22 Chapter 22: Army Basic Combat Training (1/2)
After Razlov was done with showing what guns could do, he instructed the crowd of recruits to go to the barracks where they will be staying from now on. Since they already know where they should go he didn't bother guiding them, as during the tour he already pointed were they will stay and instructed that men will take the first floor and women get the 2nd floor.
Then he leads the staff member back to the cafeteria. For the cooks, it would be their first time using the equipment in the kitchen of the cafeteria. Razlov had no choice but to teach them how to use it since almost all of it is modern kitchen appliances and he also used that opportunity to prepare for tonight's meal.
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The next day, Razlov lined up the recruits in the training field. He then taught them the military courtesy and decorum like the proper form of address 'sir' if it's a male or 'ma'am' it's female, saluting to senior officers, the proper way of standing, etc, etc. He also started to pair them up as battle buddies to serve as disciplinary measures which prohibit the recruits of traveling alone in the camp, it also promote cooperation and prevention of doing any misbehavior during off-training as both of them would be punished even if one of them is innocent. Then after a week, they would shift partners based on the evaluation of their conduct towards their partner.
In the afternoon he asks the recruits if they know how to read time. And the result is almost all of them don't know how. So he taught them how to read time, cause in the military the time has an important role to play.
He used the whole afternoon teaching them how to read time.
On the 2nd day, the real torturous training has begun.
In the morning the first thing they did was to do some warm-up exercise. Then they have to run 10 laps around the camp as Razlov tag along so he could monitor them. Making them run for more than 10 kilometers.
Finished at running 10 laps around the camp, the whole crowd was exhausted that they were lying flat on the ground as they grasp for air to breathe. He gave them a few minutes of rest before they start their next training.
Having rested enough, he taught and made them do different exercises like push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups, etc, etc. Each of them must complete a series of sets of exercise and after completing it they would be able to rest then they would have to do it again two more times.
And that's the end of their morning training.
Razlov gave them a break time for an hour to rest and eat their meals as they still have their afternoon training.
When the recruits heard that they still have an afternoon training all of them had the same reaction; stunned.
Their afternoon training was the obstacle course.
When the recruits arrive at the area where the obstacle course is situated. All of them uttered in dismay cause the training this time would be more difficult.
The recruits did the obstacle course, which is running on the balance beam, swinging using ropes, crawling under the barbed wire, climbing up the rope ladder, rappeling from a high wall, etc, etc.