If the speech was anymore clique and or redundant than Jacob wasn't sure if he was going to vomit up his guts or laugh until they were pudding. One way or another things were going to be no worse than he expected. He had already forced two 'qualified soldiers' into their execution blocks on the way down here and he was quite ready for this 'big man on the block' who was shouting. Though he may not look like much to the normal cadet one thing was certain. He was ready for this....he didn't drag his sorry hide from his home and get into the various problems that came with that to have colonel jar head shout him into submission. [I]"This guy will mold us? Heh he doesn't understand how good I really am does he? Well he will soon. The only problem I see is that damnable contraption called 3 Dimensional Maneuvering Gear. And even that is just a trifle."[/i] thought Jacob as he watched the man finish his speech. Jacob's face was blank and devoid of any inner amusement the boy was really thinking.

When the jar head finally decided he was done scaring the rubes and the ones who kept their balls in a air tight container he saluted the man with the typical stance that he had seen so many times back home. And he did so with gusto....but it was really all just a sham to please and show that he was committed to this if anyone at all was paying attention whatsoever. When the man was finally gone he grunted to himself and dropped out of the pose. After quickly pulling a book that he kept in the inner part of his cadet uniform he opened it up and began to read it. It was a journal kept by a former cadet whom wrote about his time here and Rommel had book marked the chapter about the gear. He kept his eyes on the book while quickly turning around to head back towards the training field some place away in order to get some running in while he studied. If he was going to turn this frail body of his into anything resembling a soldier's he'd need to do as the jar heads did and run around some. And he was determined to get some reading in while he did so. "I wonder what the rubes will be doing?" Jacob wondered he supposed that the majority of them are currently worried or nervous. The others are panicking wondering how they're going to get through all of this. The smart ones will be mentally preparing themselves like he was and getting ready for the whole of the training and not just week one of hell's boot camp.