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Foreign Legion - First Contact is First Contract

I posted SFC Brian Park. I didn't change anything from the last time. But then I have three versions of this character saved. The original was for a Military themed RP on earth, the second was for this Foreign Legion RP and the third was for the Soviet Amerika RP.

For those interested, Squad Leaders in serving units are usually either Sergeant (USMC), Staff Sergeant (US Army) or Corporal (UK Army). They are not Sergeant First Class (USA), Gunnery Sergeant (USMC) or Staff Sergeant (UK Army). Also, you wouldn't want a Lieutenant, Captain or Major as a squad leader because their skill set and experience are vastly different. Could there be a Master Sergeant or Sergeant Major as a Squad leader in this scenario? Sure, but those guys are also getting up there in age. Although I did know a MSG who was 31 once. Rare to make rank that quick He then gave that up to go to OCS. He was then a 31 year old Second Lieutenant.

Foreign Legion - First Contact is First Contract

Name: Brian Park
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/Nationality: Korean American
Former Unit: Served 16 years in the US Army. Started as an (11B) Infantryman, attended Ranger and Airborne schools at Ft. Benning, GA and Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQ) at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center (JFK-SWC), Ft. Bragg, NC. Last held MOS was 18B40 - Senior Light Weapons Specialist (Primary) and (Secondary) 11B40 - Infantry Platoon Sergeant. He held the following positions as members of the following units:
- Squad Automatic Weapon (M249) gunner, B Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry (1-27), 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
- Grenadier, C Company, 1st Battalion, 75th Rangers (1-75), Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia
- After being promoted to Sergeant, Brian attended the US Army SFQ at JFK – SWC.
- Special Operations Weapons Sergeant, Special Operations Detachment Alpha, A Co. 1st Bn, 1st Special Forces Group (SFG), Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Tacoma, WA
-Brian left he military with the rank of Sergeant First Class (E7).

Role: Squad Leader

Physical Description:

"The Riddler" stands 5'11", and weighs 195 Lbs. He is of Korean American descent. Brian Park is in excellent physical condition with very short hair; maintaining a standard High and Tight haircut. He has a scar on his left shoulder that is 7.62mm in diameter. A larger exit scar on his back is roughly 3 centimeters in diameter. Brian wears jeans and a T-shirt when not working and a pair of running shoes or hiking boots. He also wears a Boston Red Sox baseball cap and sunglasses.

Skillset:

- Served as a Squad Automatic Rifleman, Grenadier, and member of a Special Operations Alpha Detachment.
- Airborne School
- Ranger School
- Special Forces Qualification Course, John F Kennedy Special Warfare Center, Ft. Bragg, NC
- HALO (High Altitude Low Opening) qualified
- Jumpmaster qualified
- US Army Physical Fitness Score: 300 of 300.
- Expert with his primary weapon, hitting 40 of 40 targets at his last Range Qualification
- Proficient with all available small arms weapons on the planet.
- Leadership
- Land Navigation
- Small Unit Tactics
- Battalion/Brigade Operations (Heavy/Light Mix)

History:

Raised in the Boston suburb of Brookline, Massachusetts. His father works as an Otolaryngologist (Ear, Nose and Throat Doctor) at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Brian's grandfather served as an officer in the Republic of Korea Marine Corps rising to the rank of Colonel. Brian entered the Army right out of High school.

As a boy, Brian’s father also named Brian often took his son to Fenway Park to watch the Red Sox play baseball. Brian loves baseball and the Red Sox. The elder Park did not have a lot of time to entertain with his son, but when he did, he often made it grand, going to baseball games, football games, the Super Bowl, Disney World and even the occasional Carribean Cruise.

As a teen, Brian took to sailing, engaging in the sport off the coast of Cape Cod near his family’s summer place in Harwich, MA. Brian and his father as well as the occasional friend would take their 42’ Clipper offshore and sail to Nantucket Island or Martha’s Vineyard. Brian had become an accomplished sailor by the time he graduated from Brookline High School. Brian also played both baseball and football for BHS, playing Safety in Football and shortstop in baseball. He did quite well in both, but not enough to continue these activities in a semi-professional level.

Brian served as Squad Automatic Weapon gunner, B Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry (1-27), 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; and Grenadier, C Company, 1st Battalion, 75th Rangers (1-75), Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia before attending JFK-SWC. After being promoted to Sergeant, Brian attended the US Army Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQ) at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center, Ft. Bragg, NC (JFK - SWC) and has been assigned as Special Operations Light Weapons Sergeant, A Detachment, A Co. 1st Bn, 1st Special Forces Group (SFG), Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Tacoma, WA ever since.

Psychological Profile:

Brian Park is serious about his work. He knows that survival is dependent upon his ability to pay close attention to detail and to insure those personnel he is charged with preparing for combat take their training seriously as well as the preparation requirements for combat. When in combat, Brian Park is "Serious as a Mother Fuckin' Heart Attack" and that is what he will tell you. When he is not on an operation, not training, or not on duty, Brian Park is a fun-loving soldier with a great sense of humor. His sense of humor earned him the sobriquet of "The Riddler".

Equipment:

Items carried on person: Current Army Combat Uniform (ACU), tan combat boots, black weight lifting gloves, a NCStar CBG2911 tactical back pack, color green, Night vision device (attaches to helmet), and Dragonscale Armor. Olive Green Combat Assault vest, two olive green canteens at the rear left and right along the waist, four pouches containing two each magazines for the HK416 Carbine, a tactical holster on the right outer thigh for the M1911A1, a first aid kit, a butt pack attached to the rear and a camel back hydration system. Brian has a Kevlar construction helmet shaped like the German Falschirmjager helmet of WWII. In his pockets he carries a lensatic compass, a green whistle, grease pencils, black ink pens, a small notebook, protractor, binoculars (7x50mm) and three rolls of black electrical tape. In his butt pack; one MRE (Meal, Ready to Eat) broken down, cleaning rag, weapons cleaning kit, Cleaner, Lubricant & Preservative (CLP) bottle. He has nine spare magazines that are all full, four magazines for the pistol. He wears a current state of the art communication system hardened to withstand EMP. When he is not wearing his helmet, he wears his US Army Special Operations Beret, Green in color. Attached to his helmet is a set of Goggles (Sun, Wind and Dust). Brian has a Gerber Mark II Survival knife attached to his assault vest, a Gerber boot knife at the top of his right boot & a Leatherman tool on his belt.

Items carried in his pack: Three MREs, one extra set of combat fatigues, foot powder, sunscreen, four empty magazines, five Black T-shirts in zip lock bags, seven pairs of wool socks in zip lock bags, wet weather poncho, poncho liner, four bungee cords with hooks, three rolls of OD green duct tape, two hundred feet of 550 foot-Lb parachute cord, one brown towel, a two-quart bladder canteen attached to pack, Entrenching tool (E-Tool) /with carrier, a climbing harness, locking D-ring, figure eight descender, various military snap links, four small spools of trip wire with four small nails inside each spool, Nomex hood.

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I live in New England. More specifically, I live in Eastern Massachusetts, but I grew up in Western Massachusetts. When I was a kid, it started snowing before Thanksgiving. Sometimes it stayed, sometimes it did not. But by early December, there was snow on the ground through to mid or late March. Sometimes, there would be snow in April. Living in Eastern Mass, only two hours away is much different. I've seen winters that snow for only six weeks. The locals think that is a lot, but I think it is great, because I know what a real winter looks like. I'll take Eastern Mass winters/snow storms over the hills of the Berkshires any day.

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Star Wars: The Beat (closed)

I am working in our town's High School today. This gave me time to write up a post this morning.

Star Wars: The Beat (closed)

Kato Okoye

The Lambda-class T-4a shuttle could carry roughly 20 combat troops from ship to shore or in this case, the surface of the trash heap known as Lotho Minor. The first and fourth squads or in some circles, Alpha and Delta squads loaded onto the same shuttle allowing for one platoon to use two shuttles to get their complement to the surface.

Kato took a seat near the rear ramp, ready to deploy his Light Repeating Blaster for rear security as soon as the vehicle landed, and the squad was prepared to deploy. There was no way of knowing what sort of reception the two squads would receive once they hit the deck.

Kato listened to Sergeant Vytuia detail the mission. Alpha squad would take lead from the south after deploying from the shuttle. The squad would split into two four-man teams with Sergeant Vytuia leading one team and Corporal Tapalo leading the second team. Usually, in this configuration, Kato would serve as the LRB guner for Tapalo’s team. But knowing the sergeant likes to change things up he asked the question, “Sergeant, will I be with Corporal Tapalo on this one too?”

Sergeant Vytuia continued with the Operations brief. The third squad or charlie squad would assault the complex from the north and the second squad or bravo squad will insert onto the roof of the complex and clear from the top down. The best way to take a building is from the top down, that is tactically the best. By having a stronger force clearing from the bottom up, as in this situation, it will force the hostiles to move up, attempting to seek refuge, but would simply run into the platoon’s Bravo squad setting in hasty ambushes on the top floor. The Delta squad riding shotgun with our Alpha squad was obviously the platoon’s reserve and was prepared to assume our mission if something tragic were to happen. They could also lend fire support if we came under heavy fire inside.

The platoon would then clear the building room by room, floor by floor until all enemy combatants were either eliminated or rendered ineffective. It would be a slow process with Kato and Trooper 2323 (aka Bradlev) providing overwatch or cover in the corridors and open areas as the remainder of their respective teams cleared the rooms.

Kato listened to Malik’s question, knowing they’d used thermal detonators a number of times for room clearing. Toss a detonator inside, it goes off killing or injuring the occupants and then rapidly enter firing at any survivors inside. Painless for the attackers. Sometimes a hand thrown device that created a blinding flash and high volume explosion was all that was needed to disrupt the enemy’s ability to fight back. Kato was ready for this fight. He cradled his LRB between his knees, butt plate on the deck as he listened to the squad sergeant and ran through his mind what his job would be. Cover.

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My son's football team lost their championship game yesterday. It was their only loss all season.