『Dedicated to the Nation, Faithful unto Death』
A bunch of raw recruits tumbled out of the clamor and laughter of a train and straight into boot camp. Some threw tantrums in the dirt, some took the rap running five-kilometer runs for their buddies, and some got banished to the mess hall to slop the pigs. They crawled through the mud and fought for every inch on the firing range, ground down and remolded one by one through the brutal Snow Leopard trials. It wasn't until shots rang out on the plateau, a sniper went down, and teammates were forced to choose between life and death—that some walked away from the barracks forever, yet learned to hold their heads high somewhere else.
"Is growing up about becoming stronger, or just becoming timid and afraid?"