The Bogland Special Forces CMSgt, Sergeant Christian Bates, was doing a solo graveyard shift guard on the airfield. If you were wondering why the sergeant was doing a solo guard, soldiers of rank MSgt and higher are trained well enough to do solo guards, but can be put in guards of two or three if requested. Anyway, at around 12:35AM, Sergeant Bates noticed a man approaching the gate. It was too dark for the sergeant to make out any distinct features, so he pulled out a flashlight from his backpack and turned it on. The man in front of him made Sergeant Bates instantly suspicious. The man was wearing a black business suit, his brown hair was neatly combed, and he was carrying a black leather briefcase. Sergeant Bates immediately yelled that the area was restricted property and he needed to leave the premises. The man ignored him, and after just a few seconds, was standing just a few feet in front of the sergeant. The sergeant pulled his M4A1 and aimed. Before he could fire, the man grabbed the barrel of the gun and yanked it away, before grabbing Sergeant Bates by the neck with his left hand and pinning him against the border fence to the airfield. The man used his right hand to open the briefcase, which was filled with stacks of $100 USD bills. The man began talking quickly and quietly, trying to coerce the sergeant to leave the military for $500K. After about 30 seconds, before the man could get to why he was doing this, Sergeant Bates used the fence as leverage, positioned his feet on the man’s waist, and pushed with all of his strength. The man fell backwards and dropped his briefcase, causing the bills to fly everywhere. Sergeant Bates tried to reach for his M4A1, which was lying on the ground to his left, but the man picked it up and threw it into the bushes, before picking up a small yellow handaxe that was lying on the ground, likely concealed by the money. The sergeant, realizing he couldn’t reach the M4A1 in time, pulled out his own melee weapon, a double bladed battle axe, from his belt. The man tried to swipe at the sergeant first, but he dodged to the right. Sergeant Bates turned on his shoulder radio and told the base about this suspicious man, requesting backup. While the sergeant was distracted, the man swiped at his head, but he ducked and rolled. Now, cornered against the fence, Sergeant Bates had to defend himself with his axe. The man swiped overhead, but Sergeant Bates blocked with his axe handle. He then grabbed the very end of the handle and swung the blade downwards in a pendulum motion, hitting the man in the upper leg. Now spitting mad about the leg wound, the man swung upwards with his handaxe and hit Sergeant Bates on the right side of his face, causing a deep cut to open. Sergeant Bates ignored the cut and shoved the man to the ground. Sergeant Bates then gripped his axe handle and held it above his head, as if preparing the bring it down on the man. The man tried to get up and scamper away, but several of the Special Forces jeeps pulled up to the scene. One of the soldiers, Sergeant Madison Truong, leapt out of the driver seat of the head jeep and charged for the man. The man was still looking behind him and didn’t notice Sergeant Truong, so he ran into her, knocking him to the ground again. Sergeant Truong immediately got on top of him and restrained him by pinning his wrists to the ground with her boots. The other soldier from the lead jeep, Sergeant Chris Jefferson, ran over to Sergeant Bates. Seeing the deep wound on his face, Sergeant Jefferson immediately radioed for a doctor. Due to the adrenaline rush, Sergeant Bates was initially confused by the call, saying that nothing hurt. Sergeant Jefferson couldn’t help and chuckled, telling him to touch the right side of his face. Sergeant Bates did so, and when he took a look at his hand, it was covered in blood. Sergeant Jefferson handed Sergeant Bates a small towel which he held to his face to soak up the blood. Sergeant Truong tied up the man’s arms and legs, stood him up, and led him to the jeep, putting him in a face down position in the back seat. Sergeant Truong joined Sergeant Jefferson, and being a medic, asked if she could see if Sergeant Bates’ eye was injured. Luckily, when he was hit, Sergeant Bates had his eyes closed, so they had not been injured. When she saw the wound, Sergeant Truong determined that it was deep, but not fatal. Apparently it was a very awkward ride from the airbase entrance to the medical facility. Sergeant Bates was sitting shotgun trying not to get blood everywhere, Sergeant Truong was sitting in the back occasionally telling the man to shut up and nudging him with her M4A1 barrel to make him stop whimpering, and Sergeant Jefferson was driving, trying to ignore everything happening around him. After they got back to the base’s medical facility, the doctor gave Sergeant Bates 64 stitches on his face. The doctor told Sergeant Bates that the wound would heal, but it would leave a noticeable scar along the cut. When offered a cream that would remove the scar, Sergeant Bates refused, but his reason for refusing is not known. The man was determined to be a security guard hired by the CEO of another Bogland airline, CEO Harriet Johnson of Johnson Airways, as small regional airline and the closest competition to Bogland Hopper. Johnson Airways was established in 2018 operates a fleet of five Mitsubishi CRJ-700s as a ULCC based at West Bogland Airport. Due to the popularity of Bogland Hopper, Johnson Airways was about to go bankrupt. It didn’t help when the Bogland Capital Airport Authority (with me as CEO) kicked them out of Bogland West for the construction of the MCAS that the planes were stored at Pinal Airpark in Arizona. Apparently, CEO Johnson was planning to somehow get free slots at Bogland Capital International Airport. We’ve bought Johnson Airways, given Bogland Airlines Group the CRJ7s and their assets, and gave the dead company back to CEO Johnson.