HA2 8.3 – Training Schedule and Job Share
After downing a mouthful of mineral water Hide asked, “Any question?”
“Do military personnel have to pass handgun training before going to bigger gun?” Shizuka curiously asked.
“No,” Hide casually answered. “They use assault rifle or carbine for basic training. After that, only elite unit, military police, sniper unit, or specific unit will receive training for handgun and submachine gun, to some extent base on their budget.
As for 1st SFG, cadets who survive the hell week will start the firearm phase with handgun. Firing a few thousand rounds for two weeks before submachine gun is being introduced, along with increase of ammo quota. It’s about 8-10 solid hours in the shooting range, each day for the whole month.
Then, for the remaining weeks of firearm phase, they will practice various raid scenarios using handgun, submachine gun, assault rifle, carbine, or the classic combination of primary weapon and sidearm.
That’s what I know about firearm training for our military.”
“Wait a second,” Shizuka’s eyes widened as she asked, “Do you mean that not all military personnel in our country know how to use handgun?”
Hide calmly explained, “Some don’t even have experience firing it when they are in the military, while some others only received basic introduction without further training. But made no mistake, most of our military personnel are very proficient at using carbine or assault rifle.”
“Damn. I thought handgun is vital equipment for mil personnel.”
“Well,” Hide calmly said, “Without proper training handgun is useless, while to master it until it becomes useful tool take lot of resource and time. If I’m an infantryman and carrying regular infantry ops, good carbine with lot of extra ammo will be my first pick.”
Shizuka nodded and said, “I see.”
Then, after taking a bite of milk bun Takeo turned his gaze to Hide. “What handgun our military use?”
“Until three years ago, Nikko’s armed force adopted the domestically build Sieg Sauer P220, while army special force used Haka USP.” Hide took a milk bun from the plastic bag as he continued, “After that, the government adopted one sidearm system and they bought the license to domestically produce Haka VP9.
Meaning, military unit including special force, intelligence service, and law enforcement tactical unit have to adopt Haka VP9 as their sidearm.”
Shizuka tilted her head as she asked, “Hide, do you mean our special force is using Haka VP9?”
“Yup, and they were the one who conducted the selection for one sidearm system.”
“What about the firing stance?” Shizuka eagerly asked another question. “Does our military adopt conventional stance or contra terrorist stance?”
Hide calmly explained, “Be it military, intelligence service, or law enforcement, only contra-terrorist unit adopt both conventional and contra terrorist stance, the other unit only train in conventional stance.
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Shizuka nodded and said, “I see.”
Hide then enjoyed his milk bun on three big bites before asking, “Other question?”
Takeo immediately turned his gaze to the digital control panel next to him. “Do our military or national police use this device in their training?”
“Nope, they only use paper target or steel plate in their firearm training?”
“Then, who use it?” Shizuka curiously asked.
“Nichiko Marui.”
Takeo and Shizuka immediately dropped their jaw while Hide took another milk bun and casually enjoyed it.
“They use this sophisticated device for airsoft game?” Takeo asked as he gave Hide a dumbfounded look.
“Yup, at Marui Training Center in downtown Nichiko, every floor other than the lobby has this digital smart control panel to generate various target and scenario.” Hide gulping a mouthful of mineral water before continuing, “It’s Nichiko Marui who invented this device by the way.”
“Why does our military not use it?” Shizuka asked.
“Too expensive to maintain,” Hide calmly replied. “Beside, when special force wants to use it, they can rent it from Marui Training Center.”
“I see.”
“Other question?”
“...”
After Takeo and Shizuka shook their head, Hide immediately said, “Let’s talk about our training schedule and job share then.”
Wasting no time Hide wrote some list in the electric whiteboard:
Workshop Regular Schedule:
Tuesday, Friday, Saturday.
04:20 – 05:45 Firearm Course
05:45 – 06:45 Martial arts / Physical Exercise
06:45 – 08:05 One person making breakfast, two persons clean the gym, taking bath, breakfast, go to school
Basic Job Share:
Orange: Primary Driver, Car Manager / Coms, Covert Online Shopping, Intel Gathering / Base Manager.
Pear: Logistic & Finance Manager / Living Room and Kitchen Manager / Martial Art Instructor and Martial Gym Manager / Primary Motorbike Rider.
Apple: Firearm Instructor, Armory Manager, Shooting Range Manager / Paramedic Instructor, Explosive Instructor, Lab Manager / Ammo production and Firearm Workshop Manager / Target selection.
As he stepped back from the electric whiteboard Hide asked, “Question?”
Takeo immediately asked, “Do we have to really schedule our training at morning before the school?”
“Yeah, I know you have to drop your sisters at their kindergarten every morning, but we have no other option then schedule it at morning because we have hiking training after school.” Hide took a deep breath before continuing, “I hope you can talk it with your parent and figure it out.”
“I will try,” Takeo replied in unsure tone, “However, if I can’t figure it out, do I have to skip the morning training at Tuesday and Friday?”
“Sort of, until Shizuka is qualified to accompany you and can spare her time at night at least”
“I see,” Takeo dejectedly said.
Then, it was Shizuka’s turn to asked, “Hide, what do you means by Martial Gym Manager?”
“It means you have responsibility to ensure the martial gym is always in best condition to be use by us.”
“Do you mean I have to clean it?”
“Yes, cleaning and the other things, however, as the manager you can ask us to help you. In fact, you are the boss as long as you are the manager in that area.”
After silence for a while Takeo asked another question, “Do we have nothing in Monday, Thursday, and Wednesday?”
“I have martial art class in Beauty & the Beast on those days,” Hide casually explained. “As for you, if you can spare your time in the morning, use it to polish your driving technique in Old Pier.”
“And how about me?” Shizuka asked.
“You can carry your motorbike course.”
“Okay,” Shizuka nodded and asked, “As an Operational and Finance Manager, what should I do?”
“One of your tasks as Operation and Finance Manager is to keep the operational fund, keep a tab on operational expenditure for a job, and erase it after the job being done. I will teach you how to do it.”
“Do we really need to make a tab on our operational expenditure?”
“This tab will give us the clear picture of projection cash flow for a job. It will help us develop a proper planning while prevent unintentional over spending.”
“Got it.”
“One more thing, we can leave whatever we have to leave here, but don’t leave anything that can reveal your identity.”
““Okay.”” Takeo and Shizuka replied at the same time.
“Well, now, let’s tidy up the range, and then tidy up the armory and the lab. After that, we can take a bath in turn, go home, and enjoy our weekend.”
Without delay, the three started the work.
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