U.S. uniformed services pay grades

Tavus hooked his thumbs in his belt and flashed a toothy smile. “People, this is the new sergeant I mentioned. Ranked first in the Academy in Forward Assault, Search and Destroy, and Advanced Recon. It’s good to have you, Sergeant.” “It’s a real pleasure to meet you all.” She made eye contact with each one and wondered what codename they would come up with for her, or if she even wanted to know. Seemed almost a requirement to have one. That seemed to mollify the commander. “Now, the reason we’re all here: A Republic transport, carrying among its cargo a ZR-57 orbital strike bomb, crashed into northern Avilatan six days ago. Recovery unit sent a team, but they were too late. Separatist forces had already stolen the transport’s cargo, including the ZR-57, and fled.” Fynta had heard of those, but it was only in whispered passing. Which meant they were serious weapons. “What are the ZR-57’s capabilities, sir?” She felt the need to get up to speed quickly. Tavus directed the question to Fuse, “The ZR-57 is, well, it’s serious hardware, you know? I mean, it can pretty much vaporize the whole island. So we’d better get it back or, well, BOOM.” Somehow, BOOM didn’t sound that menacing when said in that soft voice. “We’re investigating several leads to the bomb’s location, but the one I’d like you to look into, Sergeant, comes from a Republic spy name Bellis.” The others stepped aside slightly to allow her access to the commander. She made sure to stand away from Wraith or…

He got up from his corner and helped patch up the troops. For most of them, there was nothing he could do. The only person that could help them was the Recovery Unit. “Okay, everybody.” Howard commanded, “Get on the truck, we can treat you there and hurry home.”. Ash started helping the injured troops onto the trucks and let the Recovery unit do their thing. Once everyone was on board, he hopped on and the truck started moving. He sat down near the front and looked back at the wounded soldiers.…

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