Training Course

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Lewis flipped over and made it out of the course. He ran to the drill sgt breathing heavier than ever. He looked at the sgt and whispered "sir,...im done sir." He held his arm. He guessed it wasnt broken because it felt a little better and he could move it."Would you look at that sir, the wire is ok." He said with sarcasm.  

[SkunkJames]

*Skujax waited until Lewis's feet were past his head before he lowered his foot and kicked his way a few feet behind him. When he saw he was at the end of the barbed wire, he rolled over and started running a few yards behind Lewis, and gaining. He reached the drill sergeant a second after Lewis, assumed parade rest, and after Lewis was done speaking, asked* "What was our time, drill sergeant?"  

[Sergeant Grik]

Good job men. Pvt. Lewis your time was 4 minutes and 53 seconds. SkunkJax (what's your rank?) your time was 4 minutes and 55 seconds. And I don't know for sure but the barb wire looks a little messed up. Must be the blood. Now you have 2 minutes to catch your breath. Pvt. Lewis get your arm checked by SkunkJax. Then we'll head over to the shooting range.  

[SkunkJames]

((In the interest of character development, I've scrapped my former persona, and in his stead, created this similar character with the exact name as before due to either my fondness of the name or my lack of originality, whichever fits. To further his potential for development, I've decided to give him a clean slate. I am a private this time around.))

"Yes drill sergeant." *SkuJax said, and sniffed his armpits, wondering why everyone was calling him "SkunkJax." Shrugging, he then stepped to Lewis's left side, and started examining his left arm, (Which I'm now designating as the injured one since it was never specified.) ignoring the cuts and scrapes and looking for any noticeable deformities* "Can you rotate your arm like a windmill without pain? Can you bend and extend it at the elbow? With your arm extended, can you extend your arm and rotate it at the shoulder? can you push and pull painlessly?" *He asked, manipulating Lewis's arm as he did.*

((I know that the way I am doing this makes it seem like you cannot make any reply, but I'm doing it simply for the sake of keeping the story rolling with the fact that we usually only get a post in once a day in mind. Just reply as appropriate as if I was giving you time to answer each question, and I'll edit this post as appropriate.))  

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Lewis did the windmill. "It hurts really bad when I do that." He flinched at the pain. He was able to bend and extend with little pain. "Thats ok." Just like the windmill he could hardly rotate the arm. "It hurts to pull but its even worse to push." Lewis wanted to get to the firing range so he answered these test as fast as he could. He looked at Skujax."Are you a medic or something?" he asked politley.  

[SkunkJames]

"No, but I do like to pretend." *SkuJax casually replied. He looked up and saw the look on Lewis's face.* "That was a joke. With the haha and whatnot. But no, I'm not technically a medic, that's what I'm training here to be, but I study injuries and diseases and all that. I guess you can put me in the "or something" category. *He said while looking for something that he could use for a sling. Deciding to improvise, he took a sandbag that was nearby, emptied it of the sand, and ripped a side of it.* "It looks like you have either a dislocated shoulder or a separated shoulder. I forget which is which sometimes. What I do know is that you should keep it in a sling and prevent from moving it until a professional has a look-see." *He said, and took off his belt and sewing kit that he bought the other day. He sewed part of his belt to one side of the bag, and placed Lewis's elbow and forearm inside the bag, and swung his belt over Lewis's right shoulder, bringing the other side of the bag and the belt together, and sewing belt and bag together to make a sling. He stepped back to admire his work.* "Macguiver ain't got nothin' on me! Anyway, though you can squeeze a trigger with your left hand to shoot, the butt of a rifle would go into the shoulder, which would be unable to take the recoil. So, if you're a right handed shooter, good for you, if not, learn quick. You might have trouble holding a rifle, but if you can, prop the weapon on a couple sandbags to fire. There should be some there. Anyways, I think our two minutes is up. Let's see if our lovable drill sergeant might allow you to shoot before seeing the docs." *he said, gesturing towards the drill sergeant.*  

[Sergeant Grik]

"As a matter of fact your two minutes are up. What say we all head down to the shooting range. Pvt. Lewis you can shoot if you want but any permanent damage done to your arm is your fault. So if you feel up to it go for it. SkuJax good thinking with the sling. You'll be handy to have around in a fight.  

[Sergeant Grik]

Take two gulps out of this canteen and lets run to the shooting range. Now you can choose from the M1, M16, or the B.A.R.. Take one, line up and fire when your ready."  

[SkunkJames]

"Yes drill sergeant!" *SkuJax said, and took a swig from the canteen, swished it around, and swallowed. he took another swig (I'm gonna stop here just because I find that to be a strange word. Swig. heh. Okay, I'm good) And ran towards the range. He picked the M16 (Due to the fact that that's the only weapon I touched in my military career) And waited for further instructions.*  

[Sergeant Grik]

SkuJax you may fire when ready.  

[SkunkJames]

"Hooah! Random firing! Just the way I like it! Oh... wait. There are targets. Okay then. I guess that works too." *SkuJax took the M16 and laid down in the prone position and aimed at the 50 meter target which was closest, and pulled the trigger.*  

[SkunkJames]

"..........................."



"I suppose it might help to turn the safety off first..." *Skujax mused, and flipped the safety switch, took aim again, and fired.*  

[SkunkJames]

".........................."




"It also might help if I didn't put it in burst mode either....." *Skujax muttered, flipped the switch to the upright position, took aim once again, and pulled the trigger. And again. And then a third time.*  

[SkunkJames]

"Oh joyous of days! I am lucky enough to experience a weapon jam! Lucky me! Papa! Do you have the camera!?" *SkuJax said sarcastically to no one in particular. He slapped the magazine upward and the bolt went forward. He took aim again, this time aiming for the 100 meter target. He pulled the trigger 3 times before his weapon jammed again, to which he replied with a few slaps to the magazine until the bolt went forward, and fired again, and his weapon jammed again.* "Ah... American technology at its finest." *He said, giving his weapon a good slap, hurting his hand a bit. He took aim and fired 1 more time, ejected the empty magazine, flipped the switch to safety, lay the weapon on the ground, and waited for the drill sergeants critique, or whatever orders he might be given.*