An Epic Life, Part 1:Shadows of War

by AceNavalPilot

In the near future, the girls and guys, now in their 20's, get involved in a war between North Korea and US. Rated T for some language and a death in a later chapter. WillXMatt, IrmaXRobert, TaraneeXNigel, CorneliaXCaleb, Hay LinXEric, KimXRon

1. Prologue

Prologue

In the year 2009, Robert Castellanos enlisted into the Navy and began serving in active duty for four years as a surface sonar technician.

After serving his enlistment, he moved to Middleton in the year 2014 and met Kim Possible, with whom he became great friends.

Two years later, he moved to Heatherfield, a coastal city 23 miles south of San Francisco, where he met Will Vandom, Cornelia Hale, Taranee Cook, Hay Lin, Elyon Brown, and Irma Lair.

Irma and Robert fell in love soon after meeting and began going out on dates.

They later enlisted into the Naval Air Service and went into basic flight training, followed by training on flying the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet tactical strike fighter jet. During training, they met Kim.

Not surprisingly, Kim and Irma became great friends quickly. After basic training, they went into the officer's program and became Naval Officers before being sent off to basic flight school in Pensacola, Florida.

There, they learned basic flight techniques using T-45C Goshawk training jets. After earning their pilots' wings, they were sent to F/A-18 training at NAS Lemoore.

During the training, the three went through many tough tests, such as the centrifuge, in which they were tested to see if their bodies could withstand the 7.5G's that the F/A-18 could sustain.

They all passed with flying colors. They then went into a special water tank in which they practiced surviving in the water until rescued.

They also tested their bodies to see if they can withstand the stresses of ejection without spinal compression.

They then went into a parachute simulation area in which they practiced parachute landings. After all that, they found out that they all had passed and progressed to the flight simulators.

Once they were done with that, they went on practice sorties in real aircraft.

After training was over, twelve weeks later, they earned their Super Hornet pilot's wings and were assigned into the newly formed Shadow Squadron(VFA-180), led by Captain Steve Barkin, Jr.

A month later, the pilots were going to be deployed at Pearl Harbor. They were allowed a week to relax before they went on duty.

Robert and Irma decided to take a vacation to San Diego while Kim went to spend the week at home in Middleton with her family to prepare for the deployment.