Roswell Fanatics

They finished talking and planning at 2100. Decided to let everyone rest as much as they could before cranking up at 2330. Liz was feeling pretty good but curled up in her Apache and got another hour or so. Finally she woke up at 2300 and got out; most were already stirring but she went around makin...

They were back in Scotland in 2 hours. Liz went right to HQ and Jim was waiting for her. He told her that the alert had come and that they said more information would be coming soon. Liz then got on the secure line to SOCOM. “Colonel Parker. I need an idea of what is coming so I can get people ready...

The next couple of days saw more tension as Germany made it absolutely clear that they were Not going to give in to entreaties to bail out the Euro. As expected that started getting comments from other countries about greedy germans. Then some started saying Germany owed it to Europe. Their Chancell...

There was some down time after the Cyprus exercise; it had been pretty intense and everyone was tired; and the Choppers needed maintenance. One of Jim Harkness’s duties was to keep his ears open and to prod SOCOM G2 for information on anything that looked likely to involve the Regiment. In other wor...

Liz felt very depressed for the rest of the day. She stayed in her office and mechanically worked through the never ending paperwork. She was certain that she made the right decision; but doubts still nagged at her. Intellectually she knew that if someone could not make decisions fast enough then th...

Liz contacted the RAF officer and told him that it was probably a go for the larger exercise but she would get the word for sure in a day or so; she also asked him if the Cypriots had any idea of how big a force would be coming. “They were informed of the possibility it could be this big. Once you k...

The next day started the preparations for the training missions. Turned out that the 352nd SOG was in the mood for some training so their request worked out well. Ramstein called back and let them know there would be enough C-17’s to transport all the Little Birds. One good thing about Austria and P...

The next day they really began to get down to making plans. Liz had talked to the various senior officers from the regiments and had asked them to forward in writing their training proposals. She was due to fly out that next week to first Poland then Austria. After meeting with the battalion command...

Liz steadily ground through things as April went along. The only time she felt free was when she was able to steal away and fly her Apache. Take the battalions up and ring them out. The new Little Birds had arrived; but their pilots were still going through the Special Operations prep school, as she...

One of the first things Liz did the next day was to research that Scottish base and area. The climate was first; and Liz was a little depressed as she found out how cool it was on average. 70 would be a heatwave in midsummer. But the good news was that it did not get that cold. Stayed above freezing...