The time is 0400, bright and early on board the Rangriz Marine Base. The squad rose early to meet their Gunnery Sergeant at the designated time, they all dressed in the same PT (Physical Training) gear which consisted of a plain blue shirt, short black running shorts, white socks, and running shoes. When both the men and women left their respective barracks for formation they saw a line of large cardboard boxes in the middle of the pathway that cut between the male and female barracks'. Inside the boxes are the Gallian Marine combat uniforms and combat gear . The uniform surprised everyone. Instead of carrying the Gallians colors, the uniform consists of variety of green colors. Both the combat blouse and trouser had the variety of green pigments in a new effort to camouflage the fighting man in battle. The combat gear also consisted with a steel helmet, black combat boots, green war belt with green suspenders, ammunition pouches, entrenching tool, and a green canvas assault bag. The helmet had a green fabric cover that covered the outside of the helmet to match the combat uniform. The squad went back to their respective barracks and changed into the combat blouse and trousers, and boots.

The squad lined up in two rows of six, awaiting instructions from their Gunnery Sergeant. Gunnery Sergeant Samuel approached the squad then stopped in front and center of the squad. He observed his squad for a brief moment, and he wasn't entirely impressed. He's supposed to take this band of militia and former Army and turn them into an effective combat unit. He sighed silently and thought to himself, We have a long way to go… He shouted loudly, "You all look like straight ass!" He started to pace from one side to the next, "I don't give a shit about what training or experience you may or may not have! You feel comfortable in how good you are that you are too lazy to put your goddamn boots on straight!" He pointed at Lance Corporal Jack Conklin's feet. Jack had his boots on the wrong feet… Everyone in the squad mumbled and shook nervously at their Gunnery Sergeant. It's the first day and he's already starting off a million miles per hour. Samuel spoke some more, "The enemy I know is a smart enemy! He will exploit your weakness. Complacency kills, ladies and gentlemen! So if you want to die, then continue looking like ass, and I'll get the doc to tag your worthless corpse back to your pathetic mother." He stopped in the center once again, "The Gallian Marine Corps will be the best of the best. To be the best you must train the best." He shook his head, "This is war. There are no points for second place." He then stood in the position of attention, "Atten-HUT!" The squad quickly snapped straight up in the position of attention. Samuel yelled again, "Right! Face!" The squad complied and snapped to the right. Samuel yelled again, "Double time, forward March!" Samuel started to run and the squad followed right next to him. It wasn't even a mellow jog, Samuel was pushing it.

Commandant Alison was watching from the distance. She gave Samuel and the other squad leaders a training regiment that the squads were going to complete on a day to day basis. She saw how the light the regiment the Gallian Army trained on, and the Militia just mimicked what the Gallian Army had. "Perhaps I could give a modified version of this to the Militia so they have a much better physical training when joining." She thought to herself.

There was a field setup for an obstacle course. Immediately after running, Samuel shouted, "Alright, 2 minutes to clear this obstacle course. Those who don't, repeat the course!" He ran the course in over a minute. The length of the course was 300 meters and consisted of 12 obstacles in rapid succession.

Low log jump followed by a run. Each low log jump is two and a half feet high

Overcome a pull bar 8 feet off the ground then run.

Step up on the low balance log and jump up to the Hand Over Pipes, hook feet on the pipes and slide down until the Log Walk is reached. Stand up and walk down the logs and jump up onto the High Roll Over Log, hang from the log and drop to the ground.

Jump over a low log. Continue running.

Get over a six and a half foot wood wall.

Vault over a five and a half foot high log.

Jump over a log that's set lower than others.

Vault over a series of five, five foot tall logs.

Jump over another low log.

Climb over double pull over bar. One is eight feet off the ground and the second is one foot higher.

Low log jump.

Lastly a twenty foot rope climb. Time is stopped once the top of the rope has been tapped.

The squad tried for many hours attempting to clear the course. The twins Charles and Jane struggled near the beginning attempting to clear the pull bar. They would lose momentum by kicking their feet out which would cause them to lose their center of gravity. Kenway, Jack, and Oscar struggled with the high wall. Kenway lacked the upper-body strength to pull himself over it entirely. Oscar would lose his grip in attempt to get over. Lastly, Jack would fail repeatedly due to being short and his inability to make a successful jump to grab the top. Ashleigh, Samantha, and Eve all had problems with the five, five foot tall logs. Ashleigh couldn't find the rhythm to vault. Samantha slowed down to make sure she didn't have her legs catch onto the previous log. Eve was a bit shorter and struggled to jump over each log. At the rope climb, Nathan Hale taps the top and receives a time of one minute and twenty-five seconds. He would be the only squad member to clear the course. Tyler, Alex, and Seryna would clear the course but went past the maximum amount of time.

Nathan stood at the end of the course with a confident grin as everyone else struggled to do it. He looked at Samuel as he waited for orders. Samuel crossed his arms and looked at the course, "Do it again." He said coldly.

After hours of the squad doing the obstacle course, the squad finally had a little break. Everyone was bent down tired as they drank their water. Everyone including Nathan were panting, sweating, and overall dead tired from the course. They all hoped that this was the only PT they had today. Samuel uncrossed his arms, "Alright, break time is over."

Charles panted, "But Gunnery Sergeant, it's only been two minutes."

Jane patted her twin on the back, "Can't we get more time…"

Samuel stared coldly, "Oh gee whiz." He approached the twins, "I'm sure the enemy would LOVE for you two take a break. I'm sure your fellow squad members would LOVE for you to take a break when bullets are flying." Everyone remained silent. Samuel pointed to a steep hill behind him, "Get your shit, we're running hill 22." Everyone groaned.

By the end of the day, the squad ran up the six mile hill two times and completed the obstacle course one more time. They were all exhausted from the day of physical training. Gunnery Sergeant Samuel walked to them and said, "Today was an easy day. Rest up and be ready. Dismissed." Samuel walked off and the squad was left to return back to their barracks with their heads down.

"Ahh, man. That was painful. I'll be feeling that for the next week," Kenway said as he went with his fellow male squad members back to their respective barracks. There were groans coming from multiple squad members that were experiencing the intense training for the first time.

"I'll say. Doggoned legs won't move right now," Oscar said trying to walk to his rack. "Can't believe this will be happening everyday."

"It will be a struggle, but everything else will feel like nothing in a month's time. We'll have more endurance than the heinous Regulars!" Nathan encouraged them. The boys headed towards the showers laughing. He hit Oscar on the back in a friendly manner, "Worry not! We'll be lean and mean in no time!" He plopped onto his rack and rested his head against his pillow.

The girls squad members, returning from the showers, proceeded to enjoy casual talk. "So... today was exhausting," Jane trying to laugh off the pain. She grabbed a towel and started to run it through her hair. The girl's barracks was filled with lockers being opened and closed. Seryna sighed and let her shoulder length hair roam free. Her hair tickled her bare shoulders.

"Jane, I suggest you don't swing your feet when you're mounting over the pull bar. It makes you lose the momentum. Trust me, you need to clear it," Seryna finally said.

"I understand, Staff Sergeant," Jane replied, "Oh, by the way, do you think we are allowed to visit the boys barracks?" There was a silence. "What?" She asked. "I'm just going to see my brother."

"Twins can't let go of each other, huh?" Ashleigh smiled. "I think we're not allowed to do that. Didn't you two have separate rooms?"

"No, my brother and I slept together. We always have. However, I guess since there are rules now...I'll try to sleep alone." Jane said, but her voice and her body posture showed she was rather scared to sleep by herself. Samantha, whom was admiring the curves of Seryna, spoke up.

"Now, now, Jane, why don't you sleep with me. I may not be your brother, but at least I can provide some comfort." She said in open arms. "I'd love some extra warmth tonight." Jane was confused, but she understood that it was an invitation to have someone to sleep with. She jumped into Samantha's arms.

"That's a scene I'd like to see everyday. It's so sweet of you, Samantha." Eve finally said after watching it occur. "Anyways, we should be off to bed. We got an early morning rise. Good night!" The rest of the girls fell into their racks and Jane snuggled tightly with Samantha. The lights went out and shortly after they fell asleep.

It was early in the next morning. Just another typical brisk and cool morning of the Gallia. The sun wasn't even up yet, so the moon shined over the base liberating the country side of some darkness. Delta Squad slept soundly in their barracks just like all the other Marine training units on the base. All Marine recruits slept soundly in their respective barracks' awaiting for the start of another day of training. But for Delta Squad, their day is starting a lot sooner than they wished. Samuel slammed oped the male barracks door and turned on the lights, "Lights! Lights! Lights!" He yelled. He kicked the first two racks with his boot, "Why isn't anyone up? Why isn't there anyone on watch?" The male recruits of Delta Squad kicked themselves awake and jumped off their racks and stood in the position of attention by their rack. Samuel walked up and down the figurative highway yelling commands, "Next time! Have two of you on watch at all times for one hour shifts!" He stopped in his tracks, "If you don't want the enemy to kill you in your sleep! I suggest that you have someone keeping post!" He turned around back to the door, "Get in your PT gear. You have five minutes."

Jack Conklin gritted his teeth, "Oh man…" Everyone groaned.

Over at the female barracks, the women of the squad were all fast asleep still. Unknowing to what will happen in the next few seconds. Like the male barracks, Samuel kicked open the door and turned on the lights. Before the women could realize what was going on, Samuel noticed Jane and Samantha sleeping in the same rack. He stomped over to them and flipped over the rack with his boot. Jane and Samantha fubbled in surprise under their overturned rack. Samuel put his boot on the overturned rack, pinning Samantha and Jane under it. He yelled, "What is this? A little friendship cuddle? Cute." He walked off down the highway like he did in the male barracks and yelled at them like he did to the males. He barked his orders for two recruits to keep post like he did to the men. The he barked his final order, "Get in your PT gear. You have five minutes to meet outside." He power walked out of the female squad bay. Seryna just watched the closed door with concerned eyes. She notices that Samuel is holding something back within him causing him to be the cold individual he's being right now.

Jane got out from under the rack, "I hate him!"

Samantha patted her back, "Just get your PT gear on. If we don't get out in time we're really in for it."

Three months past and the intense training hasn't loosened it's grip on the squad. Although the obstacle course was only for a month of the three months, there were many other events. The squad like every other Marine recruit unit went through grueling hikes of 3, 6, 9, and 12 miles with combat gear and load, weapon qualification, weapon maintenance, firing ranges, land navigation for day and night, small unit combat tactics, combat exercises and drills, night drills, and intense training on hand-to-hand fighting. Fortunately, many of these exercises are where many of the squad members excelled.

Tyler Herrick, a proficient sniper, maintained 100% accuracy which was unheard of. His spotter confirmed he didn't hit anything but the center of the target. The twins Charles and Jane were quick to disassemble Gallian-1 rifles and reassemble them back together. Seryna and Ashleigh could go through the hikes efficiently and effortlessly. Oscar would be able to take down other Marines in Close Quarter Combat (CQC). His only opponent that he struggled with was Jack Conklin. However, with all the success that the squad had, it was not enough to impress Samuel. Samuel drilled the squad to no end. He would push them past their limits and demand perfection which seemed almost impossible to accomplish.

Outside the barracks one day, Oscar was fed up with the intense training and he stormed towards his commanding officer. He approached his Gunnery Sergeant who was walking away from the squad for the night.

"Gunnery Sergeant, this is insane! We'll be dead before we even reach the battlefields with the way you've been training us! I demand, on behalf of everyone, for you to lighten the load of which we have to train!" Oscar shouted as he approached Samuel. The rest of the squad came behind him, though there was uncertainty in the squad. Some agreed with Oscar, others wanted to stop Oscar, and there were a few that didn't want any arguments. Samuel stopped and turned around and simply looked at them. He acknowledge their presence, but refused to speak on the matter. He resumed his walk back to his room. Jack was infuriated at this, so he picked up a rock and threw it at Samuel's back.

"Hey Oscar's talking to you!" He yelled. Samuel cleared his throat then turned around.

"Right now, I don't have to tell you a reason for what I assigned. I'm following orders from my commander. If you would excuse me, I have a meeting to attend." He turned back around to begin walking again. This made Jack really upset and he sent a clenched right fist towards Samuel. Like he had eyes on the back of his head, Samuel ducked then turned around towards the punch and to the left. Using his right hand he grabbed Jack's wrist and twisted his arm behind him. He twerked Jack's arm into a position where he can't move it. Samuel then twists the wrist towards Jack and kicks the back of his knee forcing Jack to fall to his knees. "Any insubordination is mutiny. Mutiny will get you shot. This applies to all of you! Am I clear?" The was a silence amongst them. Samuel said louder, "AM I CLEAR?"

"Yes, Gunnery Sergeant!" The squad said in unison.

"If you understand, return to the barracks." The squad shuffled out and closed Samuel's door.

"Now Jack." Samuel cocked his arm further upwards causing more pain to Jack. Samuel gritted his teeth, "Do not assume you have rights here. You are a recruit, you aren't a Marine yet. You don't get to demand anything from me or from your superiors." He put his foot on his back and pushed him face down on the dirt, "You. Are. A. Recruit. Try to remember that next time." Samuel let go of Jack and left. The squad all watched what unfolded from within their respective barracks.