Gundams: A Short Story

On top of trying to establish an area where they could sit down and not have to worry about direct fire, 1st platoon was also tasked with conducting patrols and manning TCP's which they did not have the men to

In the next part of the book Frederick talks about continued strife between all levels of leadership and the establishment of the TCPs. There were 6 TCPs, or tactical control points, in the AO. The TCPs went against mostly everything the army trains for by doctrine. They were sparsely manned, fixed positions that the men felt more vulnerable at than anything. They would continue to be the center of many issues that arise in the future of their deployment. With the TCPs adding more friction in the battalion relationship communication lines got more and more strained. Conflict between the company commanders and the battalion commander during garrison time was ten times as worse during wartime. Kunk and the company commanders continued to create a gap in their relationship that led to very unfavorable operating positions for future operations.

“Looks like someone’s catchin’ on! Go tell the officers ya’ little good for nothin’ irl! You ain’t doin’ nothin’ but standin’ there!” He rose to shout of agitation.

¨And are they going to fire on the townspeople Captain¨ said the same man again.

Hurried footsteps could be heard just outside the door. A concerned voice could be heard, “Captain, what happened? We heard the commotion outside.”

“Did you hear that?” asked the short soldier, nervously fondling his rifle, “Sounded like footsteps.”

General Clayton sat there for a moment, he knew his orders were fairly broad from the President, and Johnny was making a good argument. “Yes the Platoon is good and I’ll talk to Lane about it, the Marine escort would solve a lot of problems. When can I have the Platoon?”

“NO TALKING!” McCarter barked, his demeanor changing from friendly to furious in the space of a few seconds. With his shoulders squared, he walked over to where the two undercover officers stood and glared into Booker’s face before yelling, “IS THAT

The armored man cut the Imperial officer off, “Or you’ll what, Captain? I’m not one of your lock-stepping drones, this part of the op is mine. End of Discussion.”

BOOM! A gun went off, and hit one of his men. He raced toward the wounded soldier. He knew him well, as he did all of the other men in

Before remounting, he promoted the private to captain, and although bewildered by his new rise in status, he thanked him and attempted to provide an explanation. “Captain Githmark made us slaughter the entire town except for a young girl who fought us off. The captain said to leave her alone because she was too much trouble.”

He found himself in a circle of men. They were his old platoon: Davey Kinks, Jorge Gracia, Mickey Haiti, and Mumia. Looking at them, he

“I don’t know.” Ebon said in what he thought was a normal voice, but Ilene fliched at the sound. He was probably yelling. Great. He thought. Make myself a bigger target.

Corporal: Yes sir. The next day we went to get, so he could be discharged, but he wasn’t in his tent. So, we search around the camping thinking that he must have gotten up get breakfast. Eventually, we flagged down his tent mate. They said he went out last night and then never came back.

I heard the Sergeant call out "Saddle up, we're moving out! Prince, you have the point!"