Chapter Thirty-Two

Military

Three U.S. Army busses pulled into Zone Five Area Four of the Fort Barlow’s training center as directed by the Military Police. All the Services were represented, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard. The men and women dressed in parade uniforms couldn’t wait to get started on this lifetime career. Their duffel bags were unloaded packed into trucks and taken to the owner’s assigned rooms, not before being checked by X-ray equipment.

A Sergeant was waiting to direct the Trainees to the staging area for an identification check. Each trooper received a silver bracelet with his or her name and a new ID number. Not like in the old days where the soldiers slept and lived in an open-ended barracks with metal bunk beds

The soldiers lined up in equal rows to listen to a welcoming speech by their General. As soon as the last person was in order, the General spoke. “Good morning Special Forces Cadets.”

Ladies and Gentlemen “Welcome,” We are all going to have an experience of a lifetime, in this Special Forces’ Program. For the next six months, you will go through the most challenging exercises in the United States Army has. You will be going thru a new type of training. We are trying to build a new Army. To succeed in this program, you must work harder than you ever had to do before. No one will fail you would have to go back and try it again.

At graduation, you will have earned the rank of second lieutenant. There have been some significant changes to the Army’s uniforms; for example, they are colored blue, made with a unique material that stops most bullets, and with the proper placement of the solider and light, it can make you invisible. We added a light mask to the uniform along with gloves; we don’t want you to be seen

The ‘Ancient Order of the Soldiers will train you.’ Before you graduate, from essential exercise, there will be tests to see what you are best at. They will then send you to the school which would enhance your abilities. You will never leave this group. One minute you may be cleaning up the cafeteria after lunch or operating on a patient upstairs in the hospital, in the next hour you could on a plane, as a colonel in a combat uniform ready to fight

Tonight, the taverns will close at nine. Once you enter your rooms, your ass will belong to me. Females have their designated quarters. Each one of you must stay away from any sexual contact with anyone, or you will find yourself out of the Army. After graduation, you all can go nuts.