I think she started out there, then got transferred up, considering that the previous chapter stated that was the point of Kiki's training when she knocked that guy out was about the formation of the KSK....
Stupid Luck and Happenstance, Thread II
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I think she started out there, then got transferred up, considering that the previous chapter stated that was the point of Kiki's training when she knocked that guy out was about the formation of the KSK....
I got the impression that the SAR school is roughly analogous to the USAF Para-rescue teams. Landing or jumping in behind the lines, locate, treat & rescue those that needitso need to beSF trained. The set up so far sounds similar to a cross between British SF Selection, Seal Hell Week and the first few weeks of Airborne School/P Company.
I think she might be getting to be the age where trying to keep up with the young and fit people under her command is not as easy as it once was. She might still try though and be too stubborn to admit to herself that there is no shame in not being able to keep up with kids who already are the best of the best at this point.
I think it will take something serious like a torn tendon or muscle before she'll see it.
If we consider that Gia is basicly the living patron saint of the russian special forces it looks like women in SF will be a thing in europe at least.
Kiki was on autopilot that is worse than breaking and arm that kind of knee injury may just destroyed the man carrer due to the level of medicine.
Kiki was on autopilot that is worse than breaking and arm that kind of knee injury may just destroyed the man carrer due to the level of medicine.
This is very much the case, and even in Britain, Queen Elizabeth II hit the headlines for learning to drive a Panther tank, (along side a certain flame haired Tigress). So Women in the Military in Europe, while not as common as Germany or Russia, is possibly higher than OTL.
It's both better and worse at the same time. It's better from an operation perspective, because if you get jumped in the field a few miliseconds hesitation before acting can quite literally be the difference between life and death. However it is bad, as aggression, in a military setting, should always be controlled, specifically directed and with a defined purpose, even if it is near instinctive.
On the plus side, it may only be his SF career that's ruined, especially as he received prompt and competent treatment from a medical orderly in the immediate situation.
We'll quietly ignore that the reason he needed prompt and competent medical attention was because of the aforementioned medical orderly...
She is not in airborne school. She is in special forces training. As part of that training airborne school is still to come, then mountains school then probably specialized school. The washout rate is for the entire training. Still, 85-90% is pretty high. If they want to get the combined special forces up to Armeekorp strength then the training needs to be relaxed a bit.
I think all the German allies/at least friends are going to ramping up the SF units. Vietnam LLDB, Korean SF, Japan Ninja's?, GB SAS and SBS, Russia will definitely be ramping up the SF units because St. Jehane's friend the Voyevoda herself is training the Germans. Anyone who is not a friend will start looking under beds and in the dark wondering who is there?
Kat as the leader of "The First Mission" and later as the Operations Officer of the SKA which wrote the book on how special warfare operations can greatly change the battlefield is the most credible person to lead the new force, there is probably a need to standardize the training across the various service branches and bring the units more firmly under the control of the OKW.
Every nation is going to keep a close watch to see what kind of innovations that Kat may come up with and given that besides the potential conflict between China and Korea there is no large scale war on the horizon right now, there will probably be an emphasis on things like hostage situations, working with local populace on counterinsurgency mission and anything else to justify the need to increase spending on these specialized units.
Every nation is going to keep a close watch to see what kind of innovations that Kat may come up with and given that besides the potential conflict between China and Korea there is no large scale war on the horizon right now, there will probably be an emphasis on things like hostage situations, working with local populace on counterinsurgency mission and anything else to justify the need to increase spending on these specialized units.
.... Hmmmm... Gotta think. Here it seems that the HALO Jump tactic hasn't been pioneered yet due to the historical divergences.
What would be the odds of Kat deciding to test the HALO jump theory, in her typical case, by doing it herself, while also testing the guards's readiness for infiltration of the base?
Nothing better to introduce yourself to your troops than a sudden security readiness test... Because if the guards fail... They are going to.... REALLY wish that they got killed by the Baroness.... Instead they are going to get introduced to SKA remedial training........ Kat style.....
What would be the odds of Kat deciding to test the HALO jump theory, in her typical case, by doing it herself, while also testing the guards's readiness for infiltration of the base?
Nothing better to introduce yourself to your troops than a sudden security readiness test... Because if the guards fail... They are going to.... REALLY wish that they got killed by the Baroness.... Instead they are going to get introduced to SKA remedial training........ Kat style.....
Sorry,posted prematurely. Probably being widely seen as a warning shot across the bows of the Chinese and their American sponsors. "You've started buggering about have you? Right, I have just brought my world class expert on asymmetrical warfare out of retirement. Make of that what you will" Probably making that statement was at least part of Louis Ferdinand's intention when he asked Kat out of retirement.
That is what other countries will think. The Kaiser might have simply thought " I will use the best person for the task, after all for each task you should employ the right tool."
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This is why the United States blew it with Nancy, she would have been able to give the State Department an accurate assessment on the situation.
Sometimes in my Alternatalternate history version of this timeline, Nancy is still working for the State Department and was able to prevent a lot of misunderstandings on both sides like Asia and the Snake Pit.
If your Analysis Deparment output for any of the societal facets of your biggest rival hinges on only one person, loyal or not, it's time for revamping said department.
Very true, but... Nancy should have by that time had her own little section of the German Desk, training the people under her to develop their own resources, making their own analysis to compliment and compete with her analysis.
Part 93, Chapter 1461
Chapter One Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-One
29th September 1961
Mitte, Berlin
It was something that no one expected to be here, but that was exactly the point. The building that housed the temporary headquarters of the KSK looked like any other high-rise building in city core. The differences were very apparent once anyone got inside the building and saw the level of security throughout the building. Kat had just come from meeting with Tatiana and Malcolm’s teachers. It seemed that when they had placed the two of them in separate classrooms this term it had revealed that Malcolm had been dependent upon his sister in getting passing marks in certain subjects. While Kat approved of them working together and being clever enough to pull that off, it had only been a temporary fix to the larger problem. Kat had thought that Malcolm had been making real progress, so this was a real disappointment. The children had gone home with Douglas so she could get back to work.
That was the reason why Kat wasn’t exactly in a great mood when she came through the front door. Even though she was wearing civilian clothes everyone here knew who Kat was and she was grateful that she had put out the memo that this location was to be considered a field command post. It was technically true because the mandate of KSK basically extended to wherever the OKW authorized its operations, including Berlin itself. The result was that there was very little ceremony to announce her arrival. She just got buzzed in through the outer door by the two guards who watched the lobby from behind the bullet proof glass. The process repeated itself until Kat made it to her office on the top floor.
“Our friends on the fourth floor of the U.S. Embassy are a bit agitated today” Oberst von Schiller, Kat’s Aide-de-Camp said as she walked in. “It seems that someone told them of your latest appointment.”
Kat concealed her annoyance when he said that. Everyone else in this building seemed to find the way that the American Central Intelligence Agency viewed her as the monster under the bed to be amusing. Kat had replaced Johann Schultz as the not so secret mastermind behind the actions of the German State in popular imagination. It was odd because Kat currently had no working relationship with the BND, they mostly pretended that they had no idea who she was. Schultz on the other hand had earned his reputation by meddling in the affairs of the United States to such an extent that no one could ever acknowledge that it had ever happened because far more than national pride and reputations were at stake.
“I don’t have time to worry about little boys jumping at their own shadows” Kat replied, and von Schiller just gave a slight smile at that answer.
“The files you asked for are on your desk as well Ma’am.”
“Thank you” Kat said. She was still trying to get used to the changes that came from her new rank. “Have you heard back from our source in Cuxhaven?”
“No” von Schiller replied, “I’ll let you know when he gets back to us.”
That was another annoyance. Recently, Kat had completed a tour of the training facilities of the KSK and Cuxhaven stood out as a particular trouble spot. She knew that the Marine Recon units, the Sealions were incredibly valuable. However, there was the culture of the Marine Infantry that seeped into the way that the Sealions did things. The Generalmajor who was the Commanding Officer in Cuxhaven and the Oberst in charge of the training facility there had taken upon themselves to tell Kat what she wanted to hear and while having every intention of keeping it business as usual while she wasn’t around. Kat knew that she would need to make an example of someone in order to be taken seriously. They had just moved themselves to the top of the list. Two of the files on her desk were of those two men.
The third file Kat had requested at the insistence of the Emperor and that was the one that she opened. He had asked her to look in on the present welfare of his daughter beyond what she had seen herself in Laupheim. It was interesting reading as Kiki had a medical examination when she had completed the Physical Training portion of what was called the Leadership Indoctrination Course this week. It was the training that Officers and Aspirants endured if they wanted to lead one of the Special Forces teams in the future. Not only was it more difficult but the trainees were subjected to intense training while being subjected to a more subtle examination. The idea was to see how they reacted when pushed to their limits, both physically and mentally.
Underweight, exhausted and difficult, that was the conclusion that the Doctor had reached about Kiki. Kat wondered how he would fare if he had experienced what she had over the previous eight weeks. According to his notes he had made the mistake that male Doctors always made when dealing with female patients with the very first test that he had ordered. No wonder Kiki had proven difficult.
Reading further, Kat saw that Kiki had almost washed out of the program. It was not for physical reasons though. It was entirely because she was seen as being too nice. It had been observed that her leadership style involved building a consensus as opposed to giving orders and the concern was that she would be indecisive at critical moments. Then she had apparently come close to twisting a man’s leg off in a training exercise and a different side of her had emerged over the following days. Kat smiled at that, anyone who had seen Kiki fight back against her older, much bigger, brothers would know that she could absolutely merciless if she chose.
29th September 1961
Mitte, Berlin
It was something that no one expected to be here, but that was exactly the point. The building that housed the temporary headquarters of the KSK looked like any other high-rise building in city core. The differences were very apparent once anyone got inside the building and saw the level of security throughout the building. Kat had just come from meeting with Tatiana and Malcolm’s teachers. It seemed that when they had placed the two of them in separate classrooms this term it had revealed that Malcolm had been dependent upon his sister in getting passing marks in certain subjects. While Kat approved of them working together and being clever enough to pull that off, it had only been a temporary fix to the larger problem. Kat had thought that Malcolm had been making real progress, so this was a real disappointment. The children had gone home with Douglas so she could get back to work.
That was the reason why Kat wasn’t exactly in a great mood when she came through the front door. Even though she was wearing civilian clothes everyone here knew who Kat was and she was grateful that she had put out the memo that this location was to be considered a field command post. It was technically true because the mandate of KSK basically extended to wherever the OKW authorized its operations, including Berlin itself. The result was that there was very little ceremony to announce her arrival. She just got buzzed in through the outer door by the two guards who watched the lobby from behind the bullet proof glass. The process repeated itself until Kat made it to her office on the top floor.
“Our friends on the fourth floor of the U.S. Embassy are a bit agitated today” Oberst von Schiller, Kat’s Aide-de-Camp said as she walked in. “It seems that someone told them of your latest appointment.”
Kat concealed her annoyance when he said that. Everyone else in this building seemed to find the way that the American Central Intelligence Agency viewed her as the monster under the bed to be amusing. Kat had replaced Johann Schultz as the not so secret mastermind behind the actions of the German State in popular imagination. It was odd because Kat currently had no working relationship with the BND, they mostly pretended that they had no idea who she was. Schultz on the other hand had earned his reputation by meddling in the affairs of the United States to such an extent that no one could ever acknowledge that it had ever happened because far more than national pride and reputations were at stake.
“I don’t have time to worry about little boys jumping at their own shadows” Kat replied, and von Schiller just gave a slight smile at that answer.
“The files you asked for are on your desk as well Ma’am.”
“Thank you” Kat said. She was still trying to get used to the changes that came from her new rank. “Have you heard back from our source in Cuxhaven?”
“No” von Schiller replied, “I’ll let you know when he gets back to us.”
That was another annoyance. Recently, Kat had completed a tour of the training facilities of the KSK and Cuxhaven stood out as a particular trouble spot. She knew that the Marine Recon units, the Sealions were incredibly valuable. However, there was the culture of the Marine Infantry that seeped into the way that the Sealions did things. The Generalmajor who was the Commanding Officer in Cuxhaven and the Oberst in charge of the training facility there had taken upon themselves to tell Kat what she wanted to hear and while having every intention of keeping it business as usual while she wasn’t around. Kat knew that she would need to make an example of someone in order to be taken seriously. They had just moved themselves to the top of the list. Two of the files on her desk were of those two men.
The third file Kat had requested at the insistence of the Emperor and that was the one that she opened. He had asked her to look in on the present welfare of his daughter beyond what she had seen herself in Laupheim. It was interesting reading as Kiki had a medical examination when she had completed the Physical Training portion of what was called the Leadership Indoctrination Course this week. It was the training that Officers and Aspirants endured if they wanted to lead one of the Special Forces teams in the future. Not only was it more difficult but the trainees were subjected to intense training while being subjected to a more subtle examination. The idea was to see how they reacted when pushed to their limits, both physically and mentally.
Underweight, exhausted and difficult, that was the conclusion that the Doctor had reached about Kiki. Kat wondered how he would fare if he had experienced what she had over the previous eight weeks. According to his notes he had made the mistake that male Doctors always made when dealing with female patients with the very first test that he had ordered. No wonder Kiki had proven difficult.
Reading further, Kat saw that Kiki had almost washed out of the program. It was not for physical reasons though. It was entirely because she was seen as being too nice. It had been observed that her leadership style involved building a consensus as opposed to giving orders and the concern was that she would be indecisive at critical moments. Then she had apparently come close to twisting a man’s leg off in a training exercise and a different side of her had emerged over the following days. Kat smiled at that, anyone who had seen Kiki fight back against her older, much bigger, brothers would know that she could absolutely merciless if she chose.