De Oppresso Liber (IC)
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2022 12:09 pmOOC
Tacoma, Washington
February 7th, 2022
"So, you're going on to high readiness rotation today?"
"You knew it was coming," Ryan looked up from his breakfast, across the table towards his fiance, Arielle, who had asked the question. An attractive Asian woman in her late 20s with hair dyed light brown who wore round framed glasses. To Ryan, the most beautiful woman in the world and the love of his life. "We've been through high readiness cycles before, Arielle. You know I'm going to be home every night still and it doesn't mean I'm deploying. Only short term missions out of country if any at all."
Arielle sighed, and adjusted her glasses. "I know, it feels different this time. I'm not just your girlfriend, I'm going to be your wife. And it's going to be tough to plan the wedding if you're going to be spending longer hours at the base and could be deployed at any time."
Ryan took a sip from his coffee. "We still haven't set a date for the wedding. We'll find time for all the planning, don't worry. High readiness is only a few months anyway. Everything will work out, I promise."
Just as Arielle was about to speak again, Ryan's phone began to vibrate in his pocket. A text message from his company commander came through, one only for him and not for the rest of the team. He was needed at base ASAP. He finished up his coffee and stood up from the table.
"Time to go already?" Arielle asked.
"Yeah," Ryan said as he gave his fiance a kiss on the forehead, before grabbing his Multicam jacket and walking towards the door. "Could just be a drill to keep us on our toes, could be something real. I'll still be home tonight hopefully, SOCOM isn't that mean to send us out of the States on our first day on high readiness."
"Well, have a good day at work," Arielle called to Ryan as he tried to rush out of the door. "I love you, don't die."
"Love you too." Ryan called back as he walked out of the door, towards his car. A Mini Countryman JCW painted in a metallic light green certainly wasn't the vehicle one would expect a military man to drive, but he found it perfectly serviceable as both a commuter and a fun vehicle to do some light offroading with. He started the engine and reversed out of the driveway, before turning to make his way down the street, towards the base.
Joint Base Lewis McCord
Ryan arrived at base before the rest of his team, reporting to the secure briefing room as ordered by the company commander, Major Ramirez. Ramirez was a tall man of Mexican descent, a man who an observer could tell has seen plenty of combat through the Global War on Terror just through the look in his eyes and the way he carried himself. Major Ramirez was an officer Ryan respected a lot, a man he hoped to emulate if he decided it was time to take a step back from the field and finally take on a promotion to a company commander. The choice Arielle would want him to make, after they're married and have a child. Not a choice Ryan was ready to make, however.
"Captain Harris, good morning. Hope I wasn't interrupting anything at home," Major Ramirez said as Ryan entered the room.
"Nothing I didn't want to get out of anyway, Major. Arielle is worried I might deploy with no notice and she's been on my ass about planning the wedding. What did you call me in for?" Ryan asked.
"Well Captain, you guys should hurry up and set a date for that wedding. You know I'm going to show up for one of my ODA leaders getting married whenever it is." The Major began. "Unfortunately, she's right to be worried about you deploying soon. South Korean intelligence is suspecting they've been infiltrated by North Korean intelligence assets and commandos after picking up chatter from Pyongyang. We're not sure if it's for real or a false alarm, but they're taking it seriously. They might want SOCOM assets, and since your team is on high readiness as of today, you're slated to go over if they want American help."
The Major gave Ryan a folder. He looked through it, it contained all the reports they had about the potential developing situation in Korea. "Thanks Major, I'll update my guys when they get in."
With the briefing concluded, Ryan made his way to his team's ready room. The room was set up almost as an office break room with a simple kitchen area, a small table, two couches, and a TV mounted on the wall. The first one in, Ryan started the coffee maker and waited for the team to arrive.
Over the next half hour, the team started to filter in. When they all arrived, Ryan began to give his briefing on the day's situation.
"Alright, first of all, welcome to day one of our high readiness rotation. We'll get through it fine, hopefully with not too much time downrange," He began. "So, we have the usual threats in our AO. China continues to be belligerent. Civil conflict in Myanmar continues to worsen, and that's still remaining on radar for an ODA to deploy there long term once the Pentagon gets a better idea of which rebel group isn't full of assholes who are going to commit ethnic cleansing. India and Pakistan are at each other's throats as usual. And North Korea, I've been updated on something big with them."
He paused, and took a sip from his coffee. "South Korean intelligence is suspecting there's been an infiltration by North Korean intelligence assets and possibly commandos. They're not entirely sure if it's happened, but they've detected chatter north of the 38th Parallel that suggests Pyongyang may have active assets in the South. Now, South Koreans can handle this on their own, but they still find it important to share this intel with us. I've been informed by command that the Koreans may want SOCOM assets to work with them due to suspected presence of North Korean commandos, and risk of threat to American military and diplomatic personnel. If they want US assets, it's going to be our team going in. We'll know by tomorrow morning if we're going. If we go, we'll be operating in the Seoul metro area. I'm thinking we'll run a few CQB drills today to prepare for that, unless anyone else has input on what we should focus on in training the next couple days."
Tacoma, Washington
February 7th, 2022
"So, you're going on to high readiness rotation today?"
"You knew it was coming," Ryan looked up from his breakfast, across the table towards his fiance, Arielle, who had asked the question. An attractive Asian woman in her late 20s with hair dyed light brown who wore round framed glasses. To Ryan, the most beautiful woman in the world and the love of his life. "We've been through high readiness cycles before, Arielle. You know I'm going to be home every night still and it doesn't mean I'm deploying. Only short term missions out of country if any at all."
Arielle sighed, and adjusted her glasses. "I know, it feels different this time. I'm not just your girlfriend, I'm going to be your wife. And it's going to be tough to plan the wedding if you're going to be spending longer hours at the base and could be deployed at any time."
Ryan took a sip from his coffee. "We still haven't set a date for the wedding. We'll find time for all the planning, don't worry. High readiness is only a few months anyway. Everything will work out, I promise."
Just as Arielle was about to speak again, Ryan's phone began to vibrate in his pocket. A text message from his company commander came through, one only for him and not for the rest of the team. He was needed at base ASAP. He finished up his coffee and stood up from the table.
"Time to go already?" Arielle asked.
"Yeah," Ryan said as he gave his fiance a kiss on the forehead, before grabbing his Multicam jacket and walking towards the door. "Could just be a drill to keep us on our toes, could be something real. I'll still be home tonight hopefully, SOCOM isn't that mean to send us out of the States on our first day on high readiness."
"Well, have a good day at work," Arielle called to Ryan as he tried to rush out of the door. "I love you, don't die."
"Love you too." Ryan called back as he walked out of the door, towards his car. A Mini Countryman JCW painted in a metallic light green certainly wasn't the vehicle one would expect a military man to drive, but he found it perfectly serviceable as both a commuter and a fun vehicle to do some light offroading with. He started the engine and reversed out of the driveway, before turning to make his way down the street, towards the base.
Joint Base Lewis McCord
Ryan arrived at base before the rest of his team, reporting to the secure briefing room as ordered by the company commander, Major Ramirez. Ramirez was a tall man of Mexican descent, a man who an observer could tell has seen plenty of combat through the Global War on Terror just through the look in his eyes and the way he carried himself. Major Ramirez was an officer Ryan respected a lot, a man he hoped to emulate if he decided it was time to take a step back from the field and finally take on a promotion to a company commander. The choice Arielle would want him to make, after they're married and have a child. Not a choice Ryan was ready to make, however.
"Captain Harris, good morning. Hope I wasn't interrupting anything at home," Major Ramirez said as Ryan entered the room.
"Nothing I didn't want to get out of anyway, Major. Arielle is worried I might deploy with no notice and she's been on my ass about planning the wedding. What did you call me in for?" Ryan asked.
"Well Captain, you guys should hurry up and set a date for that wedding. You know I'm going to show up for one of my ODA leaders getting married whenever it is." The Major began. "Unfortunately, she's right to be worried about you deploying soon. South Korean intelligence is suspecting they've been infiltrated by North Korean intelligence assets and commandos after picking up chatter from Pyongyang. We're not sure if it's for real or a false alarm, but they're taking it seriously. They might want SOCOM assets, and since your team is on high readiness as of today, you're slated to go over if they want American help."
The Major gave Ryan a folder. He looked through it, it contained all the reports they had about the potential developing situation in Korea. "Thanks Major, I'll update my guys when they get in."
With the briefing concluded, Ryan made his way to his team's ready room. The room was set up almost as an office break room with a simple kitchen area, a small table, two couches, and a TV mounted on the wall. The first one in, Ryan started the coffee maker and waited for the team to arrive.
Over the next half hour, the team started to filter in. When they all arrived, Ryan began to give his briefing on the day's situation.
"Alright, first of all, welcome to day one of our high readiness rotation. We'll get through it fine, hopefully with not too much time downrange," He began. "So, we have the usual threats in our AO. China continues to be belligerent. Civil conflict in Myanmar continues to worsen, and that's still remaining on radar for an ODA to deploy there long term once the Pentagon gets a better idea of which rebel group isn't full of assholes who are going to commit ethnic cleansing. India and Pakistan are at each other's throats as usual. And North Korea, I've been updated on something big with them."
He paused, and took a sip from his coffee. "South Korean intelligence is suspecting there's been an infiltration by North Korean intelligence assets and possibly commandos. They're not entirely sure if it's happened, but they've detected chatter north of the 38th Parallel that suggests Pyongyang may have active assets in the South. Now, South Koreans can handle this on their own, but they still find it important to share this intel with us. I've been informed by command that the Koreans may want SOCOM assets to work with them due to suspected presence of North Korean commandos, and risk of threat to American military and diplomatic personnel. If they want US assets, it's going to be our team going in. We'll know by tomorrow morning if we're going. If we go, we'll be operating in the Seoul metro area. I'm thinking we'll run a few CQB drills today to prepare for that, unless anyone else has input on what we should focus on in training the next couple days."