Crusader One (Tier One Thrillers Book 3)

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by Brian Andrews


  Thank you to our brothers and sisters in arms who are always there, at the pointy tip of the spear, keeping us safe, often from the shadows.

  And more than anything we thank our families, who continue to put up with our devotion to this crazy business of storytelling. None of it happens without the support of our amazing wives and children. We love you.

  GLOSSARY

  AFSOC—Air Force Special Operations Command

  AQ—Al Qaeda

  BDU—Battle Dress Uniform

  BUD/S—Basic Underwater Demolition School

  BZ—Bravo Zulu (military accolade)

  CASEVAC—Casualty Evacuation

  CENTCOM—Central Command

  CIA—Central Intelligence Agency

  CO—Commanding Officer

  CONUS—Continental United States

  CSO—Chief Staff Officer

  DNI—Director of National Intelligence

  DoD—Department of Defense

  Eighteen Delta—Special Forces medical technician and first responder

  Ember—American black-ops OGA unit led by Kelso Jarvis

  EMP—Electromagnetic pulse

  EXFIL—Exfiltrate

  FARP—Forward Area Refueling/Rearming Point

  FOB—Forward Operating Base

  HUMINT—Human Intelligence

  HVT—High Value Target

  IAEA—International Atomic Energy Agency

  IC—Intelligence Community

  IDF—Israeli Defense Forces

  INFIL—Infiltrate

  IRGC—Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. A branch of the Iranian Armed Forces

  IS—Islamic State

  ISIS—Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham

  JCS—Joint Chiefs of Staff

  JO—Junior Officer

  JSOC—Joint Special Operations Command

  JSOTF—Joint Special Operations Task Force

  KIA—Killed in Action

  MARSOC—Marine Corps Special Operations Command

  MEDEVAC—Medical Evacuation

  MOIS—Iranian Ministry of Intelligence, aka VAJA / VEVAK

  Mossad—Israeli Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations

  NCO—Noncommissioned Officer

  NETCOM—Network Enterprise Technology Command (Army)

  NOC—Non-official Cover

  NSA—National Security Administration

  NVGs—Night Vision Goggles

  OGA—Other Government Agency

  OPSEC—Operational Security

  OSTP—Office of Science and Technology Policy

  OTC—Officer in Tactical Command

  PJ—Parajumper/Air Force Rescue

  QRF—Quick Reaction Force

  RPG—Rocket Propelled Grenade

  SAD—Special Activities Division

  SAPI—Small Arms Protective Insert

  SCIF—Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility

  SEAL—Sea, Air, and Land Teams, Naval Special Warfare

  SECDEF—Secretary of Defense

  SIGINT—Signals Intelligence

  SITREP—Situation Report

  SOAR—Special Operations Aviation Regiment

  SOCOM—Special Operations Command

  SOG—Special Operations Group

  SOPMOD—Special Operations Modification

  SQT—Seal Qualification Training

  SSGN—Nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine

  TAD—Temporary Additional Duty

  TOC—Tactical Operations Center

  UAV—Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

  UN—United Nations

  UNO—University of Nebraska Omaha

  USN—US Navy

  VEVAK—Iranian Ministry of Intelligence, analogue of the CIA

  ABOUT THE AUTHORS

  Photo © 2012 Jennifer Hensley

  Photo © 2015 Wendy Wilson

  Brian Andrews is a US Navy veteran who served as an officer on a 688-class fast-attack submarine in the Pacific. He is a Park Leadership Fellow and holds a master’s degree in business from Cornell University. He is the author of the Think Tank series of thrillers (The Infiltration Game, The Calypso Directive). Born and raised in the Midwest, Andrews lives in Tornado Alley with his wife and three daughters.

  Jeffrey Wilson has worked as an actor, firefighter, paramedic, jet pilot, and diving instructor, as well as a vascular and trauma surgeon. He served in the US Navy for fourteen years and made multiple deployments as a combat surgeon. He is the author of three award-winning supernatural thrillers: The Traiteur’s Ring, The Donors, and Fade to Black. He and his wife, Wendy, live in Southwest Florida with their four children.

  Andrews and Wilson also coauthor the Nick Foley Thriller series (Beijing Red, Hong Kong Black) under the pen name Alex Ryan.

 

 

 


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