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The
f
irst
ca
t would
ca
r
r
y
a
driv
e
r
, fo
u
r sold
i
e
rs,
a
n
d
S
e
rg
e
a
nt M
c
I
n
t
y
r
e
,
w
h
o w
a
s
in
c
h
a
r
g
e
o
f n
a
v
i
g
a
t
i
o
n
.
I
t
a
lso c
a
r
r
ied
b
a
sic
e
quip
me
nt and
a
ll
of the
spec
i
a
l
e
quip
m
e
nt ne
e
d
e
d f
o
r th
i
s m
i
ss
i
on. The
se
c
ond v
e
hicle
c
a
r
r
ied Cap
t
a
in
C
a
rn
e
s, a
d
riv
e
r
,
a
nd f
o
ur
s
old
i
e
rs. The
th
i
rd v
e
hicle
c
a
r
r
ied
a
driv
e
r
a
nd five
soldie
r
s
,
a
lo
n
g
w
i
th
dupl
i
ca
tes of
a
ll
the
e
q
uip
m
e
nt
ca
r
r
ied in the fi
r
st c
a
t. The
f
o
u
rth v
e
hi
c
le
ca
r
ri
e
d a
dri
v
e
r, Se
r
g
e
a
nt
P
ie
rce
,
a
nd
four
sold
i
e
rs.
S
tand
a
rd p
r
o
ce
du
r
e
w
a
s to disp
e
rse
the m
e
n
a
nd
e
quip
m
e
nt. The
re
dun
d
a
n
c
y
of m
e
n
a
nd
e
quip
m
e
nt
m
ea
nt on
l
y
two of
the
four
v
e
h
i
c
les
c
ould
m
a
ke
it
to
t
he
obje
c
t
i
ve
a
nd sti
l
l complete
the mission with a m
i
ni
m
um of one
non
-c
om and
a
t
l
ea
st
one
of
e
v
er
y
th
i
n
g
n
e
e
d
e
d. T
h
e
m
i
ss
i
on would not be jeop
a
rdi
z
e
d
b
y
t
h
e
loss
of
a
n
y
v
e
hicle
for
a
n
y
re
a
son. E
ac
h v
e
hic
l
e
c
a
r
r
ied
port
a
ble
l
i
g
ht
i
n
g
, a
g
e
n
e
r
a
t
o
r
a
nd a
l
a
r
g
e
m
e
ss
t
e
nt
t
o pla
c
e
ov
e
r the
w
rec
k
a
g
e
to p
r
e
v
e
nt add
i
t
i
on
a
l snow
acc
umu
l
a
t
i
on while the
men
e
x
ca
v
a
ted the
c
r
a
sh
si
t
e
.

C
a
ptain C
a
rn
e
s bri
e
f
e
d
S
e
r
g
ea
nts
M
c
I
n
t
y
re
a
nd
P
ie
rc
e
in o
n
e
c
o
r
n
e
r of
t
h
e
h
a
ng
a
r, r
e
vie
w
i
n
g
maps
a
nd
ae
r
i
a
l pho
t
os, while
the m
e
n
load
e
d the
e
quip
m
e
nt.
I
t
w
a
s all pr
e
t
t
y
r
out
i
ne
e
x
ce
pt for
the sp
ec
i
a
l eq
u
ip
m
e
nt. The
men jok
e
d
a
nd sp
ec
ulat
e
d
a
bout
t
he
n
a
ture
of this
m
is
s
ion
c
onsid
e
ri
n
g
the unusu
a
l
e
quip
m
e
nt. The
g
e
n
e
r
a
l c
o
nsensus w
a
s th
e
y
w
e
re going
to bu
i
ld a
g
iant
c
ov
e
r
e
d
l
a
trine
f
o
r some
e
nd
a
n
g
e
r
e
d sp
e
c
ies. The
men
hustled to
g
a
th
e
r
a
t
a
t
t
e
nt
i
on in f
r
ont of their
a
ss
i
g
n
e
d v
e
hicl
e
s
a
s
C
a
ptain C
a
rn
e
s and
the
s
e
r
g
ea
nts
a
pproa
c
h
e
d. Ca
r
n
e
s s
t
ood in f
r
ont of the m
e
n with
t
he
se
r
g
e
a
n
ts on
eac
h sid
e
, sl
i
g
ht
l
y
b
e
hind h
i
m.


At
ea
se
m
e
n,”
the
unit
s
n
a
pp
e
d sm
a
rt
l
y
f
rom
a
t
te
nt
i
on to at
ea
s
e
. Captain
C
a
rn
e
s spoke with
t
he
strident
a
uthority
of
a m
i
l
i
ta
r
y
o
f
f
i
c
e
r,
e
n
un
c
iating
eac
h
wo
r
d. His
voice
ri
c
o
c
h
e
ted throu
g
h the
ca
v
e
rnous h
a
n
g
a
r.

Men,
we
h
a
v
e
b
ee
n
a
sked
to do a sp
e
c
ial job for
the
C
I
A.
W
e w
e
re
a
sked
b
e
ca
use
we
a
re
the on
l
y
on
e
s that
c
a
n
do th
i
s jo
b
,
a
nd we
will
e
x
ec
ute th
i
s
m
i
ss
i
on with pride
a
nd
e
x
ce
l
l
e
n
c
e
.
W
e
will
n
e
v
e
r sp
e
a
k to a
n
y
o
n
e
a
bout w
h
a
t we
d
id whi
l
e
on th
i
s m
i
ss
i
on.
I
f
a
n
y
o
n
e
a
sk
s
,
y
o
u will
tell
t
h
a
t pe
r
son
th
i
s w
a
s a su
r
p
r
ise
e
x
e
r
c
ise
ca
l
l
e
d
b
y
P
ick
e
tt
to s
e
e
if
w
e
a
re re
a
d
y
to de
p
l
o
y
a
t a
n
y
ins
t
a
nt u
n
d
e
r a
n
y
c
ondi
t
ions.
W
e
will
pro
c
ee
d
b
y
v
e
hicle
to a
c
r
a
shed
p
l
a
ne
n
e
a
r Whi
t
e
B
e
a
r
L
a
k
e
a
nd s
e
c
u
r
e
t
h
e
c
r
a
sh s
i
t
e.
I
f
the
r
e
is
an
y
one
t
h
e
r
e
,
we
will take
wh
a
te
v
e
r a
c
t
i
ons n
e
ce
ssa
r
y
to
m
a
k
e
them le
a
v
e
.
W
e
will
op
e
r
a
te und
e
r the
dir
ec
t
i
on of
the
C
I
A.
O
n
c
e
t
h
e
s
i
g
ht
i
s s
e
c
u
re
d
,
w
e
will
pro
c
e
e
d to
e
x
ca
v
a
te the
c
r
a
shed
pl
a
ne
f
rom the snow
so the
C
I
A
a
nd
F
AA
c
a
n investi
g
a
te it
b
y
to
m
o
r
row
a
ft
e
rnoo
n
. This
i
s not a
d
a
ng
e
rous or
e
v
e
n dif
f
icult
m
is
s
io
n
.
W
e
wi
l
l be
a
ble to b
a
se
the o
p
e
r
a
t
i
on out of our
v
e
hicl
e
s.
H
o
w
e
v
e
r, our
c
ount
r
y

s
n
a
t
i
on
a
l s
e
c
u
r
i
t
y
d
e
p
e
nds on us do
i
ng
t
h
is
j
ob
a
nd doing
it
r
i
g
h
t
.
Mount up.”

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