War Stories: The Military Adventures of Sgt. Preston

Chapter 1
My first official day in the US Army Rangers. Meeting my commanding officers. Feeling like a FNG. Nobody is calling me that already. The soldier by the name of Cpl. Mark Johnson. He was okay, nothing out of the usual. He was the only one that calls me the FNG. I think I'm starting to like Mark. Starting off as Pvt. Preston. Maybe If I like run the obstacle course in like under 20-25 seconds or something, I'll be Pvt 1st Class. Preston. I'm starting to know my command officers, Maj. Kendall Tucson and Gen. Steve Hamilton. Most of the guys here call Tucson "Tucker" or something. I called him Tucson a bit to get on his nerves. Show him I'm not afraid to fire off the big guns. Apparently, he gets angry FAST. And I mean FAST. Like he actually has ears like a hawk. I was talking to Mark about my plan and he overheard it. What a b****. I guess I know about Tucker a bit now. I know Hamilton a lot right now. This guy is a freakin' full-blooded American. He has a near-Flatbush accent and looks like a 100% American dude. Steve was 47 years old and my General. Now THAT is a guy dedicated to his country. Now Steve took me over to the obstacle course so he can project my skills. He can predict ANYONE's skills, and I mean ANYONE, just but them running the course. I met Lt. Janson at the start of the course. He opened up a crate with tons of guns. They had labels on all of them. I picked the M4 Carbine and Beretta M9. I would've picked another assault rifle or a SMG, but Steve had some of his rules. I got to the start and the course started. There were several parts to it. Part I was a pit where I had to slide down to start. I got off my a** and I started firing like mad. I have a bit of like slight-of-hand reload style. Part II came after a short hallway. A bit bigger, with civillian targets. It was a bit obvious which is which. There was a hallway with stairs this time. At the start of Part III, I had to melee a target and then had some targets (like 4 enemies, 1 civie). Once I cleared that, Part IV came with a lot of targets. I cleared that and then there was Part V where was enemies on a balcony, bridge, on the ground, and dogs running at me. I killed all of the targets and ran so freakin fast to the finish. Like the fasted I've ever run. I finished the course in 31 seconds. I found Tucker waiting for me at the end. He gave me a little snare. Didn't even speak. Just walked away. Then Steve came, gave Tucker a little nudge, and said he was impressed with me. I got to meet all my partners and Mark was there too. We talked to each other and they told some stories about what THEY did. There was this one guy, Sgt. Carson who was a bit weird. His parents dealed with mental people and people who are like paranoid or are like hiding or frightened from a fear. He got scared for a second because his cousin died before he came to the Army Rangers. Weird.... That was it for my day. I was set to get my first assignment tomorrow. Steve kinda liked me, I can tell that Tucker is either worried about me, doesn't think I'm fit for this/ not "Warfare matieral", or just acting like a n***er. I'm pretty sure he is acting like a total a******. I could use some sleep... Imagine what it will feel like after my new assignments.....Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz............