I love you, I won't kill you

When I heard that I was going shopping, two sergeants became interested.Thalia put down her toiletries and said, "Sir, can we go with you?"

Amanda walked around the room happily, "Of course. Uh, Sergeant, you can call us both by our first names in private in the future. No matter what, your work should be respected by everyone."

Alena smiled and echoed, "Yes, that's right. Are you ready?"

Sergeant Corolla Clark said with a smile, "Huh."

A few minutes later, four well-dressed female marines walked out of the barracks hand in hand.Alena said to Amanda as they walked, "Who were you emailing last night?"

"Really? Guess." Amanda looked into the distance and replied.

"Come on, of course I know who you're emailing. Thalia, do you know? This guy..." Alena planned to talk about Amanda with Thalia and Carola.

Corolla shook her head and said softly, "Alena, this is her own business. If you really want to care about her, you might as well consider for her the Iraqis who will be trained at the base."

Thalia also said from the side, "I know you like her very much. It's just...we are at war now, not on vacation."

Amanda glanced at Alena, "Well, if you don't ask any further, I'll give you a pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses, how about it?"

Alena looked at her, "Yeah, not bad. But why don't you send me some packs of adult diapers?"

Several people thought her words were quite funny, and Corolla said happily, "Alena, we are not a ground combat force of the Marine Corps, and we haven't reached the point where we can use that thing."

"Really? I think I'll have to prepare some." Alena shook her head.

"Well, if you really want it, I'll pick some for you." Amanda complied.

It's not uncommon for Marines to wear adult diapers while on the job during ground combat or high-intensity, non-stop flying duties.One is that there is no time to solve the personal urination problem, and the other is to avoid being shot and killed by some Sunni anti-American armed snipers hiding in the dark when solving the urination problem.

A few people came to the resident convenience store not far from the laundry room, and they had to choose all kinds of wartime items sold in the store.Amanda walked to Corolla and asked in a low voice, "Do you know that some Iraqis will come to the base for training?"

Carola looked back at her, "Of course. Since June 03, many Iraqis have come to this place to receive military training every year."

"Then what do you think we should pay attention to?"

"Amanda, I'm not the MP of the law enforcement brigade. I just know that there are often some Sunni rebels who infiltrate these Iraqi security forces that we have established."

"Well, I'm aware of these circumstances. Thanks, I'll keep an eye out."

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On the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, the Marine Corps has always played the role of "street police" due to the needs of combat missions.In addition to daily street patrols, investigations and identification, the work of training Iraqi security forces is particularly important.Since July 7, the gendarmerie squad led by Amanda has been ordered to train a team of Iraqi border guards and customs officials.

The Iraqi security forces are mainly composed of the regular army of the Ministry of Defense, the police force under the Ministry of the Interior, and some related border guards and customs personnel.Due to the lack of sufficient training and poor equipment, these people cannot play their role well in assisting the US military to deal with anti-US armed forces.

Therefore, Amanda and her military police team need to go through a lot of mechanical training and repeated teaching before these border customs officers can pass the training ground.The training content not only includes simple password execution, marching in queues, dismantling, assembling and using weapons, but also searching rooms and searching for simple bombs installed on cars, etc.

The training work has been carried out to the sixth day, July 6.This day is Friday, the only day of rest for Muslims during the week.On this day, Muslims do nothing, not even terrorism.

However, Hamza, Amanda's Arabic translator, told her, "Sir, today is our rest day. However, we feel that we can complete our work faster by completing the training as soon as possible."

Amanda looked at him a little strangely, "Hmm, will your Allah forgive your actions?"

Hamza bowed slightly with a smile, put his right hand on his left chest and said reverently, "Allah will forgive us."

"Well, I respect your Allah and your wishes. Training can start after your Zuhr (Islamic prayer)."

"Thank you Allah, thank you sir."

At lunch time, Amanda invited the translator, Hamza, to the resident restaurant for dinner.For this Iraqi man who looks gentle, educated, proficient in English, and highly educated in Western countries, she still hopes that each other can trust each other.

"Uh, so you were drafted?" Amanda asked while sitting at the dining table.

"Yes, probably because I can speak English. In fact, I am much better off than other translation colleagues."

"why?"

"At least staying on this base, you don't have to cover your face, wear a helmet, and wear a bulletproof vest every day."

Amanda smiled slightly, "Hamza, you're very funny. Well, do you think I can learn Arabic?"

Hamza nodded, "Second Lieutenant McLaren, you are a brave girl. You traveled thousands of miles from the United States to Iraq, which shows that you have a strong pursuit of your ideals."

"Hi, Amanda, why are you here?" Gendarmerie Second Lieutenant Wendy Powell came over and greeted enthusiastically.

"Hi, Wendy, this is Hamza." Amanda raised her head and introduced.

A few minutes later, Hamza left the restaurant.After seeing that there were no other Iraqis around, Wendy whispered, "How did you bring him here?"

Amanda was very surprised, "Why, what's the problem?"

"I guess, you want to gain his trust as soon as possible and complete your training work?"

"Yeah, if he'd help me and my squad, it would be easy to train those Iraqis."

Wendy went on, "You're right. But be careful."

Amanda took a bite of the steak and said after swallowing, "I know, Sunni militants. In fact, during the training for the past few days, I have been sending people to monitor his and other people's actions."

"Hmm, very good. If there is anything on your side, please let me know in time."

"No problem. How's your squad doing?"

After three o'clock in the afternoon, Amanda and her team returned to the training ground.Before starting the training, she gave orders to the three military police members, "Corporal, your job is to observe the expressions and movements of these Iraqis, and any abnormalities."

"Huh." The corporal nodded confidently.

"The two of you are mainly explaining the use of weapons to them. Well, pay more attention to them."

"Huh." The two privates replied.

"Okay, my task is to keep an eye on the translator. If something unexpected happens, I will do it first."

According to the status-of-garrisons agreement reached between the US and Iran in June 08, US soldiers in Iraq will enjoy judicial immunity; US troops stationed in Iraq can arrest and launch military operations without the permission of the Iraqi government.Therefore, no matter who Amanda wants to catch or kill, she will not be punished in any way.

The training in the afternoon mainly focused on the use and dismantling of light weapons.The Iraqi border guards and customs officers present probably felt that the two privates did not explain carefully enough or that the shooting accuracy was not strong enough, so they spoke Arabic to the translator Hamza.

After listening, Hamza said to Amanda, who was wearing sunglasses and standing with her hands behind her back, "Sir, they want to ask you to give a demonstration. They are very curious about how a girl became a gendarmerie officer."

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