Ann and I hit it off right away, first with small talk, then light sexual banter and flirting, and by the end of her first week, open flirtation of a ...trong sexual type. I know that if anyone heard some of the things we were saying to each other it could get us both in trouble for sexual misconduct in the office place. First thing I did Monday morning was to talk to Ann about how we needed to be careful about our flirting and we needed to watch who was around when we were talking. She agreed. "Our mother died of a stroke over six months ago. She played the piano beautifully. Tim tells us that Emma plays better but I don't think so. I can't say for sure because I never heard Emma play. It she can, I'll be very impressed. So how do you like our mother's drawing." Wonderful, Cheri," she reluctantly gave it back. "Is there any chance that I could get a copy for myself? I can't take my eyes off it." You know when we go out tonight there's a Kinko's on the way to the Yellow Orchid. We. Training programs had been established for drivers, and marksmen. Small unit training was conducted on 'farms' owned by sympathetic Muslims. Larger command and control drills had been initiated and practiced, with the express intention of taking control and directing multiple small units nationwide. The Mullah's actions and orders over the past two weeks had been particularly mysterious.A kidnapping had been ordered of a girl the night before. The driver had been one of the best-trained, and. Surely we,d be issued with lighter weight work uniforms soon. Next thing we checked our weapons in to the arms room and were assigned “hooches” temporary wood and canvas barracks to live in with wooden floors, waterproofing and mosquito netting. The floors discouraged snakes of which a few were non poisonous, but Not nasty spiders and those damned mosquitos always seemed to defy the netting. We soon got used to shaking out our boots when getting out of bed, my worst fears realised one morning.