Outsystem (Aeon 14) (40 page)

A full platoon under Lieutenant Forsythe was brought up from Mars 1 and used to augment dockside security. The platoon totals 39 Marines and we were introduced to the following men and women:

Squad 1

Fireteam 1
(one/one)

Ready
–
PFC Tannon

Team
– Corporal Peters

Fire
– PFC Argenaut

Assist
– PFC Lauder

Squad 3
(three/two)

Fireteam 2

Ready
– PFC Mendez

Squad 3 Leader
– Sergeant Jared

Platoon Commander
– First Lieutenant Forsythe

At Tanis’s request, a special operations team was brought to the MOS to provide a direct action force. The full platoon is listed below though not all of the Marines may have been directly referenced in this novel. Stay tuned for more tales of the 4
th
Platoon, Bravo Company, 8
th
Battalion of the 242 Marine Regiment.

Squad 1

Squad leader –
Sergeant Kowalski

Fireteam 1
(one/one)
Ready –
PFC Lang

Ready –
PFC Cheng (replacement for Lang on Callisto)

Team –
Lance Corporal Jansen

Fire –
PFC Cassar

Assist –
PFC Murphy

Fireteam 2
(one/two)
Ready –
PFC Weber

Team –
Corporal Taylor

Fire –
PFC Perez

Assist –
PFC Koller

Tech –
Lance Corporal Dvorak

Fireteam 3
(one/three)
Ready –
PFC Jacobs

Team –
Lance Corporal Becker

Fire –
PFC Martins

Assist –
PFC Larsen

Squad 2 (weapons squad)

Squad leader –
Sergeant Green

Fireteam 1
(two/one)
Ready –
PFC Arsen

Team –
Corporal Salas

Fire –
PFC Altair

Assist –
PFC Reddy

Fireteam 2
(two/two)

Ready –
PFC Meyer

Team –
Lance Corporal Olsen

Fire –
PFC Gruber (Heavy Weapons)

Assist –
PFC Araya

Fireteam 3
(two/three)

Ready –
PFC Popov

Team –
Lance Corporal Chang

Fire –
PFC Varga (Heavy Weapons)

Assist –
PFC Walker

Squad 3

Squad leader –
Sergeant Li

Fireteam 1
(three/one)

Ready –
PFC Kwon

Team –
Lance Corporal Mishra

Fire –
PFC Pham

Assist –
PFC Santos

Fireteam 2
(three/two)

Ready –
PFC Berg

Team –
Corporal Endo

Fire –
PFC Romano

Assist –
PFC Slater

Fireteam 3
(three/three)

Ready –
PFC Jones

Team –
Corporal Tanaka

Fire –
PFC Reed

Assist –
PFC Dias

Platoon Command

Platoon Sergeant –
Williams

Platoon Commander –
Lieutenant Grenwald

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