Twilight's life takes on a different tint when she fails to pass her entrance exam for Celestia's School. As it turns out, there are other ways to serve her princess and country.
I was tripping up at first and thought the pegasus causing trouble in the train was Rainbow Dash until it was confirmed Lightning Dust. Whoops, guess I need to relearn my colors.
It's exciting to see this move forward, and I'm looking forward to seeing how Dust and Twi have their rivalry. I like the more realistic take on basic training too, including the paperwork and stuff.
"This is boot camp, recruits. Know what boot camp means? It means that, if you don't camp in an orderly, proficient, military, manner, I'm gonna put a boot up your plots! Now, you'd best un-buck yourselves mos' ricky-tick or you're gonna be tasting the hoof polish!..." (After the fashion of a Marine Drill Instructor...)
"She enjoyed the quiet of personal" "She preferred the"?
"lurched and Depot 12" "lurched, and"?
"the curve and no" "curve, and"?
"needed power and Twilight" "power, and"?
"face and the horizon" "face, and"?
"of younger, harder" "of a younger"?
"One was in the standard green uniform of the guards still on the train, but the other was in actual barding. He was a large, barrel-chested earth pony stallion that strongly reminded Twilight of younger, harder Colemane." ...I'm somewhat confused here, I'm afraid. The wording of this indicates that it's the pony in barding who's the barrel-chested earth pony, but later text seems to say that it's the stallion in fatigues.
"Sargent" "Sergeant"?
"forehead and she" "forehead, and"?
"No, Sir" I'm not in the military, but isn't calling a sergeant "Sir" generally regarded as a Bad Idea?
"her main, and then" "mane"?
"distressed and a few" "distressed, and"?
"possessed and a few" "possessed, and"?
"uniform. [" Stray bracket?
"it back here, Sir, or would" Another Sir for a sergeant. Hm. Perhaps, if I'm not wrong to begin with, things are just different in Equestria.
"Sir, I need help" And again. Pointing it out just in case.
Sir works with any non-commissioned officer if you are a junior rank. If you are just a trainee, everyone is Sir. Until you achieve rank parity, you have to show proper customs and courtesies.
Ah, thanks. Though I'm wondering if that's service-dependent and different in the Air Force; I recall talking once with a member of the ROTC at my undergraduate institution (which had a rather large one relative to the non-ROTC student body), and they reacted with some horror to the idea of calling a sergeant "Sir". Yes, after a bit of googling: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-does-the-army-call-ncos-sergeant-and-officers-sir The page mentions the difference in Army and Air Force customs (and apparently actually regulations, at least in part) on this point.
7439451 It all depends on the setting. My job is very, very relaxed (80% of it is civilians) and unless I'm talking to my supervisor about actual work I don't say Sir or Sergeant .
Now, if a strange officer or NCO was in the office and I was addressing them, it's always Sir or Ma'am. AF is weird like that.
7440616 Side note: in the US Marines, you never call a sergeant "sir," but in basic the first and last words out of your mouth when addressing the DI are always "sir." (Eg: "Sir, yes, sir!") I think the idea is that any Marine is as far above a trainee as an officer is above an enlisted Marine.
>>Fon Shaolin I sometimes wonder if the services all have different traditions just so you can't learn to act properly from movies or grandpa's war stories.
In navy basic I had to call my petty office petty officer, the chief chief, so on and so forth. You called someone sir you got your ass chewed up and spat back out. I can't wait to see how this goes and what happens to twi.
Wouldn't expect them to go through US basic training for two simple reasons: different technological level (meaning they need a few things a GI in training wouldn't need and don't HAVE a few other things the US trainee would need), and they're horses. Especially the horse part.
“I can already tell that this is going to be the worst bunch of recruits I’ve ever seen.” Two guards were standing by the gate leading into Dressage proper. One was in the standard green uniform of the guards still on the train, but the other was in actual barding. The guard in the uniform, even without the armor of the other, was an imposing, barrel-chested earth pony stallion that strongly reminded Twilight of....(a).... younger, harder Colemane.
"Yes, Ma’am! Understood, Ma’am. We’ll just take Lightning Dust to the back of the train so she can let off some steam and not bother anyone.” The pegasus, a cherry red one with a wagon wheel cutie mark, jerked her head at the earth pony helping her wrangle the irate trainee between them.
hoooooo boy lightning dust wonder if she will get her ass ran out of basic aswell
Oh my, I absolutely love this story.
I was tripping up at first and thought the pegasus causing trouble in the train was Rainbow Dash until it was confirmed Lightning Dust. Whoops, guess I need to relearn my colors.
It's exciting to see this move forward, and I'm looking forward to seeing how Dust and Twi have their rivalry. I like the more realistic take on basic training too, including the paperwork and stuff.
I'm glad at least someone has gotten SoldierTwi to be popular.
Lightning Dust is an asshole I love it.
*Looks below*
And SolderTwi? I approve of this head-canon.
Keep it up, can't wait for more.
"This is boot camp, recruits. Know what boot camp means? It means that, if you don't camp in an orderly, proficient, military, manner, I'm gonna put a boot up your plots! Now, you'd best un-buck yourselves mos' ricky-tick or you're gonna be tasting the hoof polish!..."
(After the fashion of a Marine Drill Instructor...)
I look forward to more.
"She enjoyed the quiet of personal"
"She preferred the"?
"lurched and Depot 12"
"lurched, and"?
"the curve and no"
"curve, and"?
"needed power and Twilight"
"power, and"?
"face and the horizon"
"face, and"?
"of younger, harder"
"of a younger"?
"One was in the standard green uniform of the guards still on the train, but the other was in actual barding. He was a large, barrel-chested earth pony stallion that strongly reminded Twilight of younger, harder Colemane."
...I'm somewhat confused here, I'm afraid. The wording of this indicates that it's the pony in barding who's the barrel-chested earth pony, but later text seems to say that it's the stallion in fatigues.
"Sargent"
"Sergeant"?
"forehead and she"
"forehead, and"?
"No, Sir"
I'm not in the military, but isn't calling a sergeant "Sir" generally regarded as a Bad Idea?
"her main, and then"
"mane"?
"distressed and a few"
"distressed, and"?
"possessed and a few"
"possessed, and"?
"uniform. ["
Stray bracket?
"it back here, Sir, or would"
Another Sir for a sergeant. Hm. Perhaps, if I'm not wrong to begin with, things are just different in Equestria.
"Sir, I need help"
And again. Pointing it out just in case.
Another excellent update. :)
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I appreciate the catches!
Sir works with any non-commissioned officer if you are a junior rank. If you are just a trainee, everyone is Sir. Until you achieve rank parity, you have to show proper customs and courtesies.
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I appreciate your writing. :)
Ah, thanks. Though I'm wondering if that's service-dependent and different in the Air Force; I recall talking once with a member of the ROTC at my undergraduate institution (which had a rather large one relative to the non-ROTC student body), and they reacted with some horror to the idea of calling a sergeant "Sir".
Yes, after a bit of googling:
https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-does-the-army-call-ncos-sergeant-and-officers-sir
The page mentions the difference in Army and Air Force customs (and apparently actually regulations, at least in part) on this point.
7439451
It all depends on the setting. My job is very, very relaxed (80% of it is civilians) and unless I'm talking to my supervisor about actual work I don't say Sir or Sergeant .
Now, if a strange officer or NCO was in the office and I was addressing them, it's always Sir or Ma'am. AF is weird like that.
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Ah, thanks for the information.
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Side note: in the US Marines, you never call a sergeant "sir," but in basic the first and last words out of your mouth when addressing the DI are always "sir." (Eg: "Sir, yes, sir!") I think the idea is that any Marine is as far above a trainee as an officer is above an enlisted Marine.
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Seeing the difficulties she'll have to overcome, she is filled with… determination.
Sorry, that word always makes me think of Undertale now.
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Ah, thanks.
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That's funny. In AF Basic if you did a "sir sandwich" your ass was toast.
>>Fon Shaolin
I sometimes wonder if the services all have different traditions just so you can't learn to act properly from movies or grandpa's war stories.
In navy basic I had to call my petty office petty officer, the chief chief, so on and so forth. You called someone sir you got your ass chewed up and spat back out. I can't wait to see how this goes and what happens to twi.
Tracking...
What if Twilight's cutie Mark was the same but instead of just a sun behi d the shield it was both the sun and moon, like Luna's cutie mark.
hope you enjoyed writing all that TYPE 2 fun.
i'd hate to be tapped to be a T.I.
Yes, the Gendo Saotome school of military training. Insult and abuse your trainees until they get better just to spite you.
Wouldn't expect them to go through US basic training for two simple reasons: different technological level (meaning they need a few things a GI in training wouldn't need and don't HAVE a few other things the US trainee would need), and they're horses. Especially the horse part.
Might I just ask, you state in chapter three it's a 13 week course yet here it is eight weeks, just a little confusing, or have I got that wrong?
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You caught me. Because of how long I took between updates, I forgot things about the fic. I'll go fix that. Thanks for pointing it out.
Should've known.