General Styles stood and said, "The commander of this mission will be COL Mark Smith she turned to Mark nodded her head and sat down. Mark stood and b...gan to explain personnel assignments and duty roles along with the equipment that they would be using and responsible for.Mark's briefing:Good afternoon, I am Major Mark Smith. Everyone began to laugh and suddenly Mark turned and looked at Linda. She stood again and laughing walked over to him as CSM Russell joined them. A pair of eagles were. ”Carol looked up and smiled weakly but took the cup and sipped the strong, black liquid. Ruth had turned and locked the door and pulled a chair up to the desk.“Now, tell Auntie Ruth all about it and I warn you, it had better not be ‘man-trouble’ because you promised to tell me all the details if you ever went out with a man and you haven’t said a…..” she saw how Carol was looking at her. “….It IS ‘man-trouble’? Why haven’t you told me?”“It’s not - exactly - man trouble. More. All women of our age worked hard, but my father was relentless. He picked my husband for me, to ensure I was not coddled. Thus I was worked and raped as God intended. I bore children, and I read telegrams that claimed to honor their deaths.None of the widows of the township failed to warn their daughters against marrying a pig farmer. Nor did they need too. What daughter of women who had taken control of their destinies would suffer a stink filled life, to cleave unto a rare man their age. My. It was too disappointing, especially with my ED problem."Um, ah, Okay. I guess we could all go together. Can I help get your stuff together so we can leave?" I asked standing in front of her while she still clutched my hand.She stood, still holding on, began buttoning her blouse with one hand then spoke to her kids in French. Whatever she said was effective. All of the ones of at least five and up began picking up everything, folding blankets, assembling diaper bags, rousing sleeping little.