Strengthen What Remains (Book 2): A Time to Endure (27 page)

Glossary

ACU
               
Army
Combat Uniform

AK-47
            
The
 
AK
-
47
 
is a
 
selective-fire
military rifle
, developed
in the
 
USSR,
 but also used by the People’s Republic of
China.
 

Fueler
            
An army or National Guard fuel
truck

Humvee
        
High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled
Vehicle (HMMWV), commonly known as the Humvee, is a four-wheel drive military
vehicle.

JBLM
             
Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) is
a large military installation located nine miles south-southwest of Tacoma in
Washington
state
.

M11
                
United States military
designation for the SIG P228 pistol.
 
See
SIG P228.

M2
                 
The M2 is a Browning .50
caliber machine gun.

M4
                 
The M4 is a common U.S.
military magazine-fed, selective fire, rifle with a telescoping stock.

M9
                 
The M9 is a semiautomatic,
9mm, pistol in common use by the United States military.

M35
               
A military truck in the 2½ ton
weight class, often referred to as a “deuce and a half.”

MOPP Level
 
MOPP is an acronym for “Mission Oriented
Protective Posture” and as used in the book it refers to the level of
protective gear used by military personnel in a chemical, biological,
radiological, or nuclear combat situation. MOPP Level zero means gear will be
carried, but not worn.

MRE
              
Meals, Ready-to-Eat (MRE) are
self-contained, individual
 
military field rations
.

OPLAN
         
Operation Plan

Op Order
      
Operations Order often abbreviated as OPORD

PLA
               
The People’s Liberation
Army of the People’s Republic of China

Recon
            
Military slang for reconnaissance.

RPG
               
Rocket-propelled
grenade

SIG P228
       
A
compact pistol in use with many law enforcement agencies and the military where
it is designated as the M11.
 
Caden is
given a M11, 9mm .40 S&W, in Chapter 13 along with two 15 round magazines.
 
Caden refers to the M11 by the SIG name.

SITREP
         
Situation
Report

Also by the Author

Through Many Fires

(Strengthen What Remains book 1)

Terrorists smuggle a nuclear bomb into
Washington D.C. and detonate it during the State of the Union Address. Army
veteran and congressional staffer Caden Westmore is in nearby Bethesda and
watches as a mushroom cloud grows over the capital. The next day, as he drives
away from the still burning city, he learns that another city has been
destroyed and then another. America is under siege. Panic ensues and society
starts to unravel.

*
              
*
              
*

Titan Encounter
   
Justin Garrett starts one morning as a
respected businessman and ends the day a fugitive wanted by every power in the
known universe
.
 
Fleeing
with his 'sister' Mara and Naomi, a mysterious woman from Earth Empire, their
only hope of refuge is with the Titans, genetically enhanced soldiers who
rebelled, and murdered millions in the Titanomachy War.
 
Hunted, even as they hunt for the Titans, the
three companions slowly uncover the truth that will change the future and
rewrite history.

*
              
*
              
*

Final Duty – The Speculative Fiction Anthology
   
Twenty years after the death of her father
during the Battle of Altair, Lieutenant Amy Palmer returns to the system as an
officer aboard the reconnaissance ship Mirage
.
 
Almost immediately disaster strikes and
Amy, along with the crew of the Mirage, must face the possibility of performing
their final duties.
 
Final Duty is a
military science fiction anthology that includes a novella and two short
stories set in the same genre and universe.

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Kyle Pratt is the bestselling
author of speculative and science-fiction books. He grew up in the mountains of
Colorado. When money for college ran low he enlisted in the United States Navy.
While serving on various ships he wrote military science fiction and short
stories. After retiring, Kyle taught Yupik Eskimo students in the Alaskan
village of Eek for seven years. During the cold nights, he wrote his first
full-length novel,
Titan Encounter
and then
Through Many Fires
.

Today, he lives with his wife,
Lorraine, of over thirty-six years on a small farm in western Washington
state
where he writes full-time.

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