[i]Well hot damn[/i], I thought, looking over the armor. From what little I knew of this world, armor like this wasn't given to your average rank-and-file soldiers. I quickly took the old flak armor off, and began to put on the new armor, before a thought stopped me. Much as I liked my old civilian clothes, they wouldn't last very long under the wear and tear of my new occupation. "You wouldn't happen to know where I could get my hands on some fatigues first, would you? Sir?" I added, silently cursing myself. I may not need to salute him, but he was still my CO, and that meant he deserved respect, let alone the fact he had several magnitudes the combat experience I had.