly retired. The room was simple, beyond basic. A desk at the front held a a few objects and desks were in neat rows for the students. It was just like a high school classroom. "Please sit," he commanded and waited until there was silence. "I am General Major Auraka, you will address me as 'Sir' or General Major Auraka. Is that understood?"
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Post by Jenny Night on Jun 6, 2010 3:34:54 GMT -5
Naina Collins I took a seat, knowing that this would eb a little boring but I'd still pay attention. No point in doing anything wrong when i already kew about this stuff.
When he asked if he was understood I was one of the ones who said, "Yes sir."
I'd been doing a lot of reading over the week that I had to wait before this all started. Learning what I could about the Army I was now a part in. And would stay a part of for a long time.
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Post by Kanchana on Jun 6, 2010 3:42:51 GMT -5
Auraka smiled, he had a fun job ahead of him. He could, bascially, be as mean or as nice as he wanted. It was ment to keep them on there toes, make sure they were hard enough for the real deal. They didn't need people who would be a danger to themselves or others.
He noted that next to none of them replied when he spoke. "I said is that understood!" he snapped, hitting the desk before him and noted that the cries came slightly louder this time. "Good."
Auraka was a nice person, general loving caring man, but here he had to be hard. He liked to think of it as saving lives. "Let us get started," he began "this is a AA-52 general purpose machine gun. Any of you know how to use one?"
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Post by Jenny Night on Jun 6, 2010 3:46:45 GMT -5
Naina Collins I looked at the weapon. I knew what it was and how it worked to be honest. But I felt like saying so would be showing off and would make to others think that I was not one of them.
It had been a few years since I had seen such a thing though. I was not one of the direct fighters.
Unsure of myself, I raised my hand, showing that I knew how the thing worked. No one else did. Not surprising for me. A few of the others glanced at me in surprise.
A few of the guys scowled that a girl knew and they did not.
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Post by Kanchana on Jun 6, 2010 4:05:59 GMT -5
Auraka smiled slightly at the girl, matching the face to her name. Naina. Jason had told her about her, that she already knew most of this. "Come up Naina, see if you can put it together proberly," he said, gesturing to the weapong and continued speaking. "This is one of the first French-produced guns of the post World War II era. It was manufactured by MAS (Manufacture d'Armes St. Etienne, one of several government-owned arms factories in France). The AA-52 is still used today as a vehicle-mounted weapon due to large quantities in service, but has been replaced by the Belgian FN MAG for helicopter use, starting with the EC 725 Caracal of the Special Operations units and the Air Force Search and Rescue teams. The AA-52 had been phased out for infantry use in favour of the lighter FN MINIMI for a few years." He spoke about the weapon slightly longer before turning to it once more. "This, is not what you shall be using, but you will learn how to use any weapon shoved in your hands, this is where we shall start."
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Post by Jenny Night on Jun 6, 2010 4:11:26 GMT -5
Naina Collins I got up when he asked me to do that, thinking back to a time a long while ago when I had been in this situation before. Only then I had been learning. This time I knew what went where. They would not be able to confuse me as easily as the others. Once my hands started moving everything fell into place from my memory. I knew what I was doing. Within about two minutes it was put back together, and correctly at that. Not one peice in the wrong place. I needed more of a challenge than this.
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Post by Kanchana on Jun 6, 2010 4:18:41 GMT -5
He took the gun from her gently, checking everything was in place and flipping bits and pieces to make sure they were tight. "This, is a well put together gun," he announced noticing that she had cleaned part of it. "A well kept gun is needed, there is no point in taking a rusty weapon on field..you will end up dead," he turned, looking from face to face and motioned for Naina to go back and sit down.
He rested his hand on the next gun in the row. "This is a General Purpose Machine Gun also known as GPMG. A GPMG in concept is a multi-purpose weapon, a machine gun intended to fill the role of either a light machine gun or medium machine gun, while at the same time being man-portable." he said guessing that he might be boring them slightly. "I expect you to all pay attention when I am speaking. Mr Harriton!" he snapped and a rather dumb looking man blinked. "Is that clear Mr Harriton?" he asked, voice low and dangerous. "Y...Yes sir," he stuttered and Auraka shook his head in disgust.
He turned to his already star student. "Miss Collins, where did you learn such things?" he asked her.
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Post by Jenny Night on Jun 6, 2010 4:22:58 GMT -5
Naina Collins I walked back to my seat, knowing a few of the boys were really shocked now. I was not some average girl, which was for sure. Only just now they were figuring that one out. I was not dumb. I listened as he explained about the gun. Then gulped. “I was in the army a while ago but had to redo the training to rejoin up.” No need to say how far in I got or what country I was in at the time.
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Post by Kanchana on Jun 6, 2010 4:28:44 GMT -5
Auraka nodded easily, taking that as a good enough answer. He knew there was more to the story, Jason had told him more but he understood that she didn't want the whole world knowing. Just yet anyways.
The class continued, another gruling hour of Auraka explaining each weapon, how to put together and pull apart each weapon before them. Auraka paused as there was a knock on the door, putting down the gun and smiling to his class. "Now, you are all in for a treat. Lieutenant General Drannor has taken his own time up to come speak to you. I expect you to listen and treat him with respect," Auraka commanded before opening the door.
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Post by Jenny Night on Jun 6, 2010 4:32:56 GMT -5
Drannor Silverleaf I knew this was not going to be the easiest thing for me to talk about but I had to do this. I knew I could as well. That helped. When he opened the door I grinned at him. “General Major Aruaka,” I said in greetings, showing him the respect he deserved. He still outranked me and I doubted it would never be the other way. I entered and smiled at the group in front of me. “I got asked to come and talk to you all. It’s not always easy being out on the battle field. You do get hurt and I know this from personal experience. You see my right arm is not real. It’s a replacement for the lower arm I lost last time I was out on the field.”
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Post by Kanchana on Jun 6, 2010 4:37:57 GMT -5
Auraka stopped himself from laughing, but flashed him a smile. "Lieutenant General Drannor," he replied in the same respect. They were both good mates, Drannor having served under Auraka's rule before he was injured. "Good luck," he whispered into his ear before moving the to side of the room to watch.
Adurey shifted to speak to Naina. "Well done, those guys don't know what to do!" she whispered and giggled slightly before shifting and watching Drannor in earest..
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