Cold. That was the next sensation he could feel, a powerful, biting, overwhelming chill that left you wondering if you were in the world’s largest meat locker. He opened his eyes - he was outside now, laying next to a crashed helicopter with more wounded spread around it. Voodoo and Preacher were over him, Preacher ripping away his clothes, Voodoo ( Read more... )

Petty Officer First Class Eric Jensen was sure of two things ( Read more... )

Bagram Air Base
0740 hours

“Jeeeezus Christ that was close ( Read more... )

The first shot passed overhead with a SNAP.

The rest, as they say, was automatic.

Voodoo sprinted for a rock and slid into it just as the next bursts came, the rifles popping away and the machine gun splitting the air with a teeth-clenching DATDATDATDAT, the bullets kicking up snow and splintering rock. Pain shot up his leg as the first burst of ( Read more... )

The game path might have been the only option, but it was proving to be a bad one. Cliffs bordered the trail on either side, penning them in. Preacher was still on point, with Patterson and Adams following. The Rangers had proved themselves more than competent so far, though Voodoo supposed that was a given ( Read more... )

The gunfight was over as quick as it had begun.

It was nothing, relatively speaking - just two gunmen above the mouth of a cave who thought elevation equaled concealment. A grenade and two pistol shots had illustrated the fallacy in that, but the blast had thrown a cloud of smoke over the cave mouth.

“Watch for movement,” Voodoo whispered as the ( Read more... )

Takur Ghar
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0354 hoursThey hadn’t meant to happen upon the camp ( Read more... )

March 3rd
Forward Arming and Refueling Point Texaco
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0004 hoursSenior Chief Petty Officer David Baskas was known for many things ( Read more... )

Takur Ghar
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2256 hoursHad Voodoo been interested in meteorology, he might’ve been intrigued to know that the forecasters at Bagram had pegged the night as one of the coldest on record for Takur Ghar - 20 degrees below zero, with a wind chill of 27 below, along with heavy fog and an 80 percent chance of snow ( Read more... )

Nobody saw the RPG until it was too late.

It slammed into the rear of the Chinook, spinning the helicopter over the cliff as it spewed black smoke and red hydraulic fluid.

“Shit, that’s engine two! We are losing engine two!”

Voodoo ducked behind a rock, dodging the gunfire as his brain caught up with his eyes. They wouldn’t - couldn’t - leave ( Read more... )