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  A related story also appeared with the one about the Portuguese murderer. This one reported that two Falangist prisoners who were listed as deserters from the Chilean Army--Teniente-Coronal Jeronimo Busch and Sargento Antonio Muller had escaped from a military prison near San Bernardo, Chile. There were strong suspicions that the breakout was the result of both inside and outside collusion. A military police official stated that the men had undoubtedly been taken into the Falangist underground, where they would be inserted into an escape-and-evasion net. They would eventually end up at a hideout somewhere in Europe.

  .

  CORONADO, CALIFORNIA

  THE BRANNIGAN RESIDENCE

  5 FEBRUARY

  1300 HOURS LOCAL

  LIEUTENANT Bill Brannigan's wife Lisa sat at the table on the patio, sipping a glass of Chardonnay as she watched her husband turning the steaks on the barbecue. She was used to him being somewhat taciturn after coming back from a mission, but this latest operation had left him almost completely uncommunicative.

  The official word was that he and his detachment had been on a highly classified training operation in which some new infiltration and exfiltration techniques had been tested. Some things had gone terribly wrong in which three men were killed in accidents and four injured, two of them quite seriously.

  Lisa was a naval pilot stationed at North Island NAS in an EA-6B Prowler squadron, and she could read between the lines of the report. She quickly figured out there had been a supersecret mission of some sort that had taken place under some very heavy wraps. Whether it was a success or not would not be known for years if ever. Meanwhile, families might never be informed that their relatives were killed in action, nor would any medals be issued, and any acts of heroism would be hidden forever in files marked TOP SECRET. Only when the operation was officially declassified would the dead be properly honored and the brave receive the medals due them.

  Now, in the peaceful atmosphere of the patio, Brannigan used tongs to grasp the steaks, slipping them on the plates. He walked over to the table and set one steak down for Lisa and the other for himself. She spooned out the salad and green beans as he took a chair and started to eat. Brannigan stopped with his fork halfway between the meat and his mouth. He looked at his wife in a special, meaningful way.

  "Ain't this some shit?"

  She smiled sadly but proudly, knowing exactly what he was referring to.

  .

  OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF CUBA PRESIDENTS' DAY

  BACK when Jimmy Carter was the President of the United States, floods of refugees from Cuba braved the dangerous crossing to Florida in attempts to get to America to start new lives under the blessings of freedom. Many people perished in vessels that were sometimes no more than inflated tractor inner tubes. President Carter was disturbed by these tragedies and made a deal to let the defectors into the U. S. A. if the Cuban leader Fidel Castro would lift the ban on their fleeing his autocratic government.

  This became known as the Mariel Boat Lift, and 125,000 people left Cuba under its provisions. Unfortunately, Castro emptied prisons and insane asylums, inserting these undesirables into the flow of authentic refugees. This created a nightmare for everyone concerned when the truth was discovered. Undesirable Cubans ended up spending years in custody while decent Marielitos, as they were known, suffered the stigma of being associated with criminals and lunatics.

  For Fidel Castro this was one big joke he had played on the American president.

  .

  0330 HOURS

  OFF' in the darkness, the Cuban shore was shadowy and indistinct as a nondescript fishing boat stood by. A group of thirteen men slipped over the side into two rubber rafts for a very short boat trip. These individuals making ready to row to the beach were Gordo Pullini and his gang members. They had been issued handguns, clothing, and carried knapsacks with over $100,000 American packed in them. In this reverse of the Mariel Boat Lift, they planned to set up whatever illegal activities were available to Spanish-speaking, ruthless professional criminals within Cuban society.

  Payback time, Fidel!

  *

  GLOSSARY

  21C: Second in command

  AA: Anti-aircraft

  AFSOC: Air Force Special Operations Command AGL: Above ground level aka: Also known as

  ARG: Amphibious ready group

  ASAP: As soon as possible

  ASL: Above sea level

  AT-4: Antiarmor rocket launchers

  Attack board (also compass board): A board with a compass, watch and depth gauge used by subsurface swimmers

  AWOL: Away without leave, i. E., absent from one's unit without permission, aka French leave

  BOQ: Bachelor officers' quarters

  Briefback: A briefing given to staff by a SEAL platoon regarding their assigned mission. This must be approved before it is implemented.

  BDU: Battle dress uniform

  BUD/S: Basic underwater demolition SEAL training course

  C4: Plastic explosive

  CAR-15: Compact model of the M-16 rifle

  CATF: Commander, Amphibious Task Force

  CNO: Chief of naval operations CO: Commanding officer Cover: Hat, headgear

  CP: Command post

  CPU: Computer processing unit CPX: Command post exercise CRRC: Combat rubber raiding craft CS: Tear gas

  CSAR: Combat search and rescue CVBG: Carrier battle group DPV: Desert patrol vehicle

  Det Cord: Detonating cord

  Draeger Mk V: Underwater air supply equipment

  DZ: Drop zone

  E&E: Escape and evasion EPW: Enemy prisoner of war ESP: Extrasensory perception

  FLIR: Forward-looking infrared radar

  French leave: See AWOL FRH: Flameless ration heater FTX: Field training exercise

  GPS: Global Positioning System

  H&K MP-5: Heckler & Koch MP-5 submachine gun HAHO: High altitude high opening parachute jump HALO: High altitude low opening parachute jump

  HE: High explosive

  Head: Navy and Marine Corps term for toilet; called a latrine in the Army

  Hors de combat: Out of the battle (expression in French) HSB: High-speed boat

  JSOC: Joint Special Operation Command

  K-Bar: A brand of knives manufactured for military and camping purposes

  'CIA: Killed in action

  LBE: Load-bearing equipment

  LSSC: Light SEAL support craft

  Light sticks: Flexible plastic tubes that illuminate

  Limpet mine: An explosive mine that is attached to the hulls of vessels

  LZ: Landing zone

  M-18 claymore mine: A mine fired electrically with a blasting cap

  M-60 E3: A compact model of the M-60 machine gun M-67: An antipersonnel grenade

  M-203: A single-shot 40 millimeter grenade launcher MATC: A fast river support craft

  MCPO: Master chief petty officer

  Medevac: Medical evacuation

  Mk 138 satchel charge: Canvas container filled with explosive

  MRE: Meal ready to eat

  MSSC: Medium SEAL support craft

  Intelligence staff

  Operations and plans staff

  NAS: Naval air station

  NAVSPECWAR: Naval Special Warfare

  NCO: Noncommissioned officer, i. E., a corporal or sergeant

  NCP: Navy College Program

  NFL: National Football League

  NVG: Night vision goggles

  OA: Operational area

  OCONUS: Outside the continental United States OER: Officer evaluation report

  OP: Observation post

  OPLAN: Operations plan. This is the preliminary form of an OPORD.

  OPORD: Operations order. This is the directive derived from the OPLAN of how an operation is to be carried out. It's pretty much etched in stone.

  PBL: Patrol boat, light

  PC: Patrol coastal vessel

  PDQ: Pretty damn quick

  PLF: Parachute landing fall

  P
O: Petty officer (e. G., PO1C is petty officer first class) POV: Privately owned vehicle

  PT: Physical training

  RIB: Rigid inflatable boat

  RPG: Rocket propelled grenade

  RPM: Revolutions per minute

  RTO: Radio telephone operator

  SAW: Squad automatic weapon--M249 5.56-millimeter magazine or clip-fed machine gun

  SCPO: Senior chief petty officer

  SDV: Seal delivery vehicle

  SERE: Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape SITREP: Situation report

  SOCOM: Special operations command

  SOF: Special Operations Forces

  SOI: Signal operating instructions

  SOLS: Special operations liaison staff

  SOP: Standard operating procedures

  SPECOPS: Special operations

  Special boat squadrons: Units that participate in SEAL missions

  SPECWARCOM: Special Warfare Command

  TDY: Temporary duty

  UN: United Nations

  Unass: To jump out of or off of something

  Watch bill: A list of personnel and stations for the watch WIA: Wounded in action

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