Post by J. T./Jessica on Oct 11, 2006 20:36:16 GMT -5
(For when you're away from your own...)
Disclaimer: I don't own G.I. Joe or Murphy's Laws...
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A Greenshirt's Guide To G.I. Joe Life
By J.T. Magnus, "Turbo"
Part Seventeen: New Recruits
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Turbo just leaned back and looked at him. Greenshirt Private Arnold Murphy, eternal leader of almost any troublemaking or prank scheme in the ranks of G.I. Joe's Greenshirt support troops, for his part just looked back. Behind Murphy, the rest of his squad stood waiting for the unit's executive officer to pass judgement.
"Well?"
"It was worth it. Whatever we get for it, Major, it was worth it," Murphy responded.
"When a new squad of Greenshirts didn't listen to you and your team and ended up getting you all 'killed' during a training element, you responded by gopher-trapping their barracks before inspection, is that correct?"
Grant Crane, one of the other Privates in the room muttered under his breath, "I wouldn't say we gopher-trapped them, more like submarined."
"I see," Turbo said, having heard Crane's remark, "So you submarined them."
The six Greenshirts looked at each other, then nodded, and Murphy spoke, "Yes, Major."
"Hm. Any of you know Gilbert and Sullivan?"
"You mean Mike and Jake over in Delta Squad?"
"No, Private, I mean the composers who wrote a little thing called 'Let The Punishment Fit The Crime'... Yes, let the punishment fit the crime..."
Six gulps were heard.
"Sparks," Turbo said into his Gauntlet, "Come in here, please."
"Coming, Turbo."
The door between the Executive Officer's office and the main administrative office opened and the unit's Chief of Staff entered, his own Gauntlet with its connection to the Pit's computer system at the ready.
"You called?"
"Sparky, list Greenshirt Privates Murphy, Crane, McMichaels, Jameson, Hawke and Thomas as each being promoted to full G.I. Joe status with the rank of Corporal, pending a promotion review board."
Murphy gulped again, "Couldn't we talk this over, Major? I mean, really, promoting us is kind of drastic."
Turbo leaned forward and gave the half-grin/half-smirk that had become infamous in both halves of Task Unit Delta, "You want to act like G.I. Joes, you get to get shot at like G.I. Joes. I expect you to have submitted your codename requests to Corporal Fine by oh-nine-thirty tomorrow... Joes."
Hawke winced, "That hurts, Major, that really hurts."
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It had been simple to begin with, Able Squad, made up of Greenshirt Privates Arnold Murphy, Quintin McMichaels, Adam Jameson, Grant Crane, Nathan Hawke, and James Thomas, had been one of the first squads of Greenshirts pulled from the other service branches to support the primary members of Special Anti-Terrorist Task Unit Delta, better known as 'G.I. Joe'. The Greenshirts had their own chain of command from the privates up to Captain Oliver 'Ollie' Lance, but due to the table of organization of Task Unit Delta as a whole, even a G.I. Joe Corporal (one of the few ironclad requirements for being a full G.I. Joe was the ranks of E-2 or above, equivilent for the occasional Joe Team member that was on loan from another country's forces such as Daina from the Czech Armed Services or the British SAS's Big Ben), such as Cover Girl in the Motor Pool, technically outranked any of the Greenshirts, Captain Lance included.
Recently, another squad of Greenshirts had been added, and much to the annoyment of the more established squads, Privates Chapel, Trane, Griffon, Sims, Nevada and Tucker of the newly-formed Purple Squad were arrogant, egotistical, loud- and foul-mouthed, and self-absorbed. They were frequently referred to in muttered remarks by the other squads, especially the original teams of Able, Baker, Charlie, Delta, Easy and Fox Squads, in very unflattering terms that no one was willing to repeat out-loud, but most agreed with.
The other Greenshirt squads had tried to get aquainted with them, but were rebuffed. Then they had simply tried to get them to stop acting like they were the only people on the planet, and were told in no uncertain terms what they could do. The last straw came in when Able, Bulldog and Purple Squads were placed opposite Delta, Might and Grey Squads in a training element devised by Turbo, Low-Light, Outback and Beachhead in which the Able/Bulldog/Purple team simply had to hold a position with limited equipment against the Delta/Might/Grey team, which was well-equipped, until 'reinforcements' could arrive. Able and Bulldog Squads had taken their positions and were holding back the other side without any trouble when Purple took it upon themselves to launch a 'glory charge' against the other team, resulting in the loss of formation among the defenders, the near-immediate loss of the whole of Purple Squad due to the foolishness of a head-on assault, and with the subsequent out-numbering and out-flanking of Able and Bulldog Squads, the loss of the exercise.
Able Squad decided it was time to take action.
Using the behind-the-scenes connections of G.I. Joe members Barrel-Roll and Black-Out, they had managed to aquire more string, balloons, shaving and whipped creams, and chocolate syrup than was sanely possible to prepare for their plan. The next step wasn't that hard considering their abilities in getting into trouble. They got on Ironhide's nerves just enough for him to assign them summary KP duty, which allowed them to be out of barracks after lights out and slip into the hut where Purple Squad was billeted. They almost got caught when a member of Brown Squad woke up and saw them go past, but since Purple Squad had gotten on everyone's nerves, a wink was all they got before the Brown Squad member rolled over and pulled his blanket over his head. It took some doing to make sure that no members of the other eleven squads in the quanoset hut barracks would be affected and that the six members of Purple Squad didn't wake up, but Able Squad managed to pull it off in time to get to their own barracks and get some sleep before morning roll call...
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"Well," General Lawrence James Flagg, the third, codenamed "Tomahawk", looked at his lead staff members, "Shall we begin?"
"Where do you want to start?" Top Sergeant Jessica Parker, codename "Athena", asked.
"Personally," Turbo comment, "I'd like to start with barracks eight and find out why one of its squads isn't formed."
Tomahawk looked around and nodded, the Greenshirt formations weren't complete, "Agreed, Major."
The three command-level Joes were not happy when, upon entering barracks eight, they found the missing squad soaking wet, covered in whipped cream, with their area covered in shaving cream and chocolate sauce.
The gigging Purple Squad received immediately became legendary among the Joe Team and Greenshirt Squads.
Unfortunately for Private Murphy and Able Squad, it wasn't hard for Turbo to track down the culprits of the prank on Purple Squad; all of the Joes were accounted for and Able was the only Greenshirts with that level of pranking ability...
That's when Able Squad was called into his office.
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Murphy’s Law of Warfare: The only thing more dangerous to you than your enemies is your allies.
Disclaimer: I don't own G.I. Joe or Murphy's Laws...
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A Greenshirt's Guide To G.I. Joe Life
By J.T. Magnus, "Turbo"
Part Seventeen: New Recruits
---
Turbo just leaned back and looked at him. Greenshirt Private Arnold Murphy, eternal leader of almost any troublemaking or prank scheme in the ranks of G.I. Joe's Greenshirt support troops, for his part just looked back. Behind Murphy, the rest of his squad stood waiting for the unit's executive officer to pass judgement.
"Well?"
"It was worth it. Whatever we get for it, Major, it was worth it," Murphy responded.
"When a new squad of Greenshirts didn't listen to you and your team and ended up getting you all 'killed' during a training element, you responded by gopher-trapping their barracks before inspection, is that correct?"
Grant Crane, one of the other Privates in the room muttered under his breath, "I wouldn't say we gopher-trapped them, more like submarined."
"I see," Turbo said, having heard Crane's remark, "So you submarined them."
The six Greenshirts looked at each other, then nodded, and Murphy spoke, "Yes, Major."
"Hm. Any of you know Gilbert and Sullivan?"
"You mean Mike and Jake over in Delta Squad?"
"No, Private, I mean the composers who wrote a little thing called 'Let The Punishment Fit The Crime'... Yes, let the punishment fit the crime..."
Six gulps were heard.
"Sparks," Turbo said into his Gauntlet, "Come in here, please."
"Coming, Turbo."
The door between the Executive Officer's office and the main administrative office opened and the unit's Chief of Staff entered, his own Gauntlet with its connection to the Pit's computer system at the ready.
"You called?"
"Sparky, list Greenshirt Privates Murphy, Crane, McMichaels, Jameson, Hawke and Thomas as each being promoted to full G.I. Joe status with the rank of Corporal, pending a promotion review board."
Murphy gulped again, "Couldn't we talk this over, Major? I mean, really, promoting us is kind of drastic."
Turbo leaned forward and gave the half-grin/half-smirk that had become infamous in both halves of Task Unit Delta, "You want to act like G.I. Joes, you get to get shot at like G.I. Joes. I expect you to have submitted your codename requests to Corporal Fine by oh-nine-thirty tomorrow... Joes."
Hawke winced, "That hurts, Major, that really hurts."
---
It had been simple to begin with, Able Squad, made up of Greenshirt Privates Arnold Murphy, Quintin McMichaels, Adam Jameson, Grant Crane, Nathan Hawke, and James Thomas, had been one of the first squads of Greenshirts pulled from the other service branches to support the primary members of Special Anti-Terrorist Task Unit Delta, better known as 'G.I. Joe'. The Greenshirts had their own chain of command from the privates up to Captain Oliver 'Ollie' Lance, but due to the table of organization of Task Unit Delta as a whole, even a G.I. Joe Corporal (one of the few ironclad requirements for being a full G.I. Joe was the ranks of E-2 or above, equivilent for the occasional Joe Team member that was on loan from another country's forces such as Daina from the Czech Armed Services or the British SAS's Big Ben), such as Cover Girl in the Motor Pool, technically outranked any of the Greenshirts, Captain Lance included.
Recently, another squad of Greenshirts had been added, and much to the annoyment of the more established squads, Privates Chapel, Trane, Griffon, Sims, Nevada and Tucker of the newly-formed Purple Squad were arrogant, egotistical, loud- and foul-mouthed, and self-absorbed. They were frequently referred to in muttered remarks by the other squads, especially the original teams of Able, Baker, Charlie, Delta, Easy and Fox Squads, in very unflattering terms that no one was willing to repeat out-loud, but most agreed with.
The other Greenshirt squads had tried to get aquainted with them, but were rebuffed. Then they had simply tried to get them to stop acting like they were the only people on the planet, and were told in no uncertain terms what they could do. The last straw came in when Able, Bulldog and Purple Squads were placed opposite Delta, Might and Grey Squads in a training element devised by Turbo, Low-Light, Outback and Beachhead in which the Able/Bulldog/Purple team simply had to hold a position with limited equipment against the Delta/Might/Grey team, which was well-equipped, until 'reinforcements' could arrive. Able and Bulldog Squads had taken their positions and were holding back the other side without any trouble when Purple took it upon themselves to launch a 'glory charge' against the other team, resulting in the loss of formation among the defenders, the near-immediate loss of the whole of Purple Squad due to the foolishness of a head-on assault, and with the subsequent out-numbering and out-flanking of Able and Bulldog Squads, the loss of the exercise.
Able Squad decided it was time to take action.
Using the behind-the-scenes connections of G.I. Joe members Barrel-Roll and Black-Out, they had managed to aquire more string, balloons, shaving and whipped creams, and chocolate syrup than was sanely possible to prepare for their plan. The next step wasn't that hard considering their abilities in getting into trouble. They got on Ironhide's nerves just enough for him to assign them summary KP duty, which allowed them to be out of barracks after lights out and slip into the hut where Purple Squad was billeted. They almost got caught when a member of Brown Squad woke up and saw them go past, but since Purple Squad had gotten on everyone's nerves, a wink was all they got before the Brown Squad member rolled over and pulled his blanket over his head. It took some doing to make sure that no members of the other eleven squads in the quanoset hut barracks would be affected and that the six members of Purple Squad didn't wake up, but Able Squad managed to pull it off in time to get to their own barracks and get some sleep before morning roll call...
---
"Well," General Lawrence James Flagg, the third, codenamed "Tomahawk", looked at his lead staff members, "Shall we begin?"
"Where do you want to start?" Top Sergeant Jessica Parker, codename "Athena", asked.
"Personally," Turbo comment, "I'd like to start with barracks eight and find out why one of its squads isn't formed."
Tomahawk looked around and nodded, the Greenshirt formations weren't complete, "Agreed, Major."
The three command-level Joes were not happy when, upon entering barracks eight, they found the missing squad soaking wet, covered in whipped cream, with their area covered in shaving cream and chocolate sauce.
The gigging Purple Squad received immediately became legendary among the Joe Team and Greenshirt Squads.
Unfortunately for Private Murphy and Able Squad, it wasn't hard for Turbo to track down the culprits of the prank on Purple Squad; all of the Joes were accounted for and Able was the only Greenshirts with that level of pranking ability...
That's when Able Squad was called into his office.
---
Murphy’s Law of Warfare: The only thing more dangerous to you than your enemies is your allies.