Genesis (First Colony Book 1) by Ken Lozito

Author:Ken Lozito [Lozito, Ken]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Publisher: Acoustical Books LLC
Published: 2017-09-21T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Connor slept for two hours and woke up completely refreshed. He glanced outside the tent and saw that the sun was starting to rise, and he heard Diaz let out a hearty laugh. Connor put on his boots and didn’t have to smell his underarms to know he smelled just as bad as the recruits. It had never bothered him before and certainly wasn’t going to today. He put on a fresh shirt and went outside.

Diaz had the recruits lined up, and he turned around to face Connor.

“Good morning, Commander,” the entire team said.

“Good morning,” Connor replied.

Diaz’s eyes were gleaming.

“Report, Sergeant.”

“Quiet night. All is secure, Commander,” Diaz replied.

“Excellent. Let’s start our morning with some PT,” Connor said.

Blake went pale, and Owens swayed on her feet. For the next hour Connor led them through various exercises, and he and Diaz performed them right along with the recruits. Sean Quinn stood with the others. Despite all the extra physical activity, he kept up with them. Connor led them on a six-mile run inside the perimeter fence, which he was already getting tired of. Running around in circles had never been his thing. Soon it would be time for their morning exercises to be performed outside the protective confines of the fence.

They ate breakfast in the form of field rations. He and Diaz divided the recruits into groups and assigned them tasks for setting up the rest of their camp. The first and foremost was setting up useable porta-toilets. While the latrine Sean had dug yesterday held a certain amusement factor, Connor didn’t relish the thought of dropping anchor over a trench again today. He assigned Elyse Winters the task of digging a well, which wasn’t as labor intensive as it once was. Connecting their water supply to their mess hall and showers with a flex-pipe wouldn’t take much time at all.

By midafternoon, sore muscles were beginning to stiffen up. Now that they had a fresh supply of water, Connor ended water rationing. They had more field rations as their midday meal, and he promised them that if they continued to perform there would be a hot meal for dinner.

They assembled in the yard away from the tents, and Diaz had them line up.

“We’re going to start weapons testing. Inside the crates behind me is the CAR-74 semiautomatic hunting rifle. It’s standard issue for Field Operations and is a good, basic firearm,” Connor said.

Nate Poe raised his hand, and Connor nodded for him to speak. “Sir, I thought we’d be using weapons with a bit more stopping power. Presumably, Search and Rescue will be going into some of the worst situations. Wouldn’t that mean we get to use more powerful firearms, sir?”

“Some of you haven’t fired anything but the SD-15 Sonic Hand Blaster, and others have used the CAR-74 and on up to the AR-71 assault rifle. We’ll get to the more powerful weapons. The purpose of using the CAR-74 is to teach basic marksmanship and to see if you can even fire a weapon accurately.

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