***JAG*** The Mushroom Cloud Chronicles.
JAG: The Mushroom Cloud Chronicles (Reboot) Prologue 1: Author's Note: This is an alternate timeline. Harm's Viewpoint: COMNAVAIRPAC was my boss...we had known each other for a long time...fr...
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The Mushroom Cloud Chronicles (Reboot)
Chap. 1 - Revelations: Above and Beyond the Call of Duty
River McIrish: The Asian admiral stood for a long time; from what I could see from the straight stiff-backed look to the stance of his body, he didn't look happy at all. And I swear I could feel the angry heat coming off him from where I was sitting at the concert grand piano.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oRdp95RVsuk/Wkasg-V4OyI/AAAAAAAAIWc/wAEY-etjsEsFWcyyIRU45CvRFI12oaR-gCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252847%2529.jpg Stiles McGraw known for being the irreverant "funny guy" grinned and said amiably, "Hey, there, Navy guy..." Oh...oh... That was the wrong thing to say.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AIfU-NZjx4c/WkatELbKbxI/AAAAAAAAIWo/Pq80kynPIJYKj2fnJEgYkM1EkCJMt14RwCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252848%2529.jpg Oh, was it ever the wrong thing to say, because the Admiral whipped his head around so fast his brain probably got whiplash and stared daggers at Stiles to the point where I think there was a wet spot accumulating down the front of his pants...at just about groin level.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lIr87PqJEx4/Wkatg6HRJZI/AAAAAAAAIWs/C7960sTk6wEqlltpysJQ98yxh-OjVOvPgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252849%2529.jpg Not a word out of the admiral at all, other than a cold expression of shut the flark up if you know what's good for you...
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yvbk3G_ItlY/Wkat6UM_iqI/AAAAAAAAIW8/jSBTB2b5xO0l_QLf9icyYYnTxpK7U1bMgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252850%2529.jpg When he did speak it was with a frosty clipped tone, "You will address me as sir. When you speak there is only two words that should slip out of that slimy piehole you call your mouth: one is "YES"...the other is "SIR!" Do I make myself clear?"
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WVO4qmgq4yA/Wkaul8-OArI/AAAAAAAAIXE/VBfwIcLK5p427YtVZJq3JZmNIMhxKxg-gCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252850%2529.jpg Stiles looked petrified. He went to rub his nose that instantly looked as if it about to run...rivulets of snot. The admiral focused in on him, "You'd best put that arm right by your side or I'll BREAK IT OFF! You're in the military NOW, not in a daycare!"
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KxulS04Z9vY/WkavDzBxrqI/AAAAAAAAIXI/d3WocgVoU_sIj0kPqryWj2rsoXstORmBACLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252852%2529.jpg Poor Stiles McGraw, he looked thoroughly confused and unhappy, I think the thought in his mind was, "What did I sign? What did I sign?" After all we did sign a contract to be here in this facility...and considering what the alternative was, joining the military...was a better alternative than roasting alive in a nuclear furnace. Well... Welcome to the Navy or the Army or whatever this branch of the military was going to be.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ne24BU55OxU/WkavZz_lDFI/AAAAAAAAIXU/lFPuTSmia9kAb67rp5TPliCsUEN2Z1cxQCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252853%2529.jpg And then the admiral focused on the face of Jared Frio. "You have a problem?" the admiral sneered at Jared, presumably with an equally angry looking face. "No..." Jared replied and was going to say more when the admiral gave him a crazy-face look and said, "Oh, you do, sweet-cheeks. You got a major problem on your tail-end, ME. And you'd better wipe that face clean and give me a dead-pan stare...because if you don't I'm going to smack that sneer clean off your face."
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/--b5sY56t8c4/WkawvFuqCAI/AAAAAAAAIXk/HABKgo7WbloezabjA7Fpk60s2TJ_zJBIQCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252855%2529.jpg "What's your name, pretty-boy!" snapped the admiral. "You look like the best part of you crawled down the crack of your mama's hind-quarters; made out with a pug and ended up with YOU."
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f5vCWjpFYg8/Wkaw52WEwbI/AAAAAAAAIXo/owa7Zye9d4stb6UoOjSh5I-v6G90G7NGwCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252856%2529.jpg The admiral sneered at Jared, "You look like YOU got a problem with authority, son, Best not try that with me. Or I will break you down to your basic components and then see if I can reconstruct you into a gerbil."
At least Jared, even if he didn't remove that sneer from his face, had the semi-intelligence to keep his mouth shut.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GCBxMpYcCTc/WkazG92mckI/AAAAAAAAIX8/s5l0XO6FTowum9vsXrmJwrQ3Gv1eQUQQACLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252858%2529.jpg ...and that was when the other admiral jumped in. Holy Mother of God...Jared was in for it now...
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bqKoZyoxZ_E/Wkazqt4oRkI/AAAAAAAAIYE/2KDug4lr2b8UaJEjt9uSdwqfG9aAFpVeACLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252858%2529.jpg "Son..." that admiral addressed Jared Frio sharply. "You want to take on this man, don't you. You think he disrespected you? Well, let me tell you something...Mr. Frio...and you'd better listen good."
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YtARvWj3vqE/Wka0BfRYl-I/AAAAAAAAIYM/eP63wmOMo5kTNPf2zXItiyCZmaJBUCZ8ACLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252860%2529.jpg "You see that little blue ribbon with the five stars?"
"You realize that they don't give that ribbon to just anyone. It's the Medal of Honor. This man went up against 60 North Koreans trying to extract a fallen squadron-mate off a mountain top in North Korea. He walked away...THEY DIDN'T. My colleague investigated the Medal of Honor citation.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-35LCBfnrM5o/Wka0lGcQoxI/AAAAAAAAIYU/aa6ISpJ5ZlUQSDb-9CfKLHxGxu3L75n-wCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252859%2529.jpg Stiles at that point looked up at the sky in supplication. "Oh, crud...Jared, you just plummed off a Medal of Honor winner..."
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DrH_BIRCeRc/Wka02n5-coI/AAAAAAAAIYY/Cx61f5bW3u4cKjJPSX9tfob-UE1DQoNGQCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252862%2529.jpg Without even sparing a look at Stiles, the other admiral said, "Son, you don't win the Medal of Honor...this ain't some 4-H fairground award...you RECEIVE...the Medal of Honor. For most people this isn't an award that they want. They just went above and beyond the call of duty. For the love of their fellow man. To make sure that they got home. And some of those who have received this Medal never made it home. The man facing you today is one of the ones who did. So you, Mr. Frio, may not like him, but you'd better flarkin' respect him and wipe that sneer off your face."
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i2dyvBdndFs/Wka15NAGj9I/AAAAAAAAIYk/xaSOn5gBa0wKOoV3q6X3qbstrdA8xkRSgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252864%2529.jpg I could almost hear the gears turning in Jared Frio's head as his mental processes churned the data over in his head.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A4Ecv-k2kJU/Wka2IxxogOI/AAAAAAAAIYw/RH1dimXGGVI1trM3wNwQJed2GH5gnJMUgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252867%2529.jpg "Input: 60 North Koreans vs. 1 Naval Aviator on the ground. He walked away...They didn't...that's euphemism for dead... 60 dead North Koreans...vs 1 very alive Naval Aviator...who is right in front of me right now... Computation Calculated... result...This man is deadly. And he doesn't like me..."
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B9zLxWGsK5o/Wka2IzRNxGI/AAAAAAAAIYo/E4cbo_UcRKYSrLEau7NM2iYGiGDnmPQRACLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252868%2529.jpg "Oh..sheepturds... I'm sooo dead..."
Chap. 1 - Revelations: Above and Beyond the Call of Duty
River McIrish: The Asian admiral stood for a long time; from what I could see from the straight stiff-backed look to the stance of his body, he didn't look happy at all. And I swear I could feel the angry heat coming off him from where I was sitting at the concert grand piano.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oRdp95RVsuk/Wkasg-V4OyI/AAAAAAAAIWc/wAEY-etjsEsFWcyyIRU45CvRFI12oaR-gCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252847%2529.jpg Stiles McGraw known for being the irreverant "funny guy" grinned and said amiably, "Hey, there, Navy guy..." Oh...oh... That was the wrong thing to say.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AIfU-NZjx4c/WkatELbKbxI/AAAAAAAAIWo/Pq80kynPIJYKj2fnJEgYkM1EkCJMt14RwCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252848%2529.jpg Oh, was it ever the wrong thing to say, because the Admiral whipped his head around so fast his brain probably got whiplash and stared daggers at Stiles to the point where I think there was a wet spot accumulating down the front of his pants...at just about groin level.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lIr87PqJEx4/Wkatg6HRJZI/AAAAAAAAIWs/C7960sTk6wEqlltpysJQ98yxh-OjVOvPgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252849%2529.jpg Not a word out of the admiral at all, other than a cold expression of shut the flark up if you know what's good for you...
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yvbk3G_ItlY/Wkat6UM_iqI/AAAAAAAAIW8/jSBTB2b5xO0l_QLf9icyYYnTxpK7U1bMgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252850%2529.jpg When he did speak it was with a frosty clipped tone, "You will address me as sir. When you speak there is only two words that should slip out of that slimy piehole you call your mouth: one is "YES"...the other is "SIR!" Do I make myself clear?"
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WVO4qmgq4yA/Wkaul8-OArI/AAAAAAAAIXE/VBfwIcLK5p427YtVZJq3JZmNIMhxKxg-gCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252850%2529.jpg Stiles looked petrified. He went to rub his nose that instantly looked as if it about to run...rivulets of snot. The admiral focused in on him, "You'd best put that arm right by your side or I'll BREAK IT OFF! You're in the military NOW, not in a daycare!"
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KxulS04Z9vY/WkavDzBxrqI/AAAAAAAAIXI/d3WocgVoU_sIj0kPqryWj2rsoXstORmBACLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252852%2529.jpg Poor Stiles McGraw, he looked thoroughly confused and unhappy, I think the thought in his mind was, "What did I sign? What did I sign?" After all we did sign a contract to be here in this facility...and considering what the alternative was, joining the military...was a better alternative than roasting alive in a nuclear furnace. Well... Welcome to the Navy or the Army or whatever this branch of the military was going to be.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ne24BU55OxU/WkavZz_lDFI/AAAAAAAAIXU/lFPuTSmia9kAb67rp5TPliCsUEN2Z1cxQCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252853%2529.jpg And then the admiral focused on the face of Jared Frio. "You have a problem?" the admiral sneered at Jared, presumably with an equally angry looking face. "No..." Jared replied and was going to say more when the admiral gave him a crazy-face look and said, "Oh, you do, sweet-cheeks. You got a major problem on your tail-end, ME. And you'd better wipe that face clean and give me a dead-pan stare...because if you don't I'm going to smack that sneer clean off your face."
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/--b5sY56t8c4/WkawvFuqCAI/AAAAAAAAIXk/HABKgo7WbloezabjA7Fpk60s2TJ_zJBIQCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252855%2529.jpg "What's your name, pretty-boy!" snapped the admiral. "You look like the best part of you crawled down the crack of your mama's hind-quarters; made out with a pug and ended up with YOU."
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f5vCWjpFYg8/Wkaw52WEwbI/AAAAAAAAIXo/owa7Zye9d4stb6UoOjSh5I-v6G90G7NGwCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252856%2529.jpg The admiral sneered at Jared, "You look like YOU got a problem with authority, son, Best not try that with me. Or I will break you down to your basic components and then see if I can reconstruct you into a gerbil."
At least Jared, even if he didn't remove that sneer from his face, had the semi-intelligence to keep his mouth shut.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GCBxMpYcCTc/WkazG92mckI/AAAAAAAAIX8/s5l0XO6FTowum9vsXrmJwrQ3Gv1eQUQQACLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252858%2529.jpg ...and that was when the other admiral jumped in. Holy Mother of God...Jared was in for it now...
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bqKoZyoxZ_E/Wkazqt4oRkI/AAAAAAAAIYE/2KDug4lr2b8UaJEjt9uSdwqfG9aAFpVeACLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252858%2529.jpg "Son..." that admiral addressed Jared Frio sharply. "You want to take on this man, don't you. You think he disrespected you? Well, let me tell you something...Mr. Frio...and you'd better listen good."
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YtARvWj3vqE/Wka0BfRYl-I/AAAAAAAAIYM/eP63wmOMo5kTNPf2zXItiyCZmaJBUCZ8ACLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252860%2529.jpg "You see that little blue ribbon with the five stars?"
"You realize that they don't give that ribbon to just anyone. It's the Medal of Honor. This man went up against 60 North Koreans trying to extract a fallen squadron-mate off a mountain top in North Korea. He walked away...THEY DIDN'T. My colleague investigated the Medal of Honor citation.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-35LCBfnrM5o/Wka0lGcQoxI/AAAAAAAAIYU/aa6ISpJ5ZlUQSDb-9CfKLHxGxu3L75n-wCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252859%2529.jpg Stiles at that point looked up at the sky in supplication. "Oh, crud...Jared, you just plummed off a Medal of Honor winner..."
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DrH_BIRCeRc/Wka02n5-coI/AAAAAAAAIYY/Cx61f5bW3u4cKjJPSX9tfob-UE1DQoNGQCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252862%2529.jpg Without even sparing a look at Stiles, the other admiral said, "Son, you don't win the Medal of Honor...this ain't some 4-H fairground award...you RECEIVE...the Medal of Honor. For most people this isn't an award that they want. They just went above and beyond the call of duty. For the love of their fellow man. To make sure that they got home. And some of those who have received this Medal never made it home. The man facing you today is one of the ones who did. So you, Mr. Frio, may not like him, but you'd better flarkin' respect him and wipe that sneer off your face."
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i2dyvBdndFs/Wka15NAGj9I/AAAAAAAAIYk/xaSOn5gBa0wKOoV3q6X3qbstrdA8xkRSgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252864%2529.jpg I could almost hear the gears turning in Jared Frio's head as his mental processes churned the data over in his head.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A4Ecv-k2kJU/Wka2IxxogOI/AAAAAAAAIYw/RH1dimXGGVI1trM3wNwQJed2GH5gnJMUgCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252867%2529.jpg "Input: 60 North Koreans vs. 1 Naval Aviator on the ground. He walked away...They didn't...that's euphemism for dead... 60 dead North Koreans...vs 1 very alive Naval Aviator...who is right in front of me right now... Computation Calculated... result...This man is deadly. And he doesn't like me..."
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B9zLxWGsK5o/Wka2IzRNxGI/AAAAAAAAIYo/E4cbo_UcRKYSrLEau7NM2iYGiGDnmPQRACLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot%2B%252868%2529.jpg "Oh..sheepturds... I'm sooo dead..."
