"That's good." Donovan said and nodded, "And how long do you think it will take?" Is one month enough? ”

"Enough. More than enough. Morris said immediately.

"Good!" Donovan raised his voice and looked at the others, "Then we'll say yes." How about a review after that? If you don't qualify, the people in this team, no matter who you include me, will get out as long as you don't qualify. What do you think? ”

Maurice stared at Donovan, and after a moment of froze, he nodded and said, "Okay." That's it. Don't forget what you said, if you don't meet the standards, you'll have to fuck off. ”

"Of course." Donovan gestured to the others, "Everybody watch." After saying that, he looked down at Morris's belly, "But you're like a pregnant child's belly, but you're telling me that it's probably you." ”

"You don't have to worry about that." Morris sneered and said, "You take care of yourself." ”

Donovan didn't talk nonsense with him anymore, but turned to look at everyone and said, "Then gather here before noon, we are going to the training base, everyone is no stranger, we have to stay for a while." So go home and pack up and talk to your family. Meet here at 11 a.m. After lunch, we set off. Everything has been arranged. Hurry. Disband. ”

When everyone heard the dismissal, they immediately got up and left the room quickly, which made Pete suddenly a little helpless, because it made him not know where to go for a while. Because he thought that he would have to be busy for most of the first day for all kinds of onboarding work, right?

Fortunately, Donovan didn't leave, and after everyone left, Donovan looked at Pete and said apologetically: "It seems that the first day was not pleasant for you." ”

Pete didn't know what to say for a moment. He didn't know much about the problems in the squad, and he didn't know how to answer Donovan's words.

Donovan was not reluctant, he came to Pete's side and looked at the flag on the east wall and gestured there, motioning for Pete to follow him.

Pete immediately followed Donovan, who knew he had something to say to him. It seems that in the team of this question, he is a person on Donovan's side, and he can even be said to be a descendant.

Donovan stopped halfway through, then came to a locker, and after reaching out and patting the locker twice, the door opened.

"It's Evans's, and he always likes to put beer in the cupboard." Donovan said as he pulled out a bottle, "A bottle?" ”

"Nope. No, you know, I don't drink alcohol especially. Now it should be said that it is in working condition. Pete waved his hand.

Donovan nodded, and took out a wrench to open the lid of the bottle, "It seems that you haven't changed all along." Or the very conscientious and cautious Marine. ”

This sentence made Pete once again not know how to pick it up, because this sentence was not a simple compliment to him, but contained a lot of content in it, and the first thing he felt was Donovan's helplessness and emotion.

After taking a sip, Donovan slowly walked to the team flag, and after looking at the flag, he suddenly said, "Originally, this team didn't belong to me. Donovan said, turned around and looked at Pete, and said, "I'm parachuting." It's like the class you were in when I met you. Originally, everyone thought that you would be the new squad leader, but one was transferred from above. At this point, he turned around and pointed to the flag, "Half of the people in the previous group remained." Do you know which ones? I think you can feel it. ”

Pete was standing behind Donovan's side at the moment, he looked at Donovan's side face and said tentatively, "Maurice, Matt, Ochoa?" ”

"Almost." Donovan nodded, "Looks like you've noticed." There's one less, though, Evans. So is Evans. ”

Evans was also a bit unexpected, after all, from everyone's performance and when he sat around the table, Evans looked like Donovan's man.

"Originally, this team was not bad." Donovan said and pointed to the flag, "See the pattern in the upper left corner?" ”

Top left? Pete had noticed the problem on the flag before. He immediately responded: "Those two marks? ”

"Yes. Two markers. Those two markings were not originally on this flag. Or what didn't belong to the flag in the first place. But now it's the most important part of the flag. Donovan said.

"That looks... Pete squinted and looked closely, "It's like a helmet." A World War II-style helmet? What does this mean? ”

"That's right." Donovan nodded, "This was embroidered later." Every helmet represents a victory. Or a perfect mission. ”

"Then there are two on this." Pete looked at Donovan and said, "That means this team has had two times before... Meritorious service? ”

"Meritorious service... Donovan smiled when he heard this, "It should be called a highlight reel here." Unfortunately, I don't have my share. ”

"What happened to them? What happened to the original captain? Pete then asked.

"Retired." Donovan said, shaking the beer in his hand, "That's about the same age as the old guy Evans." Old Marines, you should know that most of the people in this place like us are from the Navy. The man was too old to do anything. Riddled with injuries, he took a pension and went home. The last mission. Donovan pointed to the flag, "The second helmet isn't perfect. But they are tenacious enough. Although it was honored, the team also lost its soul. ”

"Heavy losses?" Pete asked.

Donovan shrugged his shoulders and said, "Of course." Counting the wounded and retired, half of them are missing. You know the rest too. I always thought it was that big loss that brought the old man to retire. As he spoke, he pointed to the location of his heart, "This is the place where you are really tired and can't move." ”

"And then I let you come? Why don't you take a team alone and transfer them into your squad, I think that would work better. Pete said.

Donovan looked at Pete and nodded, "I see what you mean." If I'm transferred, then I'm an outsider. They'll feel like I've taken away their honor, team. And if it's the team that I'm transferred to, then they're the ones who need to fit in, and they'll be much more emotionally receptive and proactive. However, many times it is not that easy. Donovan said with a wry smile helplessly, "Did you know that one of the three bosses here is an old marine?" ”