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Ordered to prepare a clandestine mission to Europe, Team Reliant's task is to prevent the transfer of deadly radioactive material to terrorists. They must kill General Jagwi. Things were going well until someone surprised them.The strange love story is set against the sometimes-terrifying efforts of a US Army Special Forces team and the lone woman on the team. Initially the attraction that Aleumdaun, the female of the team, feels for the selfish, self-gratifying Slover moves forward with bumpy moments while they work with the other team members to eliminate their North Korean nemesis. "Sounds interesting!"
Dedication This novel is dedicated to the following: SSG John Thompson for his Army experience, foreign service, and honest reflections of events. Amy Stell for her steadfast and keenly insightful copy reading. Sharon Henderson for enduring friendship and willingness to read my work for errors. COL David Osterhout for his eye for detail and because he isn’t afrai...
Reveille: At 0800, and sometimes at sunrise, depending on the military installation, a detail of military personnel assembles at the flag pole in front of the headquarters building of the military installation. They assemble with the flag of the United States of America carried respectfully. A cannon fires a blank round as a part of the ceremony. The detachment runs the flag rapidly up the flag pole. They take one step back. They render “...
Chapter 1 Jagwi Calls from an Undisclosed Location Sovereign Peoples Union of Korea The Supreme and Glorious Leader’s Office Pyongyang, North Korea 0800 hours North Korean Phone Call In an unknown and secluded place, Jagwi formulated and created something out of nothing. He created a plan to acquire the material t...
CHAPTER 2 UNIT: A single soldier SITUATION: Mysterious Communication LOCATION: Secure Room One ATTITUDE: Cloying State of Gloom and Anxiety TIME: 0500 hours Local Time, Current Date The location is northern South Korea. The building is in camp Bowie. A soldier sits there. The soldier sits in a chair, in a room, alone...
UNIT: Ten Member Special Operation Team SITUATION: Mission Preparation LOCATION: Camp Bowie Motor Pool TIME: 1700 hours Sierra, Current Date The ten of them were gathered in the motor pool for the start of a treacherous mission. Spence ordered. “At ease, everyone! We’ve practiced this mission three times, now. It should be pretty straight forward. Let’s check our radio e...
CHAPTER 4 UNIT: Eight Member Special Operations Team SITUATION: Planning Meeting LOCATION: Secure Room One TIME: 0630 hours Local Time, Current Date After Spence’s early morning conversation with Mungo, he agreed to wait until he called the team back together before doing anything. The later that morning, he gathered the six other mem...
CHAPTER 5 UNIT: Eight Member Special Operation Team SITUATION: Planning Meeting LOCATION: Secure Room One TIME: 0700 hours Local Time, Current Date Spence stiffened. His every muscle vibrated with his hearing of the news. He commanded, “Say that one more time, slowly!” Se...
CHAPTER 6 UNIT: Eight Member Special Operation Team SITUATION: Planning Meeting LOCATION: Secure Room One TIME: 0900 hours Local Time, Current Date Two hours later, Spence marched back into Secure Room One. Mungo stood up to call the room to attention. Spence waved him to silence and commanded, “As you were!” He asked, “Ok...
CHAPTER 7 UNIT: Ten Member Special Operation Team SITUATION: Mission Preparation LOCATION: Camp Bowie Motor Pool TIME: 1700 hours, Current Date Ten of them were gathered in the motor pool for the start of a treacherous mission. Spence ordered. “At ease, everyone! We’ve practiced this mission three times, now. It should be pretty...
CHAPTER 8 UNIT: Five Member Tunnel One Team SITUATION: Preparing for Tunnel Seizure LOCATION: at the North Korean Entrance TIME: 1800 hours, Current Date Major Harvey asked Sergeant Major Mungo if he would drive the truck to the tunnel while Harvey looked at the maps and pondered exactly how to neutralize the guard...
CHAPTER 9 UNIT: Control and Floater SITUATION: Preparing To Move Forward LOCATION: At Farmer Nongjangju’s Farm TIME: 1830 hours Local Tine. Current Date Moments later, Harvey radioed, “Control, this is Tunnel.” “Tunnel, Control. Report!” “Roger, sir! We have secured the North Korean tunnel entranc...
CHAPTER 10 UNIT: Aleumdaun’s Special Operations Team SITUATION: Navigating up tributary River LOCATION: Kaesong District, North Korea TIME: 2000 hours Local Time, Current Date Aleumdaun saw the flash of lightning and felt the outflow of wind from the approaching storm. As the wind pushed against her and against the raft, she arranged ...
CHAPTER 11 UNIT: Aleumdaun’s Special Operations Team SITUATION: Navigating the tributary River LOCATION: Kaesong District, North Korea TIME: 2000 hours Local Time, Current Date Dawn and her two cohorts, riding electric scooters, drove into the rain, into the dark. As they neared the gated entrance to the prison compound, Captain Dawn gave a hand signa...
CHAPTER 12 UNIT: Mungo’s Special Operations Team SITUATION: Escaping the SPUK LOCATION: Kaesong District, North Korea TIME: 2200 hours Local Time, Current Date Dawn, Sergeant Kim, and farmer Nongjangju with Slover in tow, quietly urged their electric scooters slowly down the road, behind the 100-foot-long barracks building, looking fo...
CHAPTER 13 UNIT: Mungo/Dawn’s Special Operations Teams SITUATION: Escaping the SPUK LOCATION: Kaesong District, North Korea TIME: 2320 hours Local Time, Current Date Mungo knew he was taking a chance to have the prison guards chase him, but he had to keep their attention on him and not across the road where the other team members waited near check...
CHAPTER 12 UNIT: Mungo/Dawn’s Special Operations Teams SITUATION: Escaping the SPUK LOCATION: Kaesong District, North Korea TIME: 2355 hours Local Time, Current Date Mungo powered his scooter north up the country lane. He was headed to the point of concealment just below the spillway. Ahead of him to the north and west at the main che...
CHAPTER 13 UNIT: Harvey’s Special Operations Teams SITUATION: Escaping the SPUK LOCATION: Kaesong District, North Korea TIME: 0030 hours Local Time, Current Date The low gear noise of the prowling truck reached Harvey and Pearly’s ears. Harvey was tense. With a quick look at Mungo, he asked, “What’s that noise?” Mungo&rsq...
CHAPTER 13 UNIT: Harvey’s Special Operations Teams SITUATION: Escaping the SPUK LOCATION: Kaesong District, North Korea TIME: 0030 hours Local Time, Current Date The low gear noise of the prowling truck reached Harvey and Pearly’s ears. Harvey was tense. With a quick look at Mungo, he asked, “What’s that noise?” Mungo&rsq...
CHAPTER 17 UNIT: Mungo’s Special Operations Teams SITUATION: Escaping the SPUK LOCATION: Kaesong District, North Korea TIME: 0100 hours Local Time, Current Date When Captain Dawn and her crew arrived back at Spence’s location, He asked, “What took you so long?” She explained, “Slover is barely able to walk, much less talk...
CHAPTER 18 UNIT: Spence’s Special Operations Teams SITUATION: Planning the Next Step LOCATION: Tongducheon, South Korea TIME: 0700 hours Local Time, Current Date Spence rose from his chair at the conference table. He looked at the members of his detachment that he had asked to be a part of the mission to Liechtenstein. Included in the...
CHAPTER 19 UNIT: General Jagwi’s Command staff SITUATION: His Preparation of the battlefield LOCATION: The Heidi Rock in Liechtenstein, City of Vaduz TIME: 0700 hours Local Time, Current Date In Vaduz, in front of the Heidi Rock, Jagwi looked at the huge boulder. He asked, “Gisu...
CHAPTER 20 UNIT: General Jagwi’s Command staff SITUATION: His Preparation of the battlefield LOCATION: The Heidi Rock in Liechtenstein, City of Vaduz TIME: 0700 hours Local Time, Current Date In Vaduz, in front of the Heidi Rock, Jagwi looked at the huge boulder. He asked, “Gisu...
CHAPTER 121 UNIT: Spence’s Special Operations Team SITUATION: Planning the Next Step LOCATION: Tongducheon, South Korea TIME: 0700 hours, Current Date At 0700 hours Thursday morning, and in rapid succession, the pilots of the team’s corporate jet advised Spence of their flight plan’s approval, he then pulled the team to...
Chapter 22 UNIT: Harvey’s Special Operations Team SITUATION: Coordinate Different Forces LOCATION: In the Air Over the Pacific Ocean TIME: 1200 hours on the Corporate Jet They jetted across the International Date Line, and what had been Thursday was now Wednesday the day before. Harvey made his way back to his three operatives! He exp...
Chapter 23 UNIT: Spence’s Visit with his general SITUATION: Clearing up Differences LOCATION: In the Pentagon TIME: 0900 hours In an Interview The time was close to 0900 hours, Wednesday morning, the main dual wheels of the team’s corporate jet smoked the runway as the big bird settled onto Runway 19 of the Ronald Reagan Washing...
Chapter 24 UNIT: Team Reliant SITUATION: Juggling Disparate Forces LOCATION: On the Team’s Corporate Jet TIME: 2330 hours At 2330 hours their jet liner landed in Berne. They endured the Customs routine, successfully. The Customs inspectors were congenial and welcoming, but they were thorough in their jobs, carefully reading each passport and running...
Chapter 25 UNIT: Team Reliant SITUATION: Juggling Disparate Forces LOCATION: Berne, Switzerland TIME: 0700 hours Spence arose early the next morning. He went down to the concierge’s desk, asked him to call for a taxi, After the concierge called for a taxi, and because he was a different concierge than the one who was there the night...
Chapter 26 UNIT: Team Reliant SITUATION: Juggling Disparate Forces LOCATION: Berne, Switzerland TIME: 0700 hours Spence arose early the next morning. He went down to the concierge’s desk, asked him to call for a taxi, After the concierge called for a taxi, and because he was a different concierge than the one who was there the night...
Chapter 27 UNIT: All of Team Reliant SITUATION: Spence Briefs the team LOCATION: Aboard Jet, Berne Switzerland TIME: 1030 hours Spence climbed into the waiting taxi, his phone to his ear. He ordered Harvey, “Get everyone packed up and headed to the G650ER corporate jet. Tell the pilots to file a flight plan from Berne to Zurich. Have...
Chapter 28 UNIT: All of Team Reliant SITUATION: The Team Prepares for the Mission LOCATION: Hotel Meier, Vaduz, Liechtenstein TIME: 1330 hours The team had arrived in Zurich. They had rented their vehicles and had driven to Vaduz, Liechtenstein. They checked into the hotel Meier in Vaduz, and Spence called them together in a private dining area o...
Chapter 9 UNIT: All of Team Reliant SITUATION: The Team Prepares for the Mission LOCATION: Hotel Meier, Vaduz, Liechtenstein TIME: 1430 hours Major Harvey coordinated planning with the Israelis while they were flying to Zurich. Over the radio and on a discrete channel, they massaged the plan together at length, discussing the placement of personnel in vari...
Chapter 30 UNIT: General Jagwi Meets with His Staff SITUATION: Jagwi’s Paranoia Takes Hold LOCATiON: His hotel in Vaduz, Liechtenstein TIME: 1800 hours Jagwi stood before his staff. They were aboard their chartered North Korean jetliner. He had determined that they would all stay aboard the jet day and night. He was determined to avoi...
Chapter 31 UNIT: All of Team Reliant and Israeli team SITUATION: The Teams Prepare for the Mission LOCATON: Hotel Meier, Heidi Rock, Vaduz TIME: 0600 hours At zero 0600 hours the next morning, Spence, Harvey, Shamir, and Ginsberg sat in Pearly’s communications van in a parking lot across the street from the airport c...
Chapter 32 UNIT: Major Harvey and Sergeant Cowboy SITUATION: Monitoring General Jagwi LOCATON: Outside Heidi Park, Liechtenstein TIME: 0900 hours Major Harvey had picked up a local newspaper. He had found it inside the Hotel Meier. Off his right shoulder he could see the Heidi rock. Off his left shoulder he could see the approach of ...
Chapter 29 UNIT: Team Reliant and the Israeli Command SITUATION: Attempting the Take down LOCATiON: Outside Heidi Park, Vaduz TIME: 1000 hours If the terrorists had been paying attention, they would have seen the action coming. As it was, they were gathered loosely, standing outside the rear end of their truck, looking for General Jagwi’s truck...
Chapter 34 UNIT: The Israeli Command SITUATION: Loading Terrorists onto Plane LOCATON: The Zürich international Airport TIME: 1200 hours The Israeli crew drove the truck up to their plane. They backed it around to the stairway of the airplane. Shamir called his team to the back of the truck. He asked, “Are we missing any of...
Chapter 31 UNIT: Spence’s Command SITUATION: On Return Trip to Korea LOCATON: Departing European Airspace TIME: 1600 hours Spence stood at the front of the G650ER’s cabin. He held in his hand the two Silver Eagles that the SECDEF had given him. He muttered to himself, “To be one, or not to be one. Given what it take...
Chapter 36 UNIT: Operation Blackhole SITUATION: Living in the Blackhole LOCATION: Blackhole Detention Center TIME: Six Months Later The North Korean was dressed in gray floppy coveralls. He was dressed like the other prisoners around him were dressed. The North Korean was General Jagwi. He leaned against the detention center wall. Hi...
Retreat: At 1700 hours, and sometimes at sunset, depending on the military installation, a detachment of military personnel assembles at the flag pole in front of the headquarters building of the military installation. They assemble to respectfully remove the flag of the United States of America from the flag pole. A cannon fires a round. The detachment pulls the flag slowly down the flag pole. As they do this, they render the hand salute. The bu...
The first novel was OPSEC: Critical Ground. The second was OPORD: Critical Deception. The third one was WARNO: Critical Ploy. All books are available now on Amazon. Glossary: Meanings of words and abbreviations used (generally speaking). AO: Area of operations Berretta: The 9-millimeter pistol used by military personnel. CO&n...
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