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King's Advisor at the Training Center

When I arrived by boat at Para Lake in Yanggu carrying a bag of biscuits a

fter passing through the 103rd Replenishment Unit in Chuncheon , instruct
ors were waiting for me to come out of the unit to take over the troops .

“ What do you see ahead ?”
“ I see an old , big tree !”

“ What else do you see behind it ?”

“ Old , I can see the mountains .”
“ What do you see on that mountainside ?”

“ I see a big , old tree !”

Following the instructors' orders, we ran toward the old tree on the mount
ainside . I ran with all my might when I heard that they would limit the nu

mber to 10 on a first-come-first-served basis . I came in at the front an

d was left behind in spirit , but the other recruits had to run and run and r
un until their breath caught in their throats . That day we entered boot ca

mp . Training began the next day without rest. The first day was formal tr

aining: “Go forward , go back !” It was a continuation of . was assigned

number 1 in the company. As for number assignment, I was assigned the f
irst number in alphabetical order of name . The surname Kwon is almost fi

rst in alphabetical order, so naturally, I ended up with the 'Wang' surname .

As we begin the 16 routine exercises , the squad leader, Assistant Choi ,

comes up and ... He gave a stylish and disciplined demonstration on the sp

ot . After that, he had us in the front row, from number 1 to number 1, co

me out and perform the ritual movements .
The other trainees were good at following the instructor who was demons

trating clearly , but I was the only one who couldn't do it .

Then the teaching assistant said, “This torturer’s X talent !” Then sud
denly the kicking started . Before everyone goes to the military , during th
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e drill classes taught in high school,

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