Mystery (Fic)
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Mrmbers of Team Reliant continue their hunt for the elusive and cunning General Jaqwi, Washington has ordered a hit on Jaqwi. The General continues his dogged pursuit of supplying the Middle Eastern terrorists with nuclear devices. His elaborate plan to use multiple possible routes for delivery has the team splintered with three groups tracking three different avenues of delivery. Are the routes deceptive or real. Can they stop all of them? Can they take out Jaqwi?The strange love story is set against the sometimes-terrifying efforts of a US Army Special Forces team and the lone woman. "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 afraid say, “This is not your best. Fix it!” And t...
Chapter 2 2nd Infantry Division Camp Bowie, 8 Kilometers from Dongduchon CQ Shack, Secure Room 1 Pre-Mission Briefing 0700 hours South Korean time, Current Date LTC Burl Spence sat considering ...
Chapter 3 SPUK Intelligence Headquarters General Jagwi’s Intelligence Center Pyongyang, North Korea Four Weeks Later 0700 hours North Korean Meeting Jagwi looked around the meeting room. He paced from one side of the room ...
Chapter 4 2nd Infantry Division Camp Bowie, 15 km from the DMZ Army Intelligence Detachment Secure Room One in the CQ Shack Six weeks later, 0700 hours Korea time Comment of the Moment: &ldquo...
.Chapter 5 2nd Infantry Division Camp Bowie, 15 km from the DMZ Army Intelligence Detachment Secure Room One in the CQ Shack One Week Later, 0700 hours Local Time Spence entered Secure Room o...
Chapter 6 2nd Infantry Division Camp Bowie, 15 km from the DMZ Army Intelligence Detachment Secure Room in the CQ Shack Two Hours Later, 0900 hours Local Time Mungo, Cowboy and Dude were standing in the secur...
Chapter 7 Jagwi Calls from an Undisclosed Location Sovereign Peoples Union of Korea The Supreme and Glorious Leader’s Office Pyongyang, North Korea 0800 hours local time Phone Call Jagwi spoke with suppressed excitement....
Chapter 8 Three Mission TOC CQ Shack, Secure Room 1 LTC Spence’s TOC 0700 hours local time, Current Date Spence entered the secure room ahead of the soldiers. The soldiers were helping him set up his temporary headquarters. The secure room would be his headquarte...
Chapter 9 Mission: OPERATION WARLORD Aboard a MAC Flight from Camp Hovey Busan, South Korea 1500 hours Local Time, Current Date Comment of the Moment: “Slover, if you ever hope to have any kind of relationship with me, you’re going to have to radically change you’re concept of what wome...
Chapter 10 Mission: OPERATION CARAVAN Seoul International Airport The Iranian Caravan Detachment 1200 hours Local Time Cruz and Harvey received their call at the airport. Harvey reported, “Looks like the SPUK is up to their old tricks again.” Cruz replied, “What’s up?” “Spence&rsq...
Chapter 11 Mission: OPRERATION RAILWAY Army Intelligence Detachment Seoul International Airport 0900 hours Local Time, Current Date Mungo received Spence’s message about his bugged office before boarding the flight in Seoul, He said, “Ah, Hell! Spyware again!&r...
Chapter 12 Mission: OPERATION WARLORD On the Submarine, Hellbent. The Island of Diego Garcia 0700 hours Local Time Current Date The Skipper of the submarine, Hellbent, ordered the daily routine of his boat so that when the boat arrived at Diego Garcia Island, at 0700 ship time, it was also ...
Chapter 13 Jagwi Responds to Gisulja’s Request Sovereign Peoples Union of Korea In the Field in an Undisclosed Location 0800 hours Local Time Meeting Jagwi stood impatiently by Gisulja. His arms were crossed over his chest. Smoke curled upward from his cigarette. Gis...
Chapter 14 Mission: OPERATION CARAVAN Teheran Main Train Station Iranian Caravan Detachment 0810 hours Local Time James Harvey and Cruz Grover arrived in Teheran that morning around 0810. They arrived at the main Iranian railway terminus, Rahahan Metro. The station was in R...
Chapter 15 Mission: OPERATION RAILWAY Army Intelligence Detachment Trans-Siberian Railway Somewhere in Russia 0900 hours Local Time, Current Date First, Mungo, Dude, and Cowboy removed the Korean’s shoes. They dropped those out of the coach window one at a time. Then...
Chapter 16 Mission: OPERATION WARLORD On the Submarine, Hellbent. The Island of Diego Garcia 0500 hours Local Time Current Date The morning the Hellbent was set to depart Diego Garcia, Chief Murky Masters woke Dawn and Slover in their separate quarters. After they had completed their early ...
Chapter 17 Mission: OPERATION CARAVAN Teheran Main Train Station The Caravan Detachment 0600 hours Local Time The caravan group was made up of Geomanhan, the Korean spy, Cruz, also known as Alssamak, and Harvey known as Aljamar, with Tarak, their guide, and the woman who wa...
Chapter 18 Mission: OPERATION RAILWAY Army Intelligence Detachment Trans-Siberian Railway Somewhere in Russia 0800 hours Local Time, Current Date Mungo, Cowboy, and Dude, after questioning the conductor and releasing him, sat down for a strate...
Chapter 19 Mission: OPERATION WARLORD In the City of Mogadishu Somalia, The Horn of Africa 0700 hours Local Time Current Date Dawn, Slover, and Masters sat in the breakfast area of Hotel Shamo. They were speaking softly, and they were speaking in Arabic. They were planning. Dawn pointed toward Masters, “Okay...
Chapter 20 Mission: OPERATION CARAVAN In A Far Desert Location The Caravan Detachment 0600 hours Local Time When Cruz returned from calling Spence, He spoke to Harvey, “I understood most of the message you asked me to send to Colonel Spence. I think calling in the cle...
Chapter 21 Mission: OPERATION RAILWAY Mungo’s Army Intelligence Detachment Trans-Siberian Railway Somewhere in Russia 1800 hours Local Time, Current Date Mungo, Cowboy and Dude searched their suite. They found no spyware in the suite. Mungo pulled them together, “Guys, just because we did not find any spyware in our suite, that does not mean spyware will not be here when we come back from the evening mea...
Chapter 22 Jagwi Calls from the train near Irkutsk In the Russian Federation Zabaykalsky Territory 0800 hours Local Time, Phone Call Jagwi briefs his leader on the mission’s progress. “No, My Leader, our train just left Irkutsk. “Yes, My Leade...
Chapter 23 Spence’s Mobile Three Mission TOC The Team’s New Jetliner LTC Spence’s TOC 1700 hours Local Time Current Date Harvey had reclined his seat in the jetliner to almost horizontal. He had an IV needle in one arm. A medic sat in the seat across the aisle from him, m...
Chapter 24 Mission: OPERATION WARLORD In the Hotel Shamo The City of Mogadishu, Somalia 0600 hours Local Time Current Date Dawn and Slover met with Masters for breakfast. She had also invited Watani Sihr, her guide, but she had asked him to wait at another table until the breakfast meeting ...
Chapter 25 Somewhere over the Indian Ocean The Team’s New Jetliner LTC Spence’s TOC 1900 hours Local Time Current Date Spence received Dawn’s call on his Satphone. She asked, “Sir, can we now speak openly to you? The request I have would take me hours to put ...
Chapter 26 OPERATION CARAVAN and Spence’s TOC Three Hours Out Over the Indian Ocean In the Team’s corporate Jet 2200 hours Local Time Spence, Harvey, Cruz, and 1600 pounds of yellow cake flew over the India Ocean, headed for Mogadishu. He had made his call to th...
Chapter 27 Mission: OPERATION RAILWAY Army Intelligence Detachment Trans-Siberian Railway near Irkutsk 0800 hours Local Time, Current Date Mungo reached for the door, ready to strike. He flung the door open, then stopped with mouth agape. He saw a woman, aged, with w...
Chapter 28 Mission: OPERATION WARLORD In the Hotel Shamo The City of Mogadishu, Somalia 0600 hours Local Time Current Date Before Dawn left in her rental car to pick up Spence, Harvey, and Cruz at the airport, she purchased from Masters a set of local clothing for Spence. Harvey and Cruz already had their M...
Chapter 29 Mission: OPERATION RAILWAY Army Intelligence Detachment Trans-Siberian Railway near Irkutsk 0800 hours Local Time, Current Date Mungo, Cowboy, and Dude sat at a table near the door between cars. Mungo chose the seat facing the rest of the...
Chapter 30 Mission: OPERATION WARLORD On the streets The City of Mogadishu, Somalia 1200 hours Local Time Current Date Masters and Sihr left the Market quickly. Masters had seen enough while he was in Fat Man’s observation post. He realized he and Sihr should not be observed by Fat Man. He reached a d...
Chapter 31 Mission: OPERATION RAILWAY Army Intelligence Detachment Trans-Siberian Railway near Irkutsk 0800 hours Local Time, Current Date Mungo looked at the other two, “Are you two sure you’re ready to end this situation the way we worked it out?”
Chapter 32 Mission: OPERATION WARLORD At the Hotel Shamo The City of Mogadishu, Somalia 1200 hours Local Time Current Date Spence said slowly into his Satphone, “Oh…my… god! This could change some of my plans.” “How bizarre! You say they all killed each other? But, Sergea...
Mission: OPERATION WARLORD All Of Team Fail-Safe Present The City of Mogadishu, Somalia 0800 hours Sierra Current Date Comment of the Moment: “They discovered soldiers walking guard on alert. They had planned for that!” The hour of the evening set for their mission arrived. They had practiced the timing of their...
Chapter 34 2nd Infantry Division Camp Bowie, 8 Kilometers from Dongduchon CQ Shack, Secure Room 1 Pre-Mission Briefing 1700 hours Local Time Current Date Two weeks later! Spence stood in the secure ...
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,...
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