>"Seriously, sending them to Black may be an idea worth considering.  At
>least for those that are capable of being saved.  If they don't shape up, 
I
>am sure that I can find something for them until their tour runs out.  At
>that point, they are gone.  We don't have to offer them the oppertunity
to
>sign up again.  The other benefit is that if Black can't do a darned
thing
>with them, I am sure that Captain Polath can feed them to his targs...."
>
>"I doubt he would sully his tarrrgs' honorrr that way," she sighed. 
"He'd
>just shoot them.  Well, it sounds like a good plan.  Tomorrrrow we'll go
>overrr the prrrofiles of the ones I rrreplaced this morrrning and see who 
we
>think arrre a waste of space and who just got lazy and can be
>    "Well, as a matter of fact, I do.  There are some officers that I
have
>been watching for a while now.  They do not have the experience that a
>normal team leader has, but they have shown some damned fine instinct. 
Even
>better is how they walk the fine line between the normal insane risks
that
>Spec Ops folk are trained to take, and just plain stupidity.  Sure, they
are
>a bit under ripe, and sure they may take too many risks.  However, they
have
>that special.... that special somethign that you don't see in those that
>were not meant to do great things.  I think we should do something bold
to
>hone their skills, to make leaders out of them.  They are mostly JGs and
>other yound Lt's, but I think they could be great if they had the right
>motivation.  Perhaps a few weeks of high intensity leadership training. 
We
>could increase our number of team leaders by a good 20 to 30 in a matter
of
>a few weeks.  Just what the doctor ordered for those new operatives we
will
>be getting in that amount of time.  All we need is a good soul to train
>these diamonds in the rough."

"You?" she asked bemusedly.

   "Well, I did not want to presume anything, Admiral." he answered with a sly smile.

   {response}

*****
Chris
GM- SPD & JSOC

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