Contents
Title Page
Copyright-1
Dedication
Forward
Prologue
Ground force Equipment
Air units
Naval units
Characters
MHMechonized Battalion make up
CHAPTER ONE Police
CHAPTER TWO Date night and decisions
CHAPTER THREE May 3, 2017
CHAPTER FOUR Marauders
CHAPTER FIVE Less than one year
CHAPTER SIX The week of
CHAPTER SEVEN Day-2
CHAPTER EIGHT Day 0
CHAPTER NINE Day +1
CHAPTER TEN Day +2
CHAPTER ELEVEN Day +3
CHAPTER TWELVE Day +4
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Day +5
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Day +6
CHAPTER FIFTEEN Day +7
CHAPTER SIXTEEN Day +8
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Day +9
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Day +11
CHAPTER NINETEEN Day +14
CHAPTER TWENTY Day +15
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Thank You!
About the Author
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Publication date: May 2016
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To my family, especially my wife for putting up with late nights and editing.
Forward
I've never written a book before. I tend to buy between 50 and 100 books a year off Amazon. A lot of them just mediocre books but I still enjoy them, and after a while I thought I could write one of these! I started writing several times. When I’ve gotten to around 30,000 words or so, I tended to fizzle out and stop. Maybe it was fear of rejection, I thought. Could I write a good enough book to satisfy myself never mind the public or whoever may purchase it. Then I was just too busy with work and children. This particular book which I have finished, started out because I came down with the flu, and I did not win the 1.5 billion dollars Lottery! So there I was bored. I decided to give it another go. After a week and a half I was already passed my stopping point from before and I had the rest of the book pretty much outlined. This gave me the confidence along with my wife’s encouragement to finish this book, get a cover made and sign up for Kindle self-publishing. Now I'm already writing the second book with a will. I'm not sure how this will be received, people have gotten a glimpse of it have given me positive feedback. Infected Moosehill Militia Book 1, is a fictional story of course but all the locations are real and even some of the characters may, or may not, be modeled after people I know! As I am starting my second career as a part-time fictional writer I hope you enjoy the story because I plan on keep writing Book 2 and book 3 and so on. I may go back now and continue those other books that I started. Enjoy the read and if you have time leave a review.
Prologue
Today was particularly hard on Mike, His daughter of one year was with family, and Mike sat next to his wife’s bed, holding her hand. She found out six months ago that she had a form of inoperable Brain Cancer. After the initial anger, you have to ask yourself why me, when that idiot down the street will get to be a hundred.
Amy his wife, being a strong determined person her whole life, stopped feeling sorry for herself and dragged Mike out of that depression too. She decided they had to live. So they packed up their jeep and drove cross country with baby Mary in a car seat. They stopped at the Grand Canyon and marveled at its majesty, they traveled across the desert into Las Vegas and stayed in Las Vegas for a night. Mike drove them over Hoover Dam and then to the Pacific Ocean in San Diego, showing Amy where he survived Hell Week. They visited some cousins and moved on up the Pacific coast highway enjoying the time together with baby Mary all the way into San Francisco and parts north. Amy particularly loved the Redwoods.
While in Seattle Amy started to feel ill. After three months of touring the country, Amy’s illness caught up with them. They flew home to Massachusetts the next day.
Here they were at the end. “Mike, I’m not doing so well today. I need you to promise me you’ll do everything in your power to protect our daughter. Promise me.” She whispered.
“Easy baby, no need to strain yourself. Mary will be fine. I’ll take care of her.” He told her.
“No, you need to promise me you will!” she said with whatever strength she still possessed.
“Yes, darling I will. I promise nothing will hurt Mary.” He told her. She smiled and laid back resting. An hour later Amy Mohan was dead. She never woke up again.
Three days later the wake and funeral was well attended. Mike and Mary had a lot of friends and acquaintances It was a Irish funeral, drinks flowed stories were told of Amy and what a wonderfully person she was. Two weeks later, with family watching Mary, Mike a decorated Navy Seal went back to work at the Police Department. Except for Mary, Mike didn’t let himself smile again for a long time.
Ground Forces Equipment:
M113A2 Armored Personnel Carrier. Weight 12.3 Tons. Length 15’ 8’ crew 2+11 Aluminum armor, speed 42mph, range 300 miles.
Hummer or Humvee. 4 wheel drive Military light truck, weight 5200lb length 15’ by 7’, height 6’, V8 diesel top speed 70 mph.
60 mm mortar. M224 system consists of Cannon, Bipod, Baseplate, M64A2 sighting unit. Range 3816 yards.
M4 carbine. Improved version of the Vietnam era M16 rifles. 5.56x45mm NATO ammunition, gas operated, magazine fed selective fire. With multi position telescoping stock.
SAW M249. Light machine gun. Gas operated and air-cooled, quick change barrel. 5.56x45mm NATO ammunition, rate of fire sustained 100RPM, Rapid rate of fire 200RPM, Cyclic rate of fire 800RPM. Velocity 3000 ft./s. Effective range 770 yards.
M60 Belt-fed machine gun. Fires 7.62x51mm NATO .308 Vietnam era. Still in use today.
Mollie. An acronym for Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment. The current generation of load-bearing equipment and backpacks utilized by a number of NATO armed forces.
British
BVS 10 All Terrain Armored vehicle. Amphibious armored vehicle tracked, front powered cab 5.0 tons, second armored rear car 3.5 tons. Driver 12 Marines.
SA80 Assault rifle. 5.56x45mm gas operated selective fire. Rate of fire 610 to 775 RPM Range 1200 ft effective.
Air units:
UH-1N Iroquois. CH-135 Twin Huey Improved variant of the Vietnam era Huey helicopter.
UH-60 Black Hawk. Helicopter four bladed twin engine medium lift utility helicopter.
Chinook. Twin engine tandem rotor heavy lift helicopter. Crew 3, 33-55 Troops or 21,000 lb. Length 52 f., speed 170 knots, 196 mph, range 450 miles
V-22 Osprey. Tilt rotor military aircraft, Crew 4, max speed 316 mph, range 1011 miles. Ceiling 25,000 ft. 24 Troops seated, 32 Troops floor loaded or 20,000 lb.
Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion. Largest and heaviest Helicopter in the United States Military. Crew 5, max speed 196 mph, Range 621 miles, ceiling 18,500. 37 Troops to 55 Troops with centerline seat installed.
C-130 Hercules. Military cargo plane. Payload 45,000 lb. 92 passengers, 64 airborne Troops, 2-3 Humvee's or 2 M113 APC. Max 366 mph. Range 2360 miles. Ceiling 33,000 ft. Take off distance 3586 max load. 1400 ft at half load.
C-145 Skytruck. Military cargo transport. Max cargo 5000 lb. 16 passenger or 10 combat paratroopers.
Bell OH-58. Recon
naissance helicopter. Crew 2. Max speed 149 mph. Range 161 miles. Service ceiling 15,000 ft.
Naval units:
Nimitz Class supercarrier. Displacement 102,000 long tons, length 1,092 ft. Beam 252 ft. draft 37 f., speed 30+ knots or 56+ mph, range unlimited nuclear propulsion.
Ticonderoga Class guided missile cruiser. Displacement 9600 long tons, length 567 ft. Beam 55 ft. draft 34 ft. Speed 32.5 knots or 37.4 mph. 2 SH-60 Sea hawk helicopters.
Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer., Displacement 9200 long tons, length 509 ft. Beam 66 ft. draft 31 ft. Speed 30+ knots or 35+ mph, 2 SH-60 Sea hawk helicopters.
Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship. Displacement, 40,358 long tons, Length 844 ft. Beam 106 ft. Draft 27 ft. Speed 20+ Knots or 23+ mph, Troops 1894 Marines and 104 Officers. Aircraft Mix of CH-53E Super Stallion, AV-8B Harrier, UH-N Huey, AH-1W Super Cobra, MTV-22 Osprey VTOL, HM-60S Nighthawk Helicopters.
America-Class amphibious assault ship. Displacement 44,971 tons. Length 844 ft. Beam 106 ft. Draft 26 ft. Marines 1871. MTV-22B Osprey. Hairier II or F-35 Lightning II. Ch-53K King Stallion. UH-1Y Venom. AH-1Z Viper. MH-60s Nighthawk.
San Antonio Class Amphibious transport dock. Designed to deliver up to 800 Marines ashore by landing craft and helicopters. Displacement 25,000 tons, length 684 ft, Beam 105 ft. Draft 23 ft. Speed 22 knots, two LCAC, aircraft 4 CH46 Sea Knight helicopters or 2 MTV-22 Osprey tilt rotor aircraft.
Harpers Ferry Class Dock landing ship. Displacement 12,314 tons, Length 609 f., Beam 84 ft. draft 21 ft. Speed 24.5+ knots, 2 LCAC, 15 Amphibious assault vehicles, 2 M1A1 Abrams tanks. 504 Troops surged.
Whidbey Island Class Dock landing ship. Displacement 11,471 tons. Length 610 ft. Beam 84 ft. Draft 21 ft. 5LCAC's or 21 LCM-6s. Marines 504 total.
Austin-Class amphibious transport dock. Displacement 9629 long tons. Length 570 ft. Beam 105 ft. Draft 23 ft. Speed 21 knots. 900 Marines.
Virginia Class Submarine. Displacement 7800 tons, length 377 ft. Beam 34 ft. nuclear power
Ohio-Class Ballistic missile submarine. Displacement 16,764 tons. Length 560 ft. Beam 42 ft. Speed 29 mph+, nuclear power.
British
HMS Ocean Amphibious Assault ship Helicopter. 21,500 tons, Length 667 ft, Beam 115 ft. Speed 18 knots 21+ mph. Range 8,000 miles. 830 Royal Marines. Mixture of helicopters.
Albion-Class Assault ship. Amphibious transport dock. Displacement 19,560 tons, length 577 ft. Beam 95 ft. Speed 21+mph. Range 8000 miles.
Type 23 Duke-Class frigate. Displacement 4900 tons. Length 436 ft. Beam 52 ft. Speed 32 mph. Range 7,500 miles.
Type 45 Daring-Class destroyer. Displacement 8000 tons. Length 500 ft. Beam 69 ft. Speed 33 mph. Range 7,000 miles.
Characters
Moosehill personnel
Mike Mohan Main Character, Police officer, Founder of The Mohan Group.
“Mac” Mark McDermott Mike’s Sergeant on the Police Dept. Second in Command of the Mohan Group.
Mary Mohan Mike’s daughter, clairvoyant.
Jack Majors Police buddy and Alpha Company Commander.
Dave Maddox Police buddy and Bravo Company Commander.
Sean Thornton Curator of the military museum and Charlie Company Commander.
Larry Evans State Police investigator and Delta Company Commander.
Paul Epps State Police, Last Chance gun store employee and Echo Company Commander.
Gunny Sergeant Stewart Ryan Foxtrot Company Commander.
Robert Aucoin Mike’s Cousin and professional dirt mover and Construction.
Oddie Gussdorf Owner of Opus survival shelters, Mikes new friend.
Fred Masters Expert pilot and instructor, USAF retired. Head of Mohan Group Air wing.
Charly Smith Reporter channel three news. Mikes on again off again love interest.
Karen Dowd Mike’s Sister. Teacher married to Brody Dowd.
Lester Holt Instructor Pilot at Moosehill Base.
Drew Daggs Sergeant Alpha Company 1st Platoon leader.
Herb Ullirch Sergeant Charlie Company
Hans Stinar Private Charlie Company.
John Adams Mac’s Aid.
Bellissa Delrio “Bell” Police offer worked in Last Chance Gun store.
Second Fleet
Commodore Aki Rin Admiral Second Fleet.
Captain Donovan Sharp Captain USS George Bush Carrier. Flag ship Second Fleet.
Captain Stetson Hobbs Captain USS Bataan, Commander of Bataan Strike Group.
Colonel John Frost Frocked Brigadier General commanding Marine Officer 2nd Fleet.
Colonel Tristan O’Neil Commanding 22 M.E.U. in Wasp Task Group.
Lt. Colonel Gil Isaac XO of Marines in 22 M.E.U. Wasp Task Group.
Major Lars Bech Commanding one of 22 M.E.U. 1st Battalions.
Major Antonio DiCaprio Commanding one of 22 M.E.U. 2nd Battalions.
Dylan Deneke Alpha Company Commander 2nd Battalion 22 M.E.U.
Private Ray Temple Marine from 22 M.E.U.
Lt. Colonel Jeff Duffy US Marines seconded to British Task Force.
Captain Billy Carpenter CO of USS Truxtun.
Sonar Tech first class Drew Connors Sonar man on USS Truxtun.
British
Commodore Chase Hanford Commanding Officer HMS Ocean Task Force.
Lieutenant Commander Ted Brother Aid to Commodore Hanford.
Colonel Truman Astbury Royal Marines Commander
Major Innis Troupe Royal Marine1st Battalion Commander
Major Tad Sundy Royal Marines 2nd Battalion
Other Civilians
Police Chief Robert Grady Chief of Police Portland Maine
Stanford Bason City manager Portland Maine.
Lauren Aylor City Councilor Portland Maine.
Robby Hagen City Councilor Portland Maine.
Trooper Joe Henderson State Police.
Captain Bruce Ward American Airlines.
Shelley Willmott Select women, Chairwomen Leicester.
Darrin Dodgen Selectmen of Leicester.
Thomas Collins Police Chief of Nantucket.
Jennie Barlett Mayor of Nantucket.
President Eliazar Quintana President United States.
Agent Dick Milton from the FBI
Sam Donaldson ATF Agent
William “Bill” Brown Longtime resident and Community Leader of Minot/North Scituate area.
C.O. MH Battalion Humvee
X.O. MH Battalion Humvee
Headquarters 40 Troops
Alpha C.O. M113A2 4 Troops
Bravo C.O.
M113A2 4 Troops
Charlie C.O.
M113A2 4 Troops
Delta C.O.
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M113A2 6 Troops
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Scout Section
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Total Troops 124
Total Troops 124
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Battalion total 538 men and 74 vehicles +
M113A2 comes with driver, vehicle commander and Gunner.
CHAPTER ONE
Police
Day +3
Pete was the pilot and Mike was acting copilot today in the Huey, which he flew in. The convoy they were watching made it off the highway onto Hope Ave on the Southwest side of Worcester. Mike told Pete to head back and follow the Massachusetts Turnpike East from around Auburn Exit 10. He informed Mac, who commanded the armored column that he was riding shotgun for, and had just rescued several hundred people from several locations in Worcester area, that he thought they won’t miss one helicopter from this point on. They wanted to scout east along the Massachusetts Turn Pike and see how bad things were in that direction. They had the legs to go all the way to Boston and back if they had too.
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