HIT AND RUN LIKE HELL
Two M-203 grenade launchers barked, and as their projectiles arced across the thirty meters of ground toward the objective, Tex Benson pumped the trigger of his SAW, sending three short bursts of 5.56-millimeter rounds straight into the enemy fighting position. As soon as the two grenades struck their target and exploded, the entire section leaped to their feet and made a quick rush toward the objective. No fire was being returned, and Cruiser continued the attack completely up the slope without resistance. They reached the top and could see the ripped-up body of a Zaheya soldier sprawled in his own blood on the dirt inside his post.
Suddenly more enemy soldiers appeared from a bunker exit fifteen meters away. They jumped back as soon as the SEALs opened up on them. Cruiser knew that he and his section had pressed their luck about as far as they could. It would be only moments before the whole enemy force responded to the assault.
'Haul ass!'
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Titles in the SEALS series by Jack Terral
SEALS
SEALS: GUERRILLA WARFARE
SEALS: BATTLECRAFT
SEALS: ROLLING THUNDER
SEALS: BATTLELINE
SEALS: BATTLELINE
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NOTE: Enlisted personnel in this book are identified by their ranks (petty officer third class, chief petty officer, master chief petty officer, etc.) rather than their ratings (boatswain's mate, yeoman, etc.) for clarification of status and position within the chain of command. However, when a man's rating is significant in the story, he is identified by that designation.
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TABLE OF ORGANIZATION
BRANNIGAN'S BRIGANDS
HEADQUARTERS
Lieutenant William 'Wild Bill' Brannigan
(Commanding Officer)
PO2C Francisco 'Frank' Gomez (RTO)
PO3C James 'Doc' Bradley (Hospital Corpsman)
.
SNIPER TEAM
PO2C Bruno Puglisi
PO2C Josef 'Joe' Miskoski
.
PATROL TEAM
PO1C Michael 'Connie' Concord (Team Leader)
PO2C Mikael 'Mike' Assad
PO2C David 'Dave' Leibowitz
PO2C Garth Redhawk
PO2C Edward 'Matty' Matsuno
.
FIRST ASSAULT SECTION
Lieutenant Junior Grade James 'Jim' Cruiser
(Section Commander)
PO3C Earl 'Tex' Benson (SAW Gunner)
.
ALPHA FIRE TEAM
PO1C Guttorm 'Gutsy' Olson (Team Leader)
PO2C Peter 'Pete' Dawson (Rifleman)
PO3C Enrico 'Rick' Morales (Grenadier)
.
BRAVO FIRE TEAM
PO1C Montgomery 'Monty' Sturgis (Team Leader)
PO2C Andrei 'Andy' Malachenko (Rifleman)
PO3C Wallace 'Wally' Halonen (Grenadier)
.
SECOND ASSAULT SECTION
Ensign Orlando Taylor (Section Commander)
PO3C Douglas 'Doug' MacTavish (SAW Gunner)
.
CHARLIE FIRE TEAM
PO1C Paul Schreiner (Team Leader)
PO2C Reynauld 'Pech' Pecheur (Rifleman)
PO3C Uziel 'Uzi' Melech (Grenadier)
.
DELTA FIRE TEAM
PO1C Antonio 'Tony' Valenzuela (Team Leader)
PO2C Arnold 'Arnie' Bernardi (Rifleman)
PO3C George Fotopoulus (Grenadier)
.
THIRD ASSAULT SECTION
Senior Chief Petty Officer Buford Dawkins
(Section Commander)
PO3C James Duncan (SAW Gunner)
.
ECHO FIRE TEAM
PO1C Lemar Smith (Team Leader)
PO3C Guy Devereaux (Rifleman)
PO3C Paulo Garcia (Grenadier)
.
FOXTROT FIRE TEAM
PO1C Thomas 'Tom' Greene (Team Leader)
PO3C Chadwick 'Chad' Murchison (Rifleman)
PO3C J. T. Snooker (Grenadier)
.
FIRE SUPPORT SECTION
Chief Petty Officer Matthew 'Matt' Gunnarson
(Section Commander)
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FIRST MACHINE GUN CREW
