Mystery
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Stunned by the discovery that General Jagwi has not only escaped from his prison, but has been able to return to Korea, Team Reliant is forced to mobilize, seek out the General, and take him down.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!"
Front matter: Love, Or Something Like It Love, or Something Like It This novel is a Team Reliant series, Book Four Businesses, brands, places, products, names, and other Marca Registrada referred to in this book are used fictitiously and are the property of the respective trademark holders. There is no association express or implied between the author and any trademark holder. Use of a term in this book should not be regarded as affecting t...
CHAPTER 2 UNIT: Dawn and Slover Argue SITUATION: Serving Under New Requirements LOCATION: New Double Duty Office Facade ATTITUDE: One of Uncertainty and Anxiety TIME: 0800 hours Local Time, Current Date The sun had risen on the building which served as Team Reliant’s new headquarters. The building was, in reality, a World War II...
CHAPTER 3 UNIT: Four Members of The Team Investigate SITUATION: Investigating the Questionable LOCATION: Yalu Street, Seoul, South Korea TIME: 1900 hours Local Time, Current Date Olaedoen offered to take his car to transport him into town to Yalu Street. His car was a small Korean car. Slover, Dawn, and Dude looked askance at t...
CHAPTER 4 UNIT: All Members of Team Reliant SITUATION: Spence Calls For Discussion LOCATION: Team Reliant Headquarters TIME: 0900 hours Local Time, Current Date Spence presided at the conference table. Present were Captain James Harvey, Captain Aleumdaun Yeoga, Sergeant Major Étienne Mungo, Sergeant First Class Dutch Slover, Staff Sergeant Cruz Grov...
CHAPTER 5 UNIT: Team Reliant SITUATION: Planning the Mission LOCATION: Team Reliant Headquarters TIME: 1000 hours Local Time, Same Date Sergeant Aaron Pearly knocked on the conference room door. James Harvey responded with a hearty instruction for Pearly to enter. Pearly stepped into the room, “Did someone here want t...
CHAPTER 6 UNIT: Team Reliant SITUATION: Planning a Mission LOCATION: Team Reliant Headquarters TIME: 1000 hours Local Time, Current Date Cowboy nodded his head toward Dawn and pointed at her, “She speaks Korean! But who would the other be?” Harvey arose and walked to stand behind Olaedoen. He put his hands...
CHAPTER 7 UNIT: Team Reliant Investigation Team SITUATION: Planning A Dangerous Approach LOCATION: In Office Near the Heart of Danger TIME: 1800 hours Local Time, Current Date Spence ordered Cowboy, “Shut the door, and let’s get on with the meeting so that I can hear Dawn’s After-Action Report.” ...
CHAPTER 8 UNIT: Dawn and Olaedoen SITUATION: Create an Escape Plan LOCATION: At the Top of The Stairs TIME: 0300 hours Local Time, Current Date The electronic sound had planted their feet solidly on the wooden floor. Dawn fumbled with her cell phone in an effort to press the silencing button. She managed to press it all the way down to off just as the n...
CHAPTER 9 UNIT: Dawn and Olaedoen SITUATION: Create an Escape Plan LOCATION: At the Top of The Stairs TIME: 0330 hours Local Time, Current Date Olaedoen sat on the dirt floor and removed his shoes. He sat cross legged with his shoes between his crossed legs. He leaned out from under his hiding place and stared upward. His eyes searched the darkness for ...
CHAPTER 10 UNIT: The Ten Team Members Attending SITUATION: Dawn’s AAR to Spence LOCATION: Team Reliant Office Building TIME: 0900 hours Local Time, Current Date Dawn had just finished her detailed version of the previous evening’s events. She sat still. Her face flushed. Burl Spence sat with his arms crossed and his hand over his mouth. He blink...
CHAPTER 11 UNIT: The Team Members and Olaedoen SITUATION: Mission Preparation LOCATION: In the Rear of Reliant Building TIME: 1300 hours Local Time, Current Date Most of the ten active team members were arrayed around the conference table. Some stood, others sat. Spence sat checking his radio receivers. Harvey looked up from his Mission Essential Task List a...
CHAPTER 12 UNIT: The Team Members and Olaedoen SITUATION: Mission Execution LOCATION: In the Tunnel TIME: 1900 hours Local Time, Current Date In their final approach, Harvey whispered to the assembled group. "My night vision goggles, with the IFR attachment, shows me body heat from at least two guards ahead, one on each side of the tunnel. If they are faci...
CHAPTER 13 UNIT: The Team Members and Olaedoen SITUATION: Ready to Deal with The Guards LOCATION: In the Tunnel Under the Meat Shop TIME: 2000 hours Local Time, Current Date Harvey told the group, "Spence has instructed Cowboy and the Dude to distract the guards by making noise in the stairwell. Let's watch them to see they turn their attention to the stair...
CHAPTER 14 UNIT: The Team Reliant and Olaedoen SITUATION: Mission Discussion LOCATION: Ready Room/Team Reliant TIME: 0800 hours Local Time, Current Date Spence waved a forefinger at Harvey. "I heard most of the mission through your radio microphone, but I want you to tell me what went wrong." Harvey's eyes studied the floor. He grimaced, "I believe o...
CHAPTER 15 UNIT: The Team Reliant and Olaedoen SITUATION: Mission Debriefing LOCATION: Ready Room/Team Reliant TIME: 0800 hours Local Time, Current Date Spence addressed the assembled team. "All right, let's hear your After-Action Report because our communication was not good through radio earbuds, I have no idea about what happened last night." Har...
CHAPTER 16 UNIT: The Team Reliant and Olaedoen SITUATION: Mission Discussion LOCATION: Ready Room/Team Reliant TIME: 0900 hours Local Time, Current Date The team left the building and walked out to the large driveway in front of their office building. Using chalk, they drew the approximate lines of how the tunnel was laid out under the meat shop. They prac...
CHAPTER 17 UNIT: A Slumbering Team Reliant SITUATION: Break-in Noises in The Dark LOCATION: Team Reliant Offices TIME: 0400 hours Local Time, Current Date With all team personnel upstairs and sleep, the office, downstairs, was necessarily dark. The building and its occupants slumbered. The team members were in their assigned rooms, which made it an opportun...
CHAPTER 18 UNIT: Slover and Spence SITUATION: The Promised Meeting LOCATION: Team Reliant Offices TIME: 0700 hours Local Time, Current Date Slover stood at attention next to a chair in Spence’s office. His eyes twitched from side to side. He was quiet in his observation of the damage done the night before. In opposition to Slover’s observation, Spenc...
CHAPTER 19 UNIT: Mungo, Slover, Dawn, and the Korean SITUATION: Executing the Change of Plan LOCATION: In the Tunnel Under Yalu Street TIME: 0330 hours Local Time, Current Date Mungo, Slover and Dawn stood with the Korean in the darkness of the tunnel and waited for the car. They had walked about 100 yards into the darkness of the tunnel where they hoped th...
CHAPTER 20 UNIT: Team Reliant SITUATION: After-Action Report LOCATION: Team Reliant Offices TIME: 0900 hours Local Time, the Next Day Spence assumed his normal place at the damaged table with Harvey sitting next to him. Harvey cringed as Spence ordered, “All right, Mister Harvey, let’s have a debriefing. But fir...
CHAPTER 21 UNIT: Dawn Leads Bravo SITUATION: BOLO for Jagwi LOCATION: The Exit Tunnel Under Hotel TIME: 1520 hours Local Time, The Same Day In the darkness of the tunnel, Dawn received Harvey’s radio transmission. She muttered, “Oh, my God.” She turned to Mungo. “Harvey is in the hotel and the searc...
CHAPTER 22 UNIT: Harvey Debriefs Alpha and Bravo SITUATION: Searching for Jagwi LOCATION: The Exit Tunnel Under Hotel Yesan TIME: 1540 hours Local Time, The Same Day Both teams, Alpha and Bravo, were gathered in the underground tunnel beneath Hotel Yesan. Harvey told the assembled group. “I have talked to Spence, and ...
CHAPTER 23 UNIT: Team Jagwi SITUATION: Jagwi And Local Communists LOCATION: In An Undivulged Location TIME: 1700 hours Local Time, The Same Day Jagwi stood beside a product display case in a local store on Yalu Street. He leaned one hip against the case, and he adjusted his face so that he could blow smoke out of both sides of his mouth. The trick was t...
CHAPTER 24 UNIT: Team Jagwi SITUATION: Jagwi And Local Communists LOCATION: In An Undivulged Location TIME: 1700 hours Local Time, The Same Day Jagwi stood beside a product display case in a store on Yalu Street. He leaned one hip against the case, and he adjusted his face so that he could blow smoke out of both sides of his mouth. The trick was to make...
CHAPTER 25 UNIT: Team Reliant SITUATION: Briefing for Mission Against Jagwi LOCATION: Team Reliant Headquarters Building TIME: 0600 hours Local Time, The Next Day Harvey spoke, “Okay, guys. The pressure is on. Spence has laid down the law. Either we catch Jagwi, this time, or we are off the team and will be traveling ...
CHAPTER 26 UNIT: Team Reliant SITUATION: Briefing to dispose of Jagwi LOCATION: In The White Van TIME: 1330 hours Local Time, The Same Day The parade marchers yelled and screamed their rage at the speeding white van. Others in the parade picked themselves up from where they had fallen. Other marchers ran back up the street ...
CHAPTER 27 UNIT: Team Reliant SITUATION: Hiding General Jagwi LOCATION: In A Secret Place TIME: 1500 hours Local Time, The Same Day Mungo was the driver. Harvey and Dawn sat in the front with him. Mungo said to Harvey, “We have been driving around Seoul for an hour in this truck with its stiff suspension, it’s b...
CHAPTER 28 UNIT: Militant Communist Leaders SITUATION: Tracing General Jagwi LOCATION: In A Tunnel Headquarters TIME: 1900 hours Local Time, The Same Day Mafzue asked Josue, “Where are they now?” “Commander, I haven’t heard a sound from the device for about 20 minutes. The location finder puts ...
CHAPTER 29 UNIT: Team Reliant Members SITUATION: Team Briefing on Jagwi Solution LOCATION: In Team Headquarters TIME: 0700 hours Local Time, The Next Day General Fidel departed in secrecy as he had arrived. Spence conducted the meeting. “People, we must decide what to do with General Jagwi, how to do it, and under wha...
CHAPTER 30 UNIT: Dawn and Slover SITUATION: Preparing to Place the GPS LOCATION: Near Jagwi’s old Chamber TIME: 0330 hours Local Time, the Same Morning “Dammit, Slover. What’s your game now?” “My game?” “Yes. I don’t know when to believe you anymore. The North Kore...
CHAPTER 31 UNIT: Dawn and Slover SITUATION: Solving Personal LOCATION: Near Jagwi’s New Chamber TIME: 0330 hours Local Time, the Same Morning “Dammit, Slover. What’s your game now?” “My game?” “Yes. I don’t know when to believe you anymore. The North Koreans beat y...
CHAPTER 32 UNIT: The Communist Party Members SITUATION: Finding Bodies and Jagwi LOCATION: In the tunnel near the stairwell TIME: 0440 hours Local Time, the Same Morning A group of 20 men were assembled in front of Mafzue’s meat shop. They were led by Commander Zaeim and Josu, Zaeim complained, “Okay, men. We&rs...
CHAPTER 33 UNIT: Spence Conducts a Morning Briefing SITUATION: Defend the South Korean Government LOCATION: Team Headquarters, Seoul TIME: 1000 hours Local Time, the Next Morning “Our HUMINT is sketchy at best, but we know the South Korean Communist Party will attempt to overthrow the established Pro-Democracy g...
CHAPTER 34 UNIT: Team Reliant Joins the Angry Crowd SITUATION: Monitoring A Coup Attempt LOCATION: Near Government Headquarters TIME: 0900 hours Local Time, the Same Morning Dawn had put on a set of eyeglasses as she appeared to be writing rapidly on her tablet. Members of the crowd jostled her unaware in their frenzy...
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 bugler plays “Taps.”...
Glossary of Military Terms
Glossary Glossary: Meanings of words and abbreviations used (generally speaking). AO: Area of operations Berretta: The 9-millimeter pistol used by military personnel. CO: Commanding Officer CONUS: Continental United States CQ: Charge of Quarters: Enlisted personnel appointed to serve all ...
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