VI. Next Stop: US Army Intelligence School, Fort Holabird, Md.

During his stay here 8013 will be treated as an individual rather then as a group member. The studies will be difficult but interesting. There will be many components such as Infantry field intelligence operations to learn how to gather information on the known enemy. He will learn how to gather information from the world news and other sources. He will well versed in covert actions by other countries as well as our own. He will have an excellent introduction to what is generally termed spook intelligence.

All of this is at the basic level at this time. He will learn about counter intelligence operations conducted by the military as well as the CIA. In the future he may well be assigned to work closely with the CIA and or foreign military operations. Generally. his assignments will be as a Ranger as it looks like they will reactivated. He will be part of the unit's intelligence team. The team advises the commander as he makes battle plans. What to expect as to the weapons, tactics, capability and assets of the enemy forces. This is termed recon for reconnaissance. The battle training is very active and difficult. Reconnaissance or as the jargon "Recon" is a skill that 8013 will master as soon as possible. This is where the enemy is observed in every way possible so as to penatrate and report key information to the commander. The key here is to observe while not being observed.

Quite a skill to develop.

This ten weeks is a mere introduction so the the students have the basics to proceed to the master level. His teachers all have vast experience and are highly skilled. Not all of the training will be in the classroom. Much of it will in the field. If not immediately it is predictable that he will be assigned overseas rather soon. If you were to ask him why overseas he will give you state of affairs in the world. These ten weeks will go fast.

For a moment glance back over his history. He is a trained infantryman, a trained paratrooper and now has the basics of an intelligence observer. This is the guy who joined up because he hated school. Life goes off in funny directions some times. At a very young age he had illusions of living in the mountains forever. He is not what psychologists call a "loner", however, he did enjoy being alone. Not just to be alone but in certain circumstances. He did not have to have people around him for comfort. Perhaps his father was somewhat the same.