Dominic heads over to Katherine. He quickly mounts the weapons system mounted atop.

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Miguel looks around out of the cockpit. " what's our ETA, any casualties on the group?" He asks worried.

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KENNYKenny hears Jax ask about Maggie an turns to him with an odd smileKenny looks back straight ahead an purses her lips then with a smile turns back to face Jax

Jax laughs and then says " well i have thought she was cute you know so i was wondering if she has her eye on anyone you know " jax then talks the radio mike and says " xray 2 to homebase we are rolling out on a patrol north west time out 620hours " then the radios responds back " affirmative xray 2 you are cleared for your patrol".

"You heard, load up. Let's roll out" Captain James said, climbing into the Humvee. He tapped the side of his door, and then looked at Nate. "Lead the way, Sergeant" The Captain smiled. He clicked on his radio, "Lt. Jax, I expect your southern charm, sing us a song. It might be an order" James said, clicking off. "Forgive me, Sergeant, try not to crash" James said to Nate, and then clicked back on the comms. "If he sings, I do apologise.. But we need some sort of entertainment while we're on patrol"

Nate hopped in behind his steering wheel. "If he sings i will break really hard and not pay for his dental bill." He said starting up Katherine, he gently hit the gas and started rolling out. The front gate opened for them "Alright everybody keep your eyes sharp we are now entering the wild wild west." He said.

KENNY

Kenny hears Jax ask if Maggie's with anybody and this cracks her up so she starts giggling in a very unmilitary manner.
When she finally settles down she has to bite her tongue as she answers Jax

Well lieutenant I don't think she's attached to anybody unless you count her copilot Miguel but they're more like brother an sister if you ask me.
"Wait she did tell me she was in love with her chopper Weeds"
Does that count? says Kenny with a grin

Miguel hears the radio message from the captain. "Mags seems the patrol is moving out." He says as he scans the area with his eyes "no contact so far."

JAx laughs and talks on the radio " you want a song oh boy will it be my pleasure" jax then laughs at kenny and says " hey maybe you can put in a good word for then or you could do 30 push ups haha just kidding" Jax then goes back tot he radio and clicks it saying " alirghty now a song is order...... HOME HOME ON THE RANGE WERE THE DEER AND CAPTAIN JAMES PLAY.. WHERE SELDOM IS HEARD THE PLATOON SHOOTING BIRDS.. ( sung in the key of home on the range). "jax then says How was that for you there cap?"

And off they were past the gates of the firebase and rolling out onto the dusty fields of Kandahar. Kevin sat vigilantly staring out the side window, his eyes scanning the horizon for any hostile activity as he held his rifle firm in his lap. Out the open window he spit out his tobacco and licked at his dry lips concentrating. "All quiet on the prairie." He whispered to himself, thinking perhaps it was a bit too calm. Calmness was sometimes welcomed, but other times it meant you were headed straight into the hornet's nest, so leave it to the eagle-eye of the platoon to be keeping tabs on their surroundings. The dust from the road kicked up such a haze however that it stung Kevin's eyes to even peer out the window, yet he forced onward through the hindrance. Overhead, he could hear the support chopper thundering just a few feet from the ground. Done good to drown out Jax's horrible singing. "Hell Jax, I heard coon dogs howl better than you!" He jested chuckling to the lieutenant.

Nate just focused on driving but with the awful singing going on in the radio he had a smile on his face and was obviously thinking about something "You sing like a strangled tali." He said into the radio then aloud to everyone in the Humvee "I keep talking with the brass about getting a satellite radio in here, but they keep turning me down, something about not enough funding for something so pointless. But you know we got enough money to make 1200 Abrams tanks a year and only 200 of those actually get sent into combat, so you tell me."

Dominic watches from the top hatch "Staff Sargent I would pay the Abrams amount to shut them em up." He says jokingly with a half smile "anyways where we headed?"

James laughed, as he listened to his friend sing. "Personally, I think you've excelled yourself today, Lt. Well done. They should award you a medal for that performance" James spoke over the comms to Jax. James dipped his hand into a side pocket, pulling out a $10 note. "Here, Sergeant. Here's the start of a fund for that satellite radio. I'm sure we can get a pool going, and get nearly there, before the tour is over" James smiled. "Where we heading? We're just going for a little drive. Sight-see a little. Maybe pop to the local shop, and pick up a souvenir" James said, looking up to Dominic. "No, we're doing a patrol. Looping around the base, making sure we're seen. Any one who gets ideas for an attack on the base, should see us, and think twice"

KENNY

Kenny drove along following the vehicle in front of her as the road dust billowed up from the wheels of the convoy giving a natural smoke screen to themselves and anything to the right. Having four brothers she was used to the way guys acted just trying to have fun so Jax's singing was simply another background noise in her life.

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MAGIE

Maggie bobbed up and down like a cork alternating between 1,000 feet to Nap of the earth flying Weeds as if she were performing stunts at an air show back stateside. Her course was out three to four miles with erratic backtracking for two or three to see if any gomers had poked their heads up like wack-a-moles for Weeds to chew on.

She heard over the radio Jackson singing an shook her head as she smiled over at Miguel.
Base this is Tumbleweed, base this is Tumbleweed.
Nothing to report 10k out.
Repeat, Base this is Tumbleweed No hostiles seen 10k out

She flips her mic to cabin only an says to Miguel
I think those ground pounders are in need of some R an R in Germany
Hell I'd give anything for the privilege of a Hot bath, a good bottle of beer an some snitzengruben. she chuckles

Even as she trades banter with her copilot Maggie's eyes still sweep the dull hills around them for trouble as her hands and feet continue to dance with Weeds controls

jax clicks the radio and says " xray 2 to tumble weed how does it look up there?" jax then says to kenny "watch this "

Jax, always one to impress the ladies Kevin thought, even if that meant doing some stupid stuff, and Kevin was definitely expecting Jax to do something of that sort. Merely though, the gunny kept quiet , a short snicker to himself expecting to see what Jax was gonna pull. He kept his eyes focused on the outside, but his mind slowly began to drift. Kevin thought of back home, a forty acre ranch just a few miles from his hometown. He had gotten the word just the other day that his paw finally passed away after a long battle with lung cancer and had gone to see the Lord. Here Kevin was though, miles and oceans away from Lubbock. No telling when he'd be able to get back stateside to see his family. Kevin was never one for showing emotions, but on the inside it gutted him like a hot kabar to know his dad....was gone. Kevin sighed shaking his head, trying to get the bad thoughts out and get his self focused again on keeping watch.

MAGGIE

Maggie hears the request for a sitrep an calls back
Got nothing but dusty roads an rocks 10 klicks on your course. Hope you brought your picnic baskets

She pivots about 700 feet off the deck and dives nose down to within 200 feet off the road an races back towards the convoy.

Smiling she says on the cabin mic I love my job.
Sometimes it's hard to believe we get paid to do this

Then to see if her copilot has his mind on his work she slacks up on her controls which flares Weeds out an causes a small drop in altitude

Jax hears maggie over the radio he then quickly reports backs " of course we got our picnics tumbleweed only thing missin is you " as he smiles. He rolls down the window and smokes a cigarette. The view was nothing but dust and sand, Jax missed the carolina shore and beaches memories of back home always flowed thru his mind. Being brought back to reality he wonders why he even came to this hell hole.

Miguel sighs "really mags..really.." he says rolling his eyes jokingly. unfazed by the event he checks all the instruments " yeah I know you love this job..I am rather fond of it as well." Looking out at the ground below "seems the devil dog has a thing for you."

KENNY

Kenny smiles then simply sighs as she drives the huge military vehicle but then decides to fan the flames
Did you know that Lieutenant Shepard is a Power Lifter Sir?

Kenny grins as she remembers first seeing Maggie in their rack wearing only a tanktop an panties. The woman was frighteningly ripped from working out and her choices in magazines were based on strength training and Marathons. It wasn't unusual to lay in her rack an look over and see Maggie working a thirty pound dumb weight for an hour switching arms every twenty reps.

I do know that all she dreams of is a hot shower melting her down the drain.
She said the showers here are to limited and never hot enough.
Heck I was in the showers the other day and saw her speed soap then rinse so she could spend the last two minutes drowning herself under water says Kenny with a small trace of mischief

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MAGGIE

I hear ya Mike laughs Maggie then she begins humming the Blackeye Peas

Then she softly sings into the cabin mic
They say I'm really sexy;The boys they wanna sex me. They always standing next to me; Always dancing next to me,
Tryin' a feel my hump, hump. Lookin' at my lump, lump. You can look but you can't touch it, If you touch it I'ma start some drama, You don't want no drama

She giggles then gets back to Business so Weeds doesn't get TU'd for her lack of attention

"You know Mags...your a terrible singer?" He says laughing softly " as he fiddles with the chin strap of his helmet. "Hell..this thing is lose."

Jax looks at kenny and says " i enjoy a good run myself would be nice to have a partner and you know its good that she is a powerlifter i like a girl who is shape " before relizing that he accidently hit his mic button broadcasting on the air channel . Jax soon relizes that he clicked the mic and sla[pped himself in head. " BO\Y this is worse than when i pissed myself in the 5th grade". sometimes people didnt know where jax came up with his strange phrase's nbut it was his southern charm that kinda made it seem like it was normal.