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General Patrick finally took notice of the trident on the uniforms of all of the men sitting at the table, not to mention the tape on the uniforms that read ‘US Navy’. “How the hell….” General Patrick said out loud. “That’s part of what I was trying to find out as you walked up, sir.” Colonel Flat told him, they said they jumped in last night. General Patrick nodded, “Well don’t let me interrupt. Please continue.” Everyone in the dining facility was staring and listening intently to the Seal team commander. “We’re out of Oceana NAS. We are an element of Seal Team Four. We were dropped in by a C-130 aircraft at zero two hundred last night.” Lieutenant Williams explained. “You don’t say….” General Patrick was skeptical. Lieutenant …show more content…

“Well sir, apparently our invitation must have gotten lost in the mail so we took it upon ourselves and dropped in.” General Lewis smiled, “Always the smartass Lieutenant, always the smartass.” Everyone laughed. The story that Lieutenant Williams had been telling had just become a fact, General Lewis recognizing the Seals had reinforced what the Lieutenant told them. “General Patrick, we should get these boys out of here into a place where we can speak privately.” General Lewis said. “Sir.” Lieutenant Williams said. “We have a portable shortwave radio set for you. They are expecting us to report back in in thirty minutes.” “Who is they?” Major General Lewis asked. “The President, sir, and General Clayton.” Major General Lewis eyes opened wide for a moment, “John Clayton from Delta?” “Yes sir, one in the same. He’s now special advisor to the President.” “Well I’ll be damned.” Major General Lewis said. “Well grab your gear and let’s get going, we shouldn’t leave them waiting.” “Let’s go boys.” Lieutenant William’s ordered his Seals. They grabbed all of their gear and followed the Officers out of the mess, down the street and into the headquarters building. They ended up in General Patrick’s office. General Patrick signaled for everyone to take a seat, “Sir, we would like to set up the radio and we need to run the antennae up to the roof.” Master Chief Stuble told him. “By

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