3. Too Many Pretty Female Soldiers Around Here...
"...Alright then, let's welcome both lieutenants once again to our battalion. We'll set up a separate time later to chat more."
The roughly 15-minute meeting between the battalion commander and us new lieutenants wrapped up with Park Yumi's words. I left her office feeling a pang of regret—I'd wanted to spend more time with her, exuding that warm charisma mixed with the sultry allure unique to a MILF. It was a completely different emotion from the tension I'd felt going in.
As I anticipated our next encounter with Park Yumi, the administrative officer carefully closed the battalion commander's office door and led us back to personnel and intelligence sections for some registration procedures.
After handling some paperwork for the apartment I'd moved into yesterday and getting my non-disclosure clearance at intelligence, I headed to the third floor where my assigned 3rd Battery was located. Along the way, the female soldiers I passed on the stairs and hallways stared at me with wide-eyed surprise and curiosity. Finally, I arrived at the administrative platoon.
Knock knock knock.
"Hello... I'm Lieutenant Kim Jaejun, newly transferred in."
"Oh! You're the new forward observer platoon leader? Nice to meet you! I'm Master Sergeant Go Suyeon, the 3rd Battery administrative supply officer."
I knocked on the already-open door, announced myself, and stepped inside. A cute face with a bit of plumpness peeked out from behind her monitor. She greeted me with a smile that could brighten anyone's day. Then she stood up and approached me, forcing me to struggle once more to keep my eyes in check after leaving the battalion commander's office.
And for good reason—Master Sergeant Go Suyeon had a body that perfectly matched the trendy term "thick." Slightly shorter than the battalion commander but with breasts that had to be at least H-cups, a deceptively slim waist, and hips that flared out dramatically like a curvaceous hourglass. Even hidden under her uniform, her figure was the kind that kept drawing a man's gaze.
I stole sidelong glances—my side-eye skill seemed to have leveled up since yesterday—as her voluptuous form approached. But soon she was right in front of me, so I extended my hand for a proper greeting.
"Nice to meet you, Master Sergeant. Looking forward to working with you."
"The pleasure's mine, Forward Observer Platoon Leader. The admin platoon already feels brighter with a man around ❤️."
Her hand felt surprisingly soft—not at all like a soldier's—as she took mine with what seemed like sincere flattery. Just as I was tempted to hold on longer, her soft hand slipped away. I masked my disappointment with a light smile while she gestured toward the office next door.
"You should stop by the battery commander's first. Right next door."
"Ah, yes. See you later then."
"Sure thing. Take care, Forward Observer Platoon Leader."
As she said, paying respects to my direct superior came first. Leaving behind the older woman radiating mature charm, I headed to the battery commander's office next door. I paused at the door, took a deep breath, and knocked.
Huuu...
Knock knock knock.
"New forward observer platoon leader, Lieutenant Kim Jaejun. May I come in?"
"Yeah, come on in."
Click. Creak.
A lively voice greeted me as I opened the door. The office was about half the size of the battalion commander's, and in one corner sat a woman at her desk—my direct superior for at least the next year, 3rd Battery Commander Captain Lee Seon-ah. As she gestured for me to sit without getting up, that thought from the battalion commander's office hit me again.
Did they really pick the unit members based on their looks?
After moving to a seat across from her at the table for introductions and a brief Q&A on the Mixed-Gender Unit Pilot Program, the sharp-featured beauty suddenly shifted to the topic of exercise.
"I'll teach you the forward observer platoon leader duties bit by bit... Jaejun, you like working out?"
"Working out, ma'am?"
"Gym stuff. Gym."
"Ah! Yes! I'm not great at it, but I like it."
"Oh yeah?"
Her face lit up at my quick affirmative, warming the atmosphere.
"Then after PT ends later, come with me. For now, read this mission handbook."
"Yes, ma'am."
Back at the admin platoon, I sat at the forward observer platoon leader's desk next to the master sergeant and started reading the mission handbook, including the handover log. Through chit-chat with her—while sneaking peeks at her thick figure—I learned my predecessor had taken all his backlog leave and wouldn't be around until his discharge day.
Morning flew by with the handbook and talks with the master sergeant. Soon it was lunchtime.
"Time for chow, Forward Observer Platoon Leader. The other officers will head straight from outside to the mess hall."
"Uh... what about the battery commander?"
"She eats with the battalion commander."
"Ah, got it..."
"Come on! If we're late, the troops will devour everything. Haha!"
Following her big-sisterly lead to the mess hall behind the barracks, I saw officers and soldiers who'd come straight from work already eating. But stepping inside, I felt that familiar awkwardness mixed with male instinct making my eyes dart around...
With late June heat, most female soldiers had ditched their uniform tops, eating in just digital tees or black ones. Average-and-above looks and curves on casual display. Led by the master sergeant to the serving line, I found myself staring blankly at a woman across the counter.
Idol-level innocent beauty, healthily slim—not skinny—figure, contrasted by plump breasts. Next instant, Master Sergeant Go Suyeon, already served, spoke to her.
"Hey, Hyunju. This is the new forward observer platoon leader. Load up the meat."
"Yes, sir! I'm Corporal Lee Hyunju, FDC squad leader. Nice to meet you!"
"Uh... yeah. Let's do our best."
She introduced herself to me—still gawking—and piled meat on my tray. Snapping out of it, I returned the greeting, ending our first meeting. Following the master sergeant to the officers' table, I exchanged quick hellos with the NCOs I'd just met, and my first unit meal began.
With me as the only man in the mess hall, every gaze—from enlisted to officers—seemed locked on me. I finished faster than usual. Back at admin for small talk with Master Sergeant Go Suyeon, with 15 minutes till afternoon duty, the battery commander appeared at the door.
I hadn't noticed earlier while seated, but among all the women I'd seen, she had the widest hips and an ass that looked ready to burst her uniform pants. It could compete with influencers famous for hips and booties on SNS...
"Jaejun, let's greet the battery officers now. Master Sergeant, join us."
We followed her into the officers' lounge next door. As we entered after her, the NCOs—lounging half-reclined—turned their eyes to us.
"Sorry to interrupt your break, but new family member's here—gotta say hi. This is the new transfer, Forward Observer Platoon Leader Lieutenant Kim Jaejun."
"Nice to meet you all. I'm Kim Jaejun, taking over as 3rd Battery forward observer platoon leader. Looking forward to working together!"
Clap clap clap clap.
As applause followed my greeting, the battery commander spoke again.
"We'll do the welcome dinner for our new forward observer platoon leader this Friday evening... Oh! Master Sergeant, the bushes by the front gate road need mowing this afternoon..."
Friday welcome drinks, plus afternoon "work." I was starting to get a real feel for army life.