Black Storm (2002)
“Past nautical twilight, now, and the dark was closing down. Engines howled from the strip, but there didn’t seem to be as many strikes going out today. He wondered if it was the overcast. More rain, he’d believe. The armorer had rigged lights between the tents, so he could still see, but they were shielded from the rest of the base. The fewer people who knew they were here, the better. Which was also why they wouldn’t take off from here, but meet the helo out in the boonies.
Everyone was in des...ert cammies, not the chocolate chip but the tricolor beige-tan-green pattern, and the desert bush covers. Their faces were cammied and they carried their weapons. When the attachments arrived Gault hitched his ruck and cleared his throat. He took inspection stance on Blaisell, square in front of him and a foot and a half away, and looked him up and down.
“Ready for this, Corporal?”
“Hot to trot, Gunny.” The kid grinned wide.
The point had the standard load: eight quarts of water in plastic canteens, thirty-five pounds of ammo, grenades, light antitank weapon, and pyrotechnics, five days’ rations in his ruck.MoreLess
Everyone was in des...ert cammies, not the chocolate chip but the tricolor beige-tan-green pattern, and the desert bush covers. Their faces were cammied and they carried their weapons. When the attachments arrived Gault hitched his ruck and cleared his throat. He took inspection stance on Blaisell, square in front of him and a foot and a half away, and looked him up and down.
“Ready for this, Corporal?”
“Hot to trot, Gunny.” The kid grinned wide.
The point had the standard load: eight quarts of water in plastic canteens, thirty-five pounds of ammo, grenades, light antitank weapon, and pyrotechnics, five days’ rations in his ruck.MoreLess
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