fixer training 2

Every day, they went to classes to study the technology, the strategies and tactics, the politics of likely client nations, and similar classes on corporate structures for multinational businesses who routinely hired private military contractors. They did physical training in the morning, with long runs in full kit, clanking iron in the gym, swimming laps in the pool, climbing trees using hand and foot spokes, and hand-to-hand combat drills. Top had risen to the rank of assistant instructor, working with a Chechen ex-commando. They disliked each other at once, so there was no male bonding going on. However, they made a good team.

Day by day, though, Top faced the reality that he was actually training killers to be even more lethal. Bunny kept his skill level from showing, though he got high marks on the gun range. Of the two, he was the better shot, though not by much. And every other day, groups of Fixers were trained in the use of the high-tech battle gear. The guns and armor were easy. The fighting machine took practice.

-Relentless pg. 420-421, Kindle Edition.