you for coming so quickly,”
the colonel said. “The Americans are starting a new special forces center of excellence,
and you have been directed by the Defense Agency to provide someone to send to
it immediately.”
“Hai!” said Second Lieutenant Akiyama Jiro. “I am sure that
the colonel realizes we are already short-handed and that losing another member
for this project will put us even further behind. Am I permitted to know what we
are losing him for?”
Colonel Tokugawa looked to his operations officer,
Lieutenant Colonel Suzuki, who looked at his notes. “The directive says that
the Americans are starting some sort of organization to develop new methods of
training and employing special operations troops. They are looking for a quote,
‘free thinker,’ from our unit to come and help out. The Defense Agency has
given this the highest priority for manning and transportation. He is to report
for duty in Seattle, Washington on October 8th, so we do not have much time to
get him there.”
“So,” asked Colonel Tokugawa, “do you have someone that we
can use for this requisition?”
“A free thinker? Oh, I know just the person, Colonel
Tokugawa,” laughed Akiyama. “Not only will it give them the free thinker that
they are looking for, but also it will get him several thousand miles away from me !”
Seongnam Garrison, Seongnam, South Korea, September 28, 2018
“I have new tasking from the Special Warfare Command staff!”
Colonel Lee Woo-jin, the commander of the South Korean 707th
Special Mission Battalion, looked up with irritation from the report he was
reading as his operations officer, Lieutenant Colonel Kim Ji-hu came to
attention in front of his desk. “What are they doing to us now?” Colonel Lee
asked in a voice full of annoyance.
“The tasking says that the Americans are standing up a new
agency to develop innovative methods of training and employing special
operations troops,” replied Lieutenant Colonel Kim. “They have asked for
Sergeant Park Ji-woo to attend it as South Korea’s representative, and the army
chief of staff has said that we are to send her there, ‘with all speed.’ We do
not have much time to get her there; she is supposed to report for duty in
Seattle, Washington on October 8th.”
“Knowing her, she is not going to be very happy to go to a
staff duty tour,” laughed Colonel Lee. “You’ll need to find someone very brave
to tell her of her new orders, or perhaps do it over the phone. I, for one,
wouldn’t want to tell her that to her face.”
“It is funny that you should say that, sir,” Lieutenant
Colonel Kim said with a smile of his own. “Apparently, the Americans know her
as well, because they said to tell her that ‘Night Train said it’s all right.’”
RAF Coningsby, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, September 29, 2018
“I just heard from the Air Vice-Marshal of Oman,” said Wing
Commander Alfred Chappell, “and they are sending Flight Lieutenant Ken
Smith back to us.” Wing Commander Chappell was the commanding officer of No. 41
Squadron, the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) Test and Evaluation Squadron.
“Let me get this straight,” replied Group Captain Malcolm MacCall,
the commander of RAF Coningsby. “We sent Flight Lieutenant Smith to the Omani
Air Force to help them learn how to fly the Eurofighter Typhoon, and while he
is there, he did what ?”
“I believe he violated the Minimum Operational Safe Altitude
(MOSA) and did a couple of touch and go’s on the roof of the Omani Officers’
Club at their air base in Mussanah,” answered Wing Commander Chappell.
“Apparently the Air Vice-Marshal was throwing a wedding party for his daughter
at the time and one of the ceiling tiles fell down, hit his wine glass and covered
his uniform in it. He was quite annoyed when I spoke to him.”
“What kind of pilot is he?” asked Group Captain MacCall.
“He’s quite good,” replied Wing Commander Chappell, “or
the colonel said. “The Americans are starting a new special forces center of excellence,
and you have been directed by the Defense Agency to provide someone to send to
it immediately.”
“Hai!” said Second Lieutenant Akiyama Jiro. “I am sure that
the colonel realizes we are already short-handed and that losing another member
for this project will put us even further behind. Am I permitted to know what we
are losing him for?”
Colonel Tokugawa looked to his operations officer,
Lieutenant Colonel Suzuki, who looked at his notes. “The directive says that
the Americans are starting some sort of organization to develop new methods of
training and employing special operations troops. They are looking for a quote,
‘free thinker,’ from our unit to come and help out. The Defense Agency has
given this the highest priority for manning and transportation. He is to report
for duty in Seattle, Washington on October 8th, so we do not have much time to
get him there.”
“So,” asked Colonel Tokugawa, “do you have someone that we
can use for this requisition?”
“A free thinker? Oh, I know just the person, Colonel
Tokugawa,” laughed Akiyama. “Not only will it give them the free thinker that
they are looking for, but also it will get him several thousand miles away from me !”
Seongnam Garrison, Seongnam, South Korea, September 28, 2018
“I have new tasking from the Special Warfare Command staff!”
Colonel Lee Woo-jin, the commander of the South Korean 707th
Special Mission Battalion, looked up with irritation from the report he was
reading as his operations officer, Lieutenant Colonel Kim Ji-hu came to
attention in front of his desk. “What are they doing to us now?” Colonel Lee
asked in a voice full of annoyance.
“The tasking says that the Americans are standing up a new
agency to develop innovative methods of training and employing special
operations troops,” replied Lieutenant Colonel Kim. “They have asked for
Sergeant Park Ji-woo to attend it as South Korea’s representative, and the army
chief of staff has said that we are to send her there, ‘with all speed.’ We do
not have much time to get her there; she is supposed to report for duty in
Seattle, Washington on October 8th.”
“Knowing her, she is not going to be very happy to go to a
staff duty tour,” laughed Colonel Lee. “You’ll need to find someone very brave
to tell her of her new orders, or perhaps do it over the phone. I, for one,
wouldn’t want to tell her that to her face.”
“It is funny that you should say that, sir,” Lieutenant
Colonel Kim said with a smile of his own. “Apparently, the Americans know her
as well, because they said to tell her that ‘Night Train said it’s all right.’”
RAF Coningsby, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, September 29, 2018
“I just heard from the Air Vice-Marshal of Oman,” said Wing
Commander Alfred Chappell, “and they are sending Flight Lieutenant Ken
Smith back to us.” Wing Commander Chappell was the commanding officer of No. 41
Squadron, the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) Test and Evaluation Squadron.
“Let me get this straight,” replied Group Captain Malcolm MacCall,
the commander of RAF Coningsby. “We sent Flight Lieutenant Smith to the Omani
Air Force to help them learn how to fly the Eurofighter Typhoon, and while he
is there, he did what ?”
“I believe he violated the Minimum Operational Safe Altitude
(MOSA) and did a couple of touch and go’s on the roof of the Omani Officers’
Club at their air base in Mussanah,” answered Wing Commander Chappell.
“Apparently the Air Vice-Marshal was throwing a wedding party for his daughter
at the time and one of the ceiling tiles fell down, hit his wine glass and covered
his uniform in it. He was quite annoyed when I spoke to him.”
“What kind of pilot is he?” asked Group Captain MacCall.
“He’s quite good,” replied Wing Commander Chappell, “or
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