Aftermath - Chapter one. Returning home

(tiny lore drop) in order to join the defense force you need to work in the logistical domain before you can join at the minimum age of 1.

Dean was done. He had worked in getting supplies off of ships in Halifax for the summer in order to join the ODM. He was so happy on the truck ride back to Ottawa. He would see his other again for two months. He spent his summer break working for the ODM but not yet as a soldier. Once the trench lines became visible he was full of joy. The truck was dropped off at the logistics headquarters of the northern end. From there he ran to his mother's shop and said "I MADE IT IN!"

"woah woah woah honey! You made it into the ODM? Your work definitely paid off huh?" She said giving Dean a massive hug. "My application for the informant division was approved!"

The next day he went to the Garrison head for handing in his paper. He was in.

For the next few weeks he was in the standard training all recruits have to go through. If they pass they can go to their specialized training. If the fail they can either leave entirely or get put in a higher grade of logistics.

Dean passed with flying colors. Now he wanted to be an informant. These guys go out in enemy camps or areas, behind the lines in battlefields and through old battlefields for new technology to study.

In a few weeks he was approved and his first mission was gonna be hard. Word had gotten out that in the battle of Saskatoon (lore drop: in the Soviet win in the cold war China had a failed invasion of Canada, they froze in winter and got bested by the Superior training NATO troops had) old frozen tanks have some non-functional technology for the war machines .

Tanks were something considered 'achievements of the old world' due to all the data of their making has been lost in the alien invasion. Dean's mission was to secure the area from malita groups and spread the information secretly to all of the nations in the world to secure their supply lines.

So on the day of the operation he was sent