Terror At Dawn

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By the time the aircraft carrier USS United States arrived on station in the Persian Gulf, the allure of the United States Navy had long since lost its charm for Airman Gary Williams. He had been promised exciting adventures, the chance to see the world, training to work on highly sophisticated electronics gear, and more intangibly, a sense of meaning to his life.

None of the above had materialized, at least not in a way that he’d expected. The much-anticipated “exciting adventures” had consisted primarily of being yelled at by chief petty officers, first in boot camp and then at his A school. All he’d seen of the world so far was Great Lakes, Illinois, and it had been a cold, inhospitable place filled with people who talked funny to a kid from San Diego. The high-tech training, okay, the Navy had come through on that count, but it wasn’t exactly like he’d had a chance to use it. His Data System A school had been six months long, and he’d studied hard to graduate first in his class. He’d been given first choice of the available billets and he’d picked VF-95, an F-14 Tomcat squadron currently deployed to the Persian Gulf on board the USS United States.

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