I don't own Band of Brothers or any of the amazing men who served in the military. The only things I own are Megan, Brian, and Jack.

Stopping just inside the gates, I take a moment to look around. Camp Toccoa sure is a bland place. Cabins all looking the same, straight paths, no personality whatsoever. I can see one company heading towards a mountain in the distance, and another one training in the open area in the center.

Noticing that a private is heading my way, I shake myself out my thoughts. "Private, can you direct me to Col. Sink's office?"

"Straight ahead about 3 barracks, then turn left, ma'am. His office will be the 5th building on the right."

"Thank you, private." I start off, eager to begin my new job here.

When I get to the building, I walk right in. Since I don't see an aide, I go ahead and knock on the office door with the nameplate that reads Col. Sink, comm. 506th.

A voice from inside barks, "come in."

I open the door and walk to the man sitting behind the desk. "Sir, my name is Lieutenant Megan Kennedy. I'm a nurse, transferred from Pearl Harbor." Handing over my papers, I step back and wait.

Sink looks through my papers. "You were at Pearl the day it was attacked, were able to handle yourself and work as quickly as possible without being ineffective and hurting the men. You then became a head nurse and were in charge of training the new recruits. Why did you want to leave Hawaii? It says here you requested to be transferred out of Hawaii."

"Sir, two of my good friends, Amy and Kelly were nurses working and rooming with me. They were killed the day of the attack. Another good friend was unable to handle it. She's since left the corps. I didn't have a problem treating those men that day. I do care, don't get me wrong, but I enjoyed being useful, I liked being able to help the men. After it was all over, I got stuck training the newbies. Not that it's a bad job, we need new nurses who have been trained. I just got fed up with having to deal with the drama of girls who became nurses to meet servicemen and care more for their appearance than for the health of the men they are caring for. I also started to feel useless. I felt that I needed to be making a difference again, so I requested to be transferred anywhere that I could be useful again."

"You have really thought this out. I would like to know, would you be willing to be a field nurse? You would be attached to a specific company, and you would train and live with the men of that company. Wherever they go, you would go."

"Yes, sir, that would be perfect."

"Excellent, I'm going to assign you to Easy Company. I hope you aren't afraid of hard work and exercise."

"No, sir, not at all."

"All right then, you will be bunking with the other officers. I'll take you there now." We leave his office and start walking to another cabin farther into the camp. I observe the workings of the base as we move through. We pass the mess hall and obstacle course, before arriving at where I am to be living.

"Ah, here we are." Sink knocks on the door before opening it. "Lieutenants Winters and Nixon, you now have a bunkmate. This is Lieutenant Megan Kennedy, who is to be a field nurse attached to Easy Company. Help her get the gear she needs." With that, Sink leaves, shutting the door behind him.

"Hi, I'm Megan Kennedy." I reach out my hand for a shake.

"Richard Winters," he shakes my hand, adding, "or Dick."

"Lewis Nixon. I answer to anything: Lew, Nix, etc."

Shaking Lew's hand, I grin. "Nice to meet y'all."

Dick and Lew share a look, then Lew asks me, "are you from the South?"

"Yep! I grew up here in Georgia, before I got shipped off to boarding school." I guess I spoke 'boarding school' with slightly more disgust than I thought, because I got two quick looks from the two officers.

"You weren't happy about going to boarding school?"

"No Dick, I was furious about it. I was perfectly happy at the school here, and I wanted to stay home. But, I got no choice. Hell, no one even asked my damn opinion!" Seeing the eyebrows rise quickly on Dick and Lew's faces, I added, "Yeah, I swear. The not swearing part went out the window when Pearl went up in flames."

"Oh, you were at Pearl Harbor? Is it ok to talk-" Lew's voice is cut off abruptly as the door slams open. They snap to attention and I do the same. A snooty looking Lieutenant stood in front of us.

Looking at me, he queries, "who the hell are you?"

"Lieutenant Megan Kennedy, sir. I've been assigned to Easy Company as a field nurse."

"What? Show me your orders!" I comply, handing him my papers. Flipping through them, the Lieutenant scowls. "So you are. We are running Currahee in 5 minutes. Be ready, and you'd better be able to cut it. I will have no slackers in my company!" He stomps out and slams the door behind him.

"Currahee?"

"You saw the mountain when you got here?" I nod to Lew. "That's Currahee. We run up that damn mountain constantly."

Dick looks concerned, turns to me and asks, "do you have anything you can run in?"

"Not really, but I have a light pair of pants and a blouse that will do for today till I can get something."

"He nods and says, "We'll take this side to change and you can use the corner. Just hurry up, Sobel isn't kidding about the keeping up part, and he's a stickler for insignificant or nonexistent details." We all change hurriedly and head outside.

Arriving at the spot where Easy was assembling, Lieutenant Sobel pulls me out. "Easy Company, this is Lieutenant Kennedy. She is our field nurse. Do not baby her! She is training the same as all of you so she gets no special treatment. Is that understood?"

"YES, SIR!" The response is deafening.

"Let's go!" With that, we start running toward Currahee.

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