<div class="floatright">(http://i39.tinypic.com/2nrpv6p.jpg)</div><div align="center"><em>Enlisted Mess USS Tulare</em></div><br/>Some pencils and pens scratched out notes on their maps as Lt. York pointed out those facts, and others glanced at each other. Captain Finn nodded, then added in, "Be careful, then- we don't know what the terrain will be like out there.  There won't be many of us to start with, so don't feel like you need to search every car and cargo container- just the ones close to where you may establish any firing positions.  There's going to be a lot of infantrymen and rear area types who will have too much time on their hands if we come into Baltimore, so don't feel like you need to cover every sort problem.  Also, avoid big, open spaces for now.  If there's just a big, empty parking lot, wait for a big formation to secure it."<br/><br/>He looked around. "There aren't that many of us- don't do the job that a company of infantrymen should do, but don't feel like you need to run and hide, either.  It's the Cav, so use your initiative."<br/><br/>*****************************<br/><div class="floatleft">(http://i43.tinypic.com/19laio.jpg)</div><div align="center"><em>Boat Deck, USS Tulare</em><br/><strong>Tagged: </strong> PFC Choi, anyone else who wants to come along</div><br/>The ship's boat deck- usually a quiet area on<em>Tulare's</em>topside, a place you could get away from the ship's activity underway, is currently a bustle of work.  It takes some asking around before Choi found the boats assigned to the Platoon.  There were three sailors already hard at work on making sure everything would be ready for tomorrow afternoon- Boatswain's Mate, 2nd Class Johansen seemed to be in charge of the team, and spent most of his time looking over the hull and other gear on board the boats.  Fireman Martins was shoulders deep in an engine well, digging around and cranking tools on various bolts and other fixtures.  The last, Seaman Apprentice Rosenberg, was "Striking" for a Boatswain's rating- that is, he wanted to have Johansen's job in the future, and so had volunteered to get some experience in the job.<br/><br/>"Always glad to have some help, you know," Johansen said.  "Know much about small boats, or seamanship?  What do you do over in the Army?"<br/><br/>Choi lifted her chin a bit, not wanting some swabbie to give her the business. "I'm one of the driver/mechanics for the team, actually."<br/><br/>The Boatswain's Mate grinned a bit and nodded. "Why don't you relieve Rosenberg and help out Martins?  Our engines are a little different, but still mostly the same.  Rosenberg can lend me a hand."<br/><br/>