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Publication date: May 2016

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To my family, especially my wife for putting up with late nights and editing.

Forward

I've never written a book before. I tend to buy between 50 and 100 books a year off Amazon. A lot of them just mediocre books but I still enjoy them, and after a while I thought I could write one of these! I started writing several times. When I’ve gotten to around 30,000 words or so, I tended to fizzle out and stop. Maybe it was fear of rejection, I thought. Could I write a good enough book to satisfy myself never mind the public or whoever may purchase it. Then I was just too busy with work and children. This particular book which I have finished, started out because I came down with the flu, and I did not win the 1.5 billion dollars Lottery! So there I was bored. I decided to give it another go. After a week and a half I was already passed my stopping point from before and I had the rest of the book pretty much outlined. This gave me the confidence along with my wife’s encouragement to finish this book, get a cover made and sign up for Kindle self-publishing. Now I'm already writing the second book with a will. I'm not sure how this will be received, people have gotten a glimpse of it have given me positive feedback. Infected Moosehill Militia Book 1, is a fictional story of course but all the locations are real and even some of the characters may, or may not, be modeled after people I know! As I am starting my second career as a part-time fictional writer I hope you enjoy the story because I plan on keep writing Book 2 and book 3 and so on. I may go back now and continue those other books that I started. Enjoy the read and if you have time leave a review.

Prologue

Today was particularly hard on Mike, His daughter of one year was with family, and Mike sat next to his wife’s bed, holding her hand. She found out six months ago that she had a form of inoperable Brain Cancer. After the initial anger, you have to ask yourself why me, when that idiot down the street will get to be a hundred.

Amy his wife, being a strong determined person her whole life, stopped feeling sorry for herself and dragged Mike out of that depression too. She decided they had to live. So they packed up their jeep and drove cross country with baby Mary in a car seat. They stopped at the Grand Canyon and marveled at its majesty, they traveled across the desert into Las Vegas and stayed in Las Vegas for a night. Mike drove them over Hoover Dam and then to the Pacific Ocean in San Diego, showing Amy where he survived Hell Week. They visited some cousins and moved on up the Pacific coast highway enjoying the time together with baby Mary all the way into San Francisco and parts north. Amy particularly loved the Redwoods.

While in Seattle Amy started to feel ill. After three months of touring the country, Amy’s illness caught up with them. They flew home to Massachusetts the next day.

Here they were at the end. “Mike, I’m not doing so well today. I need you to promise me you’ll do everything in your power to protect our daughter. Promise me.” She whispered.

“Easy baby, no need to strain yourself. Mary will be fine. I’ll take care of her.” He told her.

“No, you need to promise me you will!” she said with whatever strength she still possessed.

“Yes, darling I will. I promise nothing will hurt Mary.” He told her. She smiled and laid back resting. An hour later Amy Mohan was dead. She never woke up again.

Three days later the wake and funeral was well attended. Mike and Mary had a lot of friends and acquaintances It was a Irish funeral, drinks flowed stories were told of Amy and what a wonderfully person she was. Two weeks later, with family watching Mary, Mike a decorated Navy Seal went back to work at the Police Department. Except for Mary, Mike didn’t let himself smile again for a long time.

Ground Forces Equipment:

M113A2 Armored Personnel Carrier.
Weight 12.3 Tons. Length 15’ 8’ crew 2+11 Aluminum armor, speed 42mph, range 300 miles.

Hummer or Humvee.
4 wheel drive Military light truck, weight 5200lb length 15’ by 7’, height 6’, V8 diesel top speed 70 mph.
60 mm mortar
. M224 system consists of Cannon, Bipod, Baseplate, M64A2 sighting unit. Range 3816 yards.
M4 carbine.
Improved version of the Vietnam era M16 rifles. 5.56x45mm NATO ammunition, gas operated, magazine fed selective fire. With multi position telescoping stock.
SAW M249.
Light machine gun. Gas operated and air-cooled, quick change barrel. 5.56x45mm NATO ammunition, rate of fire sustained 100RPM, Rapid rate of fire 200RPM, Cyclic rate of fire 800RPM. Velocity 3000 ft./s. Effective range 770 yards.
M60 Belt-fed machine gun.
Fires 7.62x51mm NATO .308 Vietnam era. Still in use today.
Mollie.
An acronym for Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment. The current generation of load-bearing equipment and backpacks utilized by a number of NATO armed forces.

British

BVS 10 All Terrain Armored vehicle.
Amphibious armored vehicle tracked, front powered cab 5.0 tons, second armored rear car 3.5 tons. Driver 12 Marines.
SA80 Assault rifle
. 5.56x45mm gas operated selective fire. Rate of fire 610 to 775 RPM Range 1200 ft effective.

Air units:

UH-1N Iroquois.
CH-135 Twin Huey Improved variant of the Vietnam era Huey helicopter.
UH-60 Black Hawk.
Helicopter four bladed twin engine medium lift utility helicopter.
Chinook.
Twin engine tandem rotor heavy lift helicopter. Crew 3, 33-55 Troops or 21,000 lb. Length 52 f., speed 170 knots, 196 mph, range 450 miles
V-22 Osprey.
Tilt rotor military aircraft, Crew 4, max speed 316 mph, range 1011 miles. Ceiling 25,000 ft. 24 Troops seated, 32 Troops floor loaded or 20,000 lb.
Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion.
Largest and heaviest Helicopter in the United States Military. Crew 5, max speed 196 mph, Range 621 miles, ceiling 18,500. 37 Troops to 55 Troops with centerline seat installed.
C-130 Hercules.
Military cargo plane. Payload 45,000 lb. 92 passengers, 64 airborne Troops, 2-3 Humvee's or 2 M113 APC. Max 366 mph. Range 2360 miles. Ceiling 33,000 ft. Take off distance 3586 max load. 1400 ft at half load.
C-145 Skytruck.
Military cargo transport. Max cargo 5000 lb. 16 passenger or 10 combat paratroopers.
Bell OH-58.
Reconnaissance helicopter. Crew 2. Max speed 149 mph. Range 161 miles. Service ceiling 15,000 ft.

Naval units:

Nimitz Class supercarrier.
Displacement 102,000 long tons, length 1,092 ft. Beam 252 ft. draft 37 f., speed 30+ knots or 56+ mph, range unlimited nuclear propulsion.
Ticonderoga Class guided missile cruiser.
Displacement 9600 long tons, length 567 ft. Beam 55 ft. draft 34 ft. Speed 32.5 knots or 37.4 mph. 2 SH-60 Sea hawk helicopters.
Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer.
, Displacement 9200 long tons, length 509 ft. Beam 66 ft. draft 31 ft. Speed 30+ knots or 35+ mph, 2 SH-60 Sea hawk helicopters.
Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship
. Displacement, 40,358 long tons, Length 844 ft. Beam 106 ft. Draft 27 ft. Speed 20+ Knots or 23+ mph, Troops 1894 Marines and 104 Officers. Aircraft Mix of CH-53E Super Stallion, AV-8B Harrier, UH-N Huey, AH-1W Super Cobra, MTV-22 Osprey VTOL, HM-60S Nighthawk Helicopters.
America-Class amphibious assault ship.
Displacement 44,971 tons. Length 844 ft. Beam 106 ft. Draft 26 ft. Marines 1871. MTV-22B Osprey. Hairier II or F-35 Lightning II. Ch-53K King Stallion. UH-1Y Venom. AH-1Z Viper. MH-60s Nighthawk.
San Antonio Class Amphibious transport dock.
Designed to deliver up to 800 Marines ashore by landing craft and helicopters. Displacement 25,000 tons, length 684 ft, Beam 105 ft. Draft 23 ft. Speed 22 knots, two LCAC, aircraft 4 CH46 Sea Knight helicopters or 2 MTV-22 Osprey tilt rotor aircraft.
Harpers Ferry Class Dock landing ship
. Displacement 12,314 tons, Length 609 f., Beam 84 ft. draft 21 ft. Speed 24.5+ knots, 2 LCAC, 15 Amphibious assault vehicles, 2 M1A1 Abrams tanks. 504 Troops surged.
Whidbey Island Class Dock landing ship
. Displacement 11,471 tons. Length 610 ft. Beam 84 ft. Draft 21 ft. 5LCAC's or 21 LCM-6s. Marines 504 total.
Austin-Class amphibious transport dock.
Displacement 9629 long tons. Length 570 ft. Beam 105 ft. Draft 23 ft. Speed 21 knots. 900 Marines.
Virginia Class Submarine.
Displacement 7800 tons, length 377 ft. Beam 34 ft. nuclear power
Ohio-Class Ballistic missile submarine
. Displacement 16,764 tons. Length 560 ft. Beam 42 ft. Speed 29 mph+, nuclear power.

British

HMS Ocean
Amphibious Assault ship Helicopter. 21,500 tons, Length 667 ft, Beam 115 ft. Speed 18 knots 21+ mph. Range 8,000 miles. 830 Royal Marines. Mixture of helicopters.
Albion-Class Assault ship
. Amphibious transport dock. Displacement 19,560 tons, length 577 ft. Beam 95 ft. Speed 21+mph. Range 8000 miles.
Type 23 Duke-Class frigate
. Displacement 4900 tons. Length 436 ft. Beam 52 ft. Speed 32 mph. Range 7,500 miles.
Type 45 Daring-Class destroyer
. Displacement 8000 tons. Length 500 ft. Beam 69 ft. Speed 33 mph. Range 7,000 miles.