I found a Sears store in a mall not too far from the hotel There I bought a pair of jeans to go with my navy work uniform; a couple of shirts, both lo...g and short sleeved; a one-man tent, and a heavy duty back pack. I packed everything I could into the backpack, I had given my dress whites to Mom for safe- keeping, and anything that didn't fit in the pack was tossed into a bin for goodwill. I stood at the entrance to northbound Interstate 5 before a trucker stopped to pick me up."Where you. I loved it: the easy comradeship, the secrecy, and the sheer bloody gut wrenching excitement of it all.A four-man unit had been sent out to Afghanistan, yet again, to capture a much wanted Taliban leader who'd so far managed to evade the green army. We caught up with him and his gang of ruthless cutthroats.It was during our exfiltration that we were caught in a well-planned cross-fire from two groups of Taliban fighters. Scotty, my corporal and best mate, died instantly, I went down with a. They can hit one every twenty-six seconds from where we are, as long as they can see them.”She moved her hands on the hologram giving her instructions.“Just one-second,” said Jason, “there is something big, here! Let two of them fire at this target, now!” Jason said.Andrea looked at him briefly, and then did as he asked. She could clearly not see what he saw. She knew him too well to refuse. He saw her shake her head.“Here, Jason, they hit the moon ship twice. The shield partly blocked the. It wasn't a sexy kiss, but she was coming along."Thank you again, sir, for my new clothes. I feel so nice. Everyone thinks I look great." Everyone's right. Those are sexy clothes on you. You do look nice."On the way home, we stopped and got Chinese food, then went to the movies. I didn't touch her during the movie, though, and on our way home she asked me what was wrong."What do you mean?" I said."Don't you like the way I look?" Sure," I told her calmly. "You look fine. Why do you ask?" It's.