The Army (of the Divided Kingdom)

Organisation
Like the British army, but chaplains have the power of mullahs
Frankly he didn’t trust the army. From what he had seen of it so far, the men that had left full of the joy of God’s command, had returned sullen, angry and dangerous. Besides they had been down that way already and already made his life harder by bring up all the slaves from Goldengreens. (Chapter 10)
~
‘What happened to General Macmillan? And Bishop Eric?’
‘All dead. And a great many besides. All the church men got killed off right at the start when we were betrayed by a bunch of Russian [people] (Chapter 10)
The Army Chaplains
‘Why would I leave?’ said Randy in genuine surprise. ‘I like the army. And it’s the best place to be right now, believe me. It’s just the mullah’s that spoil it all. They’re nutters. They are the nutters that started it all. Forget it, forget I said anything.’
Activity
See The North
Uniform
Nathan was taking in the outfit that his brother was in. Camouflaged fatigues with deep pockets in the jacket. ‘You don’t have to have tassels on your clothes?’
‘No, bru,’ smiled Randolph as he cut up his eggs. ‘They would get caught on everything. You don’t have any of that sort of stuff in the army.’
Chapter 9:
The door was opened, and the young man gently eased himself in, dressed in army fatigues and a red beret, his sleeves rolled up to show his tanned dark skin.
Material
‘It’s the army being back,’ commented Jack. ‘Have you seen any of their tanks yet? I heard they have some down on the Delta. I saw two armoured cars the other day. They looked American. Probably Strykers.’ (chapter 10)
PTSD
‘Never gets any better Jonesy,’ said Randolph with a deep sigh. ‘Hey, you know, some of the old soldiers I know, the ones that were in the army before the reditus, well, oh it doesn’t matter…’
‘What is it lad? Come on now.’
‘Well, they said they had things back then to help people. People with PTSD... There was dedicated medical support for combat stress, all that sort of thing. I mean, I’m putting on a brave face for the family, but nobody talks about that sort of stuff anymore. Now that God is here, what use are therapists? Now they just tell us to pray. It doesn’t help. I’m used to praying like a Muslim. Praying like a Christian just feels wrong to me, and every time I close my eyes – I’ve got, like ten different horror shows to choose from. The only good thing about having so many terrible memories is that they all sort of overwhelm each other. I don’t know why I’m telling you this.’
Army Plans post-War
Harper put his glass of tea down and wiped the sweat from his brow. ‘We’re back. But not because we had finished what we had gone to do, but because we were defeated. Listen, I wanted to talk to you before Bacon started filling your ears with lies. The army are making plans to move on to Strake and abandon Evermarch to the enemy. A lot of the lads are from Evermarch though and won’t want to go...’
‘What are you talking about?’ interrupted Thorman. ‘What enemy? What have you done?’
‘You’ll get it all from Bacon, but I wanted to make sure you heard the truth first. Randy is a good lad, he’ll take you to our glorious leader now.’
Chapter 11:
‘I’ve noticed more of your mean on the Transition Zone line as well. What’s to be made of that?’
‘Just keeping the chaps busy. We may be setting up another base or two in the city, but nothing to get overly worried about.’
Elder Ritchie is worried by this. (No shit! The army have been killing lots of muta) 
‘Well, they do keep on getting in the way,’ observed Major Harper dryly. ‘We’ve only killed a couple of them in the city. And a few handfuls in Prospect. If they would just take the hint and bugger off whenever the army shows up, then they’d be all the happier for it.’ 
Category:Paradise
Category:Paradise Organisations