“Then I guess the boss would never have harmed the old lady,” said Choir.
“Guess not, eh, Aussie?” added Sal.
The usually voluble Aussie didn’t answer. He didn’t know. It was an old world but a new war, this battle with terror. Nothing quite like it. In many ways this world war was like all wars, but still it was different. But for now, the hemorrhaging in the Northwest, at least, had been stanched.
The big news of the day, however, which dominated all the networks, was that the elderly blind woman and her black lab guide dog who had been missing following the sinking of the ferry
Glossary
AAM—Air-to-Air Missile
AAR—After Action Report
CAP—Combat Air Patrol
CEP—Circular Error Probable
ChiCom—Chinese Communists
CIC—Combat Information Center
CIWS—Close-In Weapons System
COMSUBPAC—Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet
COMSUBPAC-GRU 9—Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Group 9
CVBG—Carrier Battle Group
CVN—Carrier Aviation Nuclear
DA—Direct Action
DEFCON—Defense Condition (There are five levels.)
DIREC—Digital Recon Camera
ELF—Extremely Low Frequency
EPROM—Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EWO—Electronics Warfare Officer
FITCOMPRON—Fighter Composite Squadron
FLIR—Forward Looking Infrared
HARM—Homing Anti-Radar Missile
HK—Heckler & Koch
HUD—Heads Up Display
LOSFABS—Low Silhouette Fast Boats
LSO—Landing Signals Officer
OOD—Officer of the Deck
PRC—People’s Republic of China
RIB—Rigid Inflatable Boat
RIO—Radar Intercept Officer
ROC—Republic of China (Taiwan)
SALERT—Sea, Air, Land Emergency Response Team
SEAL—Sea, Air, Land Warrior
SITREP—Situation Report
SLAM—Standoff Land Attack Missile
SLAMER—Standoff Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response
SOC—Special Operations Command
SOSUS—Sound Surveillance System
TLAMS—Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles
UAV—Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
