Retribution (Soldier Up - Book Five 5) Read Online Free

see all through the area. In Fayetteville people came out of their shelters to stare at a sight they thought they would never see again. 
                  All of the senior commanders from Fort Bragg were present at Pope for the flight as all of them were anxious to hop on-board one of the aircraft for a ride.  However, it wasn’t to be. General Portson posted an order that there would be no joy rides primarily because they didn’t have the fuel to be giving every swinging dick a ride that wanted one.  The order went as far to say anyone caught taking a joy ride would suffer severe consequences under the UCMJ.  Over the next several days the aircraft were moved from storage and distributed to their respective units.  Within two weeks at the deliveries Colonel Ester Perez USAF notified General Portson that she was halting all refueling of aircraft.  They were burning through fuel far too quickly and if they continued down this road in six to eight months the fuel would be gone.  When asked for an explanation Colonel Perez stated that although he had banned joy riding they were getting around it by stating they were ‘familiarity’ operations.  The pilots hadn’t flown in over a year and needed to hone their skills.
                  “Hone their skills my ass!” General Portson said. “I’ll take care of it.  At this time Colonel no aircraft flight time at all unless you talk to me first.”  General Portson was fuming from the report.  The commanders had put the security of the nation, what there was of it, to play around with their new toys.  General Portson pulled out some paper, wrote out an order, called in his aide, “Joe, we have a limited ability to make some copies correct?” asked the General.
                  “Yes sir we do, the copier on the second floor is still working, but we don’t have any toner replacement for it,” Joe said.
                  “Please make copies of this then have it distributed to every single commander on Bragg and Pope ASAP,” General Portson stated.
                  “Yes sir will do,” replied the General’s aide, as he took the hand-written order and left. 
    On to new business this morning with General Moon to discuss the two trains that had been recovered at the Transportation Museum as well as several working Cessna and Piper cub aircraft they had found at Pope AFB.  General Portson had asked General Moon and his Special Operations staff to come up with a plan using all of the resources that were currently available on Fort Bragg and Pope.  As the two generals and their respective staff sat down to open the meeting there was a loud disturbance outside the conference room, then the door swung open, and all eyes were staring. “How’s it hanging boys?” chided one Colonel Lambert, the commander of the 3 rd Infantry Regiment out of Washington D.C., better known as the Old Guard. 
                  I’ll be damned, General Portson said under his breath. “What the hell are you doing here? How’d you get here?” the General asked.
    “It’s good to see you too General, been a while,” Colonel Lambert said.  Colonel Lambert had worked for General Portson several years ago as his adjutant.  General Portson stood and stepped toward Colonel Lambert extending his hand, both men shaking hands.  “I thought you were in D.C.?” General Portson asked.
    “Well I’m the commander of the 3rd Infantry Regiment there, so yeah,” Colonel Lambert replied.
    General Portson was very confused, “Let me explain.” said Colonel Lambert.  For the next forty minutes Colonel Lambert explained how they recovered the combat train from the Smithsonian, its preparation, their departure and various stops along the way and to their final arrival here at the Fort.  Everyone in the room sat mesmerized as Colonel Lambert told the story.  Once the Colonel completed his story he looked around the room,