Hell of a Day

13:00 Local Time
2/16/10
Kandahar, Afghanistan
Lt. Col. Ryan Ossmann callsign Fate


      Do you ever get that itch on your ass that just won't go away? I've got one; it's called Afghanistan. We've been here for eight years and were still fighting this God forsaken war. Just when you think you've gotten a little ahead you have to go back to an area and do it all over again. Such is war.
     I lead a unit of six hard nosed Rangers called The Surgeons. We are deployed into sensitive areas where success must be achieved. Only 10 men have been lost under my command; a fact that I'm proud of. Papa Six sent us to Kandahar to put down an insurrection of local Opposition Forces. It was simple; cleanup and clear out. We're real good at that.
    We crossed the  bridge to the embassy and parked the humvees. I gave orders for two man teams and we went to work. The sniper team of Zero and Bones went to make a nest in the embassy. Whisper and Jinx went down the left alley. That left Infliction and me with the right side.

"Zero watch the court yard. Whisper work your way down to the gas station. We'll meet you there," I ordered

    I got the affirmatives and we went to work. Infliction took the street. I went into the first building quiet as a mouse. A guard was leaning in a doorway smoking. He never knew what hit him. I crept up to him and gagged him as my combat knife severed his throat. Moving on I saw two more men ion the next room. These fellows were ready. They just had the misfortune of not facing me. I double tapped both of them with my silenced UMP 45.
    Moving into the alley; I got a nod from my partner. I moved into the next building and put down another pair of guards. Then all hell broke loose over the com. Gun fire and incoherent chatter filled my ear.

"AMBUSH, WE NEED BACKUP DAMMIT!" It was Whisper

"Zero do you have a LOS?" I asked.

"Negative, they smoked their back," she reported.

"Let's go," I said to Infliction.

     We ran from cover to cover making our way to our pinned team. All of the sudden two soldiers ran around a corner. I jammed the barrel of my gun in ones mouth and stabbed the other one in his damn heart. We ran through the cloud of blood. The gun fire from the locals grew louder and we slowed pace. We ducked into a blown out movie store.

"Command this is Fate requesting a Harrier fly by and holding pattern on the coordinates"

"Roger Fate"

     Ten second later the bombs fell. Fire filled the street. Two soldiers ceased to exist. A thrid way walking around on fire. I put a couple rounds into him and let the body burn. The street was clear. The Harrier returned for its holding pattern. Instantly it turned into a fire ball. They had fallen back to the gas station.
     We moved from the street back to the movie store watching the streets in the direction of the gas station. Then some poor fool made the mistake of trying to go for high ground. The force of the bullets threw him off of the ladder he was climbing. I radioed for a Black hawk to hit the station. They ate up a three more soldiers.
     We advanced on a smoking yet quiet gas station. We went room by room and found no one. Everyone gave the all clear. We made to leave when I heard something coming through the air.

"GRENADE!" I shouted.

     We ducked back inside just as the grenade detonated. Shrapnel grazed my arm. Sonofabitch I thought. I went out to see where it had come from. Then dumbass made the mistake of peeking to admire his handy work. The last thing he saw was a shiny piece of brass traveling at 1000 ft/sec.

"All clear," I growled.

    We made our way back to the humvees in silence. Another successful mission. Everyone was alive and there were no major injuries. Whisper walked over to me from the embassy.

"You look like shit," she said and smiled.
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My loadout in this game:

Primary: UMP 45 RDS/Silenced
Secondary: SPAS 12 RDS/Silenced
Equipment:Throwing Knife
Special Grenade: Stun x2
Perk 1: Bling Pro
Perk 2: Cold Blooded Pro
Perk 3: Ninja Pro
Killstreaks: Harrier, Chopper Gunner, Nuke
Deathstreak: Final Stand

Map: Invasion
Gametype: Hardcore TDM
My Final: 15-0

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