Hey there readers, this is my first story. I have written stories before but nothing where it was published and read by others. Be honest in your comments, I don't mind. I need criticism to improve. Enjoy friends.
Sargent Gary Heights. UNSC Marine Corps.Sargent Heights violently awoke from a nightmare. He looked around and gathered his surroundings. He was in his barracks, surrounded by his squad. He rubbed his eyes, stretched and picked up his tablet. He opened up his squad roster to go over the new recruits getting folded into his command.
"UNSC 405th Marine Infantry Division"
He scrolled to the "Alpha Company" tab and went to "First Platoon" His eyes scanned the roster until he found "First Squad" he checked the names on the roster. Three Marines joined First squad, fire team Charlie.
Private First Class John P. Omen.
Private First Class Stacy M. Gilbert.
Corporal Alex A. Romero.
He read over their files. Private Omen, age nineteen, Caucasian. He was born in a UNSC Colony that was destroyed by the Covenant three years ago. His father was part of the local militia trying to fight the Covenant. His father went MIA so his Mother and two sisters evacuated the colony and made it to Earth. Last year he signed up for the Marines and went through Basic Training; he graduated average in his division. He's never fired a weapon outside of basic. Private Gilbert, age nineteen, Caucasian. A farm girl whose grandparents farmed on Harvest before it was glassed back in 2525. It was one of Humanity's first contacts with the Covenant. Her father fought in the second battle of Harvest and went MIA. Her mother died of brain cancer two years later. She joined the Marines and graduated basic training before she went on to Marine Sniper School. She is a very skilled marksman. Finally there was Corporal Romero, twenty two years old, African-American; the only one of the three Marines joining his squad today who's been in combat. Born in Los Angeles on Earth, he joined the Marines at eighteen. He fought in the battle of Sargasso and was one of the lucky survivors to make it out in time. He was promoted to Staff Sargent just like Gary but was busted down to Private after he got in a fight with an Officer. He was stationed aboard one of the Orbital Defense Platforms on Earth before he requested to join Gary's squad. Gary put the roster away and looked around. The rest of the Marines were beginning to wake up. Staff Sargent Dick Pyle jumped up and yelled "Okay Marines, Morning PT let's go move it." The squad got up, changed into PT gear and marched to the gym. During PT Gary went through the exercises. He looked up at Staff Sargent Pyle who was leading the exercises. He was in charge of his whole squad while Gary was just in charge of Fire Team Alpha. Gary was alone due to his fire team still getting folded into service so he kept quiet while the rest of the squad exercised. First Squad consisted of three fire teams, Alpha, Bravo and Charlie. First Squad was part of Second Platoon of Alpha Company, Second Battalion, and Four Hundred and Fifth Marine Infantry Regiment. The platoon was usually called Alpha Two Four O' Five. Once PT ended Sargent Pyle ordered Gary to meet his new team. They were being brought in via Pelican to hangar bay two. Gary walked down the hallways towards the Hangar. He looked out a window and gazed over Earth and the home fleet orbiting the planet. He was aboard the UNSC Frigate Forward unto Dawn, part of the Home Fleet in orbit around Earth. The Dawn is the only frigate to serve as a flagship. Suddenly he heard talk about how the Master Chief was here in the fleet. He brushed it off as just rumors; he heard from other sources that Master Chief died on the first Halo ring. He kept walking and found his way to Hangar Bay Two and waited for the Pelican to bring him his new team members.
Hey Guys that was the first chapter. I hope you liked it. I went through it looking for typos and issues but if you guys find anything let me know. I researched UNSC Military organization and the Halo timeline trying to piece a story together (Halo Wiki is a hell of a website). I hope a lot of you guys see where my story is going to be. This story will take time because A: I have a job and B: I'm joining the Navy here in two weeks so for about eight weeks I won't be writing due to being in Bootcamp. But don't worry I'll write as much as I can and I'll write after Bootcamp okay guys? Keep on reading.