Military Stories

A Thank You Note Story (6)
This was just another routine patrol through the hinterlands of Iraq. This was the sort of thing that happened when the excitement of the original conquest had faded, and the main point was trying to stay alive until it was time to go home. Sometimes staying alive depends on the quality of the equipment and sometimes it depend on the men using the equipment, but, usually, it depends on both of them working together.

A deadly virus sweeps the world bringing dead back to life. A Think Tank Group is at the Cheyenne Mountain Complex when the alert is issued. Its senior members join in a conference with the Commander of the United States Northern Command who relays their orders from the Pentagon. Maximilian 'Mad Max' Milton, the 2nd in-charge of the Think Tank gives reason to his nickname, and the war is on with those afflicted with The Contagion. Will they win the war, can they win the war? 11,400 words. / (Reviews)

A Swarm Cycle Story
A solution to the Sa’arm problem is proposed and the humans discover that they are second-class citizens. This is not acceptable and a way out of the problem is needed. Operation Triskelion is one possible end to the Sa’arm saga but not the only one.

"Once you have been a wolf you can never live as a lamb." A former Marine comes home to handle problems his way. Be sure to read the 'Glossary of terms' at the end of the story. I did not mark all the codes.

Semi-fictional military humor from the Iraq War. A Battalion Commander and his Command Sergeant Major on a route clearance road trip. Thank you for reading.

While hunting elk a meteor hits and I make the mistake of checking it out. I meet and become WEUSALL

A brother and sister grow up best friends as USMC officer's children, fall in love, get married, and have a family. All this time they are being taught how to become spies for their country.

A Swarm Cycle Story
Letters between a young concubine and her parents show what life is like in the colonies, and how life is changing back home on Earth.

Orphaned, grows up learning that life is hard.