Gods of War (Jethro goes to war Book 5) by Hechtl Chris

Author:Hechtl, Chris [Hechtl, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Self
Published: 2016-10-04T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 33

“Admiral Sienkov recommended this?” Admiral Irons asked as he read the email. It was short, sweet, and to the point. There was also no mention of the Cadre. It took him a moment to realize the admiral hadn't been briefed fully about them.

“Yes, sir,” Protector stated.

“Well, he's right. And we have dawdled too long. Shoot this off to Jersey. Get his two cents on it before we run roughshod over his command though. But I agree; it's past time we do something about having a captain running a major command.”

“Are you intending to move him all the way up, sir?” Protector asked carefully.

“No, but we can fast track him,” the admiral stated.

“And others who are doing similar jobs?” Protector asked pointedly.

The admiral frowned then shrugged. “Send me a list,” he said.

“Yes, sir.”

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As the Cadre members settled in, Jethro and Captain Lyon organized the fire teams into two squads. They had to be flexible since they weren't certain how they would be deployed yet. There was scuttlebutt about them being sent to a hot spot as just a fire team.

Jethro was of the opinion that the more you use the less you lose, but he did have to admit quality had a qualitative factor all on its own. A few Cadre in the right place could smash the enemy allowing the regular Marines or hell, even the Army to come in and clean up afterward.

And since the fronts were opening up, that might be how they were going to be run. Not that he was looking forward to being run here, there, and everywhere around the sector and then eventually around the galaxy.

As the captain recovered, he'd swapped a few stories with Jethro about Tobias, his ancestor. He kept it short; apparently the encounters were still classified.

Jethro handed some of the DI duties over to Gunny Z'v'll or Tungulria when he was busy with meetings with the captain. Eventually though he had to delegate some of the training oversight to some of the junior noncoms as the captain ordered meetings with the leadership to fine tune their organization.

They had already identified those who would do well with their own squad eventually. It was a given that if they were rising through the ranks they could handle the load. Jethro and the captain discussed it again after the others had left for another training SIM.

“Part of the problem is we've got a lot of noncoms. We've got a lot of chiefs and not that many Indians for a traditional organization,” Captain Lyon said. “And I'm aware Admiral Irons considers us a platoon. I don’t quite see us that far yet,” he said with a shake of his head.

“We’ll get there. Eventually, sir,” Jethro stated. “Cadre requires prior service and preferably combat experience. Also advanced training. When people go through that, they tend to get the rank to go along with it.” He rubbed the small of his back. He'd spent some time in the field recently since the captain had tapped him and the others to help out with RECON training.

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