Jul 28, 2026 9:21 pm
Emberskyes says:
"You got a sniper rifle?" Anastasia asks, "I left my SVD in Sevastopol."Intel Briefing 1900hrs 28Feb1999
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McBride turns to Anastasia, "We might be able to dig one up for the recon, but you’ll be issued an M16 or M4 for training."
Jul 28, 2026 11:56 pm
Justin looks at his M16, no doubt it will due for training. However, he cannot help asking, "When we leave how much ammo will we be given?"
Jul 29, 2026 9:03 am
dabaggins says:
Justin looks at his M16, no doubt it will due for training. However, he cannot help asking, "When we leave how much ammo will we be given?"He steps up on a nearby footlocker and, raising his voice for a moment, "EVERYBODY LISTEN UP!" He lets a beat pass, looking compassionately at everyone. "Let me have your eyes and ears for a moment." The room goes still, there’s something in his voice — not a commanding tone, but something deeper.
"I'm getting a lot of questions about ammo. Folks, we are gearing up and performing this training for a deep penetration long range reconnaissance patrol. We have a long way to go, and we don’t want to be drawing attention to ourselves doing it. So our best bet is to do our very best to not have to even fire a shot. No plan survives contact with the enemy, however. So ammunition will be issued in case it’s needed. If we get ourselves into enough trouble to have to use it, it probably won’t be enough. Certainly not to stand and fight. Maybe enough to get away. But much of that will depend on how much of this training we are about to embark on each of you takes to heart." McBride looks slowly around the room.
"After breakfast in the morning, we will shuffle over to the outpost Ammo Stores and Armory. Those of you who don’t already have an M16 patterned rifle will draw one. And we will all draw enough ammo so we are carrying the prescribed ‘combat load’ for the next few days of training. By the time we return, out mission ammo should be waiting for us. Everyone will retain a minimum of a combat load and we will carry extra ammunition beyond that on the sleds. I truly hope we don’t have to use any of it. I’d be very happy for us to drag it all back here at the end of our mission. But for now, let’s concentrate on getting the most out of the training before us. That is our first mission. And let me tell you, boys and girls… these conditions — this weather — it’s a tougher opponent than any Russian sumabitch!"
McBride grins "And there ain’t no bullet gonna stop old man winter. He is your enemy. But he can become your ally, too." Looking around the room, McBride nods. "Now let’s finish up and hit the rack. Lights out in 15 minutes." one last look around the room and he steps off the footlocker, his boots making almost no sound on the plywood floor. "Further questions can keep until morning. Let’s get it finished up… 15 minutes, people." . With that, McBride heads toward the back of the hooch and his bunk.
Jul 30, 2026 9:21 pm
Jason nodded. He couldn't say it any better than McBride did. He understood, however, that for some of the greener of their number. Ammunition was like a security blanket that a child might have. Every extra round you had to send toward the perceived enemy was something that helped you sleep a little more softly on patrol, no matter the circumstance. He couldn't quite say he was entirely divorced from such instincts, but he knew when to think and hold back those baser thoughts abd know when to prioritize from his training, especially when too much could get you killed out there.
General Winter, with the nuclear assist, was the biggest threat out there and he wanted to be prepared for it.
General Winter, with the nuclear assist, was the biggest threat out there and he wanted to be prepared for it.
Jul 31, 2026 11:01 pm
SSG R. Simmons heard the hammer drop. A nonplus look on his face, as he wrote down in his little green notebook the draw time and where it was at.
Looking at LCPL McCain:
"I think you have your answer, 600 rounds at the ammo draw tomorrow."
Looking at the others (not SFC Wolfe nor MSG Black),
"I think we have our answers. Now is the time to get some rest."
Looking at LCPL McCain:
"I think you have your answer, 600 rounds at the ammo draw tomorrow."
Looking at the others (not SFC Wolfe nor MSG Black),
"I think we have our answers. Now is the time to get some rest."