Russell chuckled at the Lieutenant's impromptu Foghorn Leghorn impersonation when he described his first encounter with bourbon.<em>Well, at least this butterbar can laugh at himself,</em>he thought with some relief. It was one of Murphy's Laws of Combat that there was nothing as dangerous to your own unit as a second lieutenant with a map and a radio, but this one seemed to have a good head on his shoulders along with a healthy dose of cynicism. "Lieutenant, may I suggest you detail an armed guard for that Glenfiddich just as a precaution," he joked. The machine-gunner wouldn't be unprofessional enough to start knocking back the booze while the team was still in potentially hostile territory, but he had a good idea of exactly what a bottle of prime whisky would be worth in the black market that sprung up in any military base like a kudzu vine.<br/><br/>The rest of the trip to the next village was relatively mundane, but Russell kept a careful watch for possible hostiles out of the Humvee's windows. It was a habit he'd picked up in Iraq, and had caught himself doing it even back in the States on R&R. Still, it wasn't like there was anything else to do and it beat being complacent. As the Humvee pulled to a stop Russell eased the digital camera into his jacket pocket for easy access along with a smartphone. There was no network coverage in this world (big surprise there!) but the smartphone was a great way to record audio, and he had been tasked with gathering more information about languages in this world. Clambering out of the Humvee he slung his M-249 muzzle-down over his right shoulder, making the firearm less obvious and threatening to any observers than a weapon held in the hands. However all it would take would be a twitch of his hand holding the M-249's forestock and a shift back to the pistol grip, and two hundred rounds of 5.56mm would be ready to rock-and-roll. "Ready to roll, Lieutenant," he murmured to Black, taking up position next to the team's commander. "Looks like this is some sort of trading post, so hopefully they should be open to negotiations. If we're lucky we might be able to get information about some of their neighbours."<br/><br/>OOC: Mac, if you want to leave him as Army that's fine. Considering the war effort involves the UN rather than just a couple of nations I think recon teams with members of the various services mixed together is exactly the type of political statement some dumbass senator would come up with.