Chapter Seven:
"Red One Disbanded"
After the news about Red One being disbanded from Col Kuris when both missions became a failure at their disposal, it was deemed necessary to disband the unit. Their service tags, Lieutenant Hughes, "117", Joey Lyons, "008", David Shepard, "115" and the deceased Davis Becker, "990" had been revoked in all weapons manufacturing's, and armor disposals. Even if they did show their military holo-ID's. What-ever a Military Holo-ID holds an identity document issued by the Cornerian Department of Defense to identify a person as a member of the Armed Forces or a member's dependent, such as a child or spouse. The card is used to control access to military bases, exclusive stores (such as CAAFES and NEX outlets and commissaries), Morale Welfare and Recreation (MWR) facilities, and high-security areas.
The modern identification card is called a Common Access Card (CAC) because it is also a smart card that is used with specialized card readers for automatic building access control systems, communications encryption, and computer access. The only congressionally appropriated money spent in CAAFES comes in the form of utilities and transportation of merchandise to overseas exchanges and for salaries of Cornerian military personnel assigned to CAAFES. A non-appropriated fund instrumentality (NAFI) of the Department of Defense, CAAFES funds 98% of its operating budget, including civilian employee salaries, inventory investments, utilities and capital investments for equipment, vehicles and facilities, from the sale of merchandise, food and services to customers. CAAFES also provides military communities with convenience, specialty stores and movie theaters on installations worldwide CAAFES is also a major source of employment for members of the Cornerian Army and Air Force family. Approximately 31% of the 47,323 CAAFES associates are military family members. Many associates have worked for years with AAFES as they moved from one installation to another with their military sponsors. Another 1.9% of associates are military members who work part time in exchanges during their off duty hours. In addition to funding MWR programs, CAAFES earnings are used to build new stores or renovate existing facilities without expense to the federal government. Funds to construct these new or replacement facilities come entirely from sales of merchandise and services. Night was appearing the sun was barely on the horizon, stars shined from the deepest of space a cloudless night is the most spectacular phenomena for most Cornerians, after the break-up, they've lost all communications with the current members, except for David Shepard and Scott Hughes. They've remained friends ever since the disband, that night. Scott went into his resident apartment, it's quite alright for one person he rubbed his face of a sign of grief, and exhaustion from the battles he has endured over the past weeks, and glad to be back to his original home, he didn't care right now what he was going through, he just wanted to go to bed, not even washing up, he went straight to bed as he slept soundly through the night. Not even caring what happened to the team, or finding this so called, "James McCloud", a relentless white flashback occurred into his sleep, he knew he was dreaming, it sounded like echoes of fire-fights even though it was hallucinations he found it real, back when he was just a private in the Cornerian Defense Force (CDF).
Scott picked up his first rifle at the age of six-teen enlisted for the first time as a CDF, as he was concentrating on his accuracy inside the scope, he remained still, his body tense with the pressure he has endured, never shot a rifle in his life until now. He was breathing shallow to make pin-point accuracy, still in crouching position, he shot three rounds as he felt the heat and air from the barrel, he wanted to flinch, but he didn't except Scott's eye's aimlessly closed towards the reaction. His shots aimed perfectly in the head of the dummy target that was enticed with straw, and straps. The head fell off from the bullets, a loud thump could be heard from Scotts direction, "Not bad for a first shot", said one of his instructors in the infirmary, "But you're too tense when shooting, you can't do that in combat, Scott. If you do, you'll lose stamina." Scott nodded towards the instructor, as he got up from his position, Scott lowered his rifle. The instructor looked similar to all soldiers in the infirmary, except he had a Lt Col insignia patch on his right shoulder, he had brown camouflage and a lowered cap that had a star on it resembling his team even though he was a wolf, same as Scott, his face was obscured, and his left eye had a scar that was deep. But he was friendly, even though he looked rough. "Okay, well. At least you know your stuff, Scott. But do you know Close Quarters Combat?" He looked perplexed, as he never heard of this move before, "No, sir", Scott responded, "Does this have to do with my weapon?" the soldiers laughed as though Scott's answer was stupid."Yes, it can, and no it can't", the soldiers didn't laugh anymore, as it was really quiet. "Listen, Close Quarters Combat is a situation between you and your enemy, it's a type of fighting in which small units engage the target with personal weapons. In a typical CQC scenario, the attacker try a very fast, none-diligent, and chaotic takeover of a vehicle, or structure, or just a plain person. If you ever were in a bank robbery, cops such as our CDFPA (Cornerian Defense Force Police Academy) will use this tactical solution when face to face, although there is a considerable overlap, CQC is not synonymous with Urban warfare; However, there are many methods on how to adapt in the CQC. Such as our Special Air Service, DFA (Delta Force Alpha), CAF (Cornerian Air-Force), and don't forget our local service platoon, Omega. Our Military uses CQC, battle vary by unit type, branches, and missions MOOTW, (Military Operations Other Than War: Doctrine)", the history was so long and enlightening to Scott, he wanted to learn the tactic. "And that's why we're going to have an exercise with our combat skills, I will assign you to your partner."After going through the partner assigning, it was Scott's turn, "Scott, you'll be pairing up with David Shepard." The digital alarm clock rang a distinct vibe could be heard, he shook his head, as he disarmed the ringing, "Damn thing", he said to himself. Rubbing his eye's he glanced at the window, a bright day, for Corneria, trees were barely swinging due to the wind outside swaying south. He yawned silently, trying to wake up. After a routine of getting ready, he glanced at his remote for the small 30' inch wide-screen monitor he turned it onto the early news, declaring a new treatment for a new flu that's spreading about in the local areas, "About time they found a vaccination" still relaxed, he got up and cooked break-fast for himself, at the time the door knocked, "Huh?" he said to himself again, he walked through the living room and opened the entry way, "Oh, hey David anything new?" a quick response headed towards Scott cutting him off a bit, "I found were he could be located I scavenged some data of James McCloud in the infirmary were the data logs are, and if my hypothesis, and information is correct he's living east from here." "Then why the hell Kuris disbanded our group if he is around here instead of the red-zone?" "I don't know, but it could be hard to locate the guy, he's nearly invisible of his current location. What's our move?" still grabbing a bite to eat, "Find this guy, where-ever he maybe at."