Shock and Awe

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This technothriller goes out to all my brothers and sisters who answered the call to serve. Most especially to those that never made it back. They may be gone, but they are never forgotten!

Private First Class Jacob Parrott hated manning the rear-facing machine gun on the last truck in the convoy. Especially when patrolling the streets of an insurgent stronghold after midnight. What a crap job. How was he ever supposed to see what was happening ahead? Of course, if something did go down behind them, then guess who would be facing that danger all alone? As the vehicle under him made another gut-wrenching turn, Parrott leaned against the g-forces. He locked his swiveling turret ring in place fast enough to keep his machine gun exactly at a 6 O’clock position.

His driver always took the turns either too sharp, too fast or drifted comically wide. The kid drove this 10-foot high armored vehicle like he raced his worn-out Mustang back home. The idiot was going to flip them all on their heads one of these days. Over the roaring from the unneeded sudden acceleration, Parrott heard his sergeant below holler, “Which damn Wal-Mart did you get your driver’s license from?”

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