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There have been several posts that include or are focused on children in T2K. Below are two that I've posted over the years.

Teenage Scout - And reluctant mother
Brandon Micks is a 14 year old boy dressed in mixed civilian cammo clothes and carrying a Ruger 10/22 semi auto .22 LR with a scope. When encountered he’ll have two squirrels in a day pack (he caught them on snares). He’s the man of the house now, since his father was killed by whatever “enemy” group is in the area. He’s very familiar with the local area, and will be a willing and effective guide. His family is living in a suburban house, both the yards have been turned into a garden, they have five chickens, and the pool is stocked with catfish. His mother is 38 and quite haggard looking and will be adamant against his being involved in anything, though he will sneak out. He’s got a 12 year old sister and they have adopted a 11 year old boy. Their father and a 7 year old brother are buried in backyard.

Digger Co (Engineers): The Co musters 37 effectives organized into a 4 man HQ, two Engr ‘Plts’ (1st Plt has 13, and 2d Plt has 11 men) and a 9 man equipment ‘Plt’ who operates heavy equipment, generators and water pumps and showers. Each of the squads has a couple of men who can work a dozer. The EOD SSgt has proven his worth at recovering explosives from dud ordnance and making improvised mines and explosives.
When encountered on the road, they will be lead by the M113, followed by HMMWV, M-88, dump truck towing machine shop trailer, the tractor trailer (carrying armored bulldozer). The trail vehicle will be 1st plt in the Dump Truck with mounted M60. All vehicles are heavily worn and loaded. Packs and dufflebags hang from the sides. The unit will appear on the ball with every weapon manned by alert gunners and watchful eyes all around.
2nd Plt (11 men) is mounted in a M113 with a Mk19 w gunshield, it is towing a line charge trailer with a line charge and rocket. A SSgt is the Plt Cmdr. He has vehicle crew (driver and gunner) and 2 4 man squads. In addition to small arms, they are equipped with a RPG-16 and 6 rockets, 4 men including a rocket man will normally be up and out the back hatches.
1st Plt (13 men) is mounted in a dump truck whose cab has been armored. The dump body provides decent protection for soldiers riding inside, a M-60 with gun shield is mounted behind the cab. It’s pulling a 1 ton trailer cargo trailer, overloaded with a wide range of engineer tools and limited class IV. A SSgt is the Plt Cmdr, he has 3 4 man squads. They have a RPG-16 w 7 rds.
The Co HQ drives in MRC 145 radio vehicle that has been ‘up-armored.’ They tow a ½ ton trailer with EOD tools, a camp stove, water purifier, water pump and NBC decontamination senator (more often used to provide field showers). The HQ consists of the Commander (1stLt (a brilliant young Engineer Officer, who also happens to be a 24 year old cute/petite lady, M4/M9), the 1stSgt (wise and grizzled old SNCO, M14 & .45), an EOD SSgt (caustic sense of humor, annoying, but brave and effective tech, M4 & M9) and the Medic (SP4, Ak-74, 9mm, medic bag). They have one AT-4 rocket.
- The Equipment Plt has a 5 ton truck dump truck with improvised cab armor, which hauls a machine shop trailer with a 20 KW generator. It’s bed is crammed with spare parts, POLs, tools and materials. The Driver is an excellent mechanic (M-3 grease gun), his A-Driver is a MSgt Equipment Maintainance Chief who is responsible for fabricating many of the units best up-armored vehicles (including his favorite Godzilla) M203, .357 magnum revolver. The MSgt's "war wife" is a plain looking but friendly 31 yr old Polish woman, who rides in the vehicle and has a AKR SMG.
M-88 ARV w .50 MG (3 man crew). They are protecting/have 'adopted' a 7 year old refuge boy and his german shephard who rides with them in the cab.
A “tractor rough terrain articulated medium (TRAM)’ (a large rubber tired forklift capable of switching out the forks and replacing them with a ‘bulldozer and loader blade.”) with improvised armor which does double duty as both a fork lift and front end loader. The rubber tires have been filled with foam, two spare tires (also filled with foam are carried on roof). Operator armed with SMG version of the Ak-74).
Godzilla: A D-7 bulldozer that has been up-armored. It has armor plates and RPG cages around engine and driver compartment. The driver compartment has firing ports that allow the operator to employ his M3 SMG from inside. A flame-thrower has been added (50m range, 1d4+3 shots) mounted to engine cowling, the operator aims it by turning the vehicle. The back end has a ripper (which has proved very useful against fortifications). The blade has proven to be very effective ‘spaced armor’ and has taken 3 RPG hits creating only minor holes. They have a TTP of employing 55 gallon barrels full of improvised explosives which are fired by a 2 min time fuse after the vehicle places the charge.
A single tractor trailer, with improvised armor on cab and a M-60 on ring mount and low boy trailer, remains operational to transport the HE. It will either be used to carry Godzilla to an Assault Position, or one or two of the other pieces of kit to work sites (it can carry one Dozer and one backhoe at a time or both backhoes, but not both dozers). It’s also been used to carry supplies and lumber. It's normally carries three men (driver, gunner/VC, and Godzilla operator).
2 standard D-7s dozers (one is NATO three color camo, one Caterpillar yellow) and two civilian backhoes are also available.
They have 2 M19 non-metallic mines, 25 recovered Soviet TM-6 AT mines, 12 improvised claymores, a 40# shaped charge, 36 improvised ‘toe popper’ mines (built in tuna fish cans), duds 2x82mm, 1x122 mm, 1x155mm HE (for use as IED). 6 POMZ-2 (grenade on a stick) mines, 240# of military explosives, 120# of HME. Reasonable amount of blasting caps and time fuse, though they are short on det cord.