The Major: Operation Scout

The Major: Operation Scout
This is the 2nd follow-up story with The Major this will be the Major's last deployment he's able to do...

February 10,1968, the Major returns home to his wife and 3 kids for a 7 day reprieve before accepting a promotion and taking over the Squad leader position. He will soon be deploying on a simple recon. mission in Afghanistan.

March 1, 1968, the Major and his squad are camped in a cave they found 25 miles from a nearby PFLP hideout. They are going to recon the area and attempt to confirm a high ranking officer hiding out in the hideout. This was supposed to be a routine and simple in and out mission... But that wasn't what happened...

March 2, 1968 at 3:24 AM, while the Major and 4 of his squad members sleep. His squad sniper is on guard duty. 4:00 AM... the Major wakes up feeling like something is wrong. He goes to reach for his custom M1 assault rifle when he notices the sentry slumped against the tree like hes fallen asleep. He walks over and touches his shoulder to wake him; when he does his sentry slides to the ground with a knife wound to the back of his neck. Severing his spinal cord from his head. The Major rushes to wake the rest of the squad when gun shots ring out from all directions. Hitting the Major 4 times: once in his right shoulder, twice in his right leg crippling him, and once in his left bicep crippling his left arm. As he falls to the ground; he watches as his comrades are gunned down 1 by 1 until the gunshots stop. The PFLP soldiers quickly move in and knock him and the only other surviving member of his squad unconscious.
 

March 9, 1968, after 7 days of captivity the only remaining member of his squad succumbs to his wounds. The Major is barely alive he will die without proper medical attention.
The Major goes in and out of consciousness for the next 3 days.
   
March 13, 1968 the PFLP soldiers allow a American medical team to come in and treat the Major's wounds to the best of their ability. This treatment brings the Major back from the brink of death and allows him to begin recovering. After they treat him the medical team is ordered to leave or else they will be gunned down where they stand. Before they leave the Squad Leader tells the Major that he will be out of there soon.

For the next several days the Major is tortured for any information on American plans; but the Major holds strong and doesn't give up any information.

March 27, 1968, the Major is released back into American hands after 24 days in captivity. Due to his injury's he has to be carried out and placed into a nearby helicopter where he is airlifted to the nearest hospital for proper medical treatment.

**The Aftermath**
August 3, 1968, the Major is released from a hospital in Florida where he has been receiving medical treatment and rehab for the last 5 months. He now has a permanent limp in his right leg and has limited motion in his right shoulder due to his rotator cuff being shattered by the gunshot he received.

**Present Day**
The Major is now 76 years old and is at the rank of Brigadier General ( a 1* General ) and teaches new officer recruits at a OCS ( officer candidate school ) in Georgia. He still suffers from wounds he received throughout his 18 years of active duty and 9 different deployments spanning a total of 12 years of active duty in a combat zone.

The Major: Operation Fox

Dedicated to the men and women who were or still are POW's

This is a follow-up with the Major. This is another operation he went on while in the Special Forces.

The date is November 24, 1964, the Major and his 7 man squad are somewhere off the coast of the Cape Of Good Hope. Their mission is to infiltrate a African rebel base housing four POW captured during a earlier operation. As they reach the shore the squad drag their air boat into the nearby brush to conceal their presence and begin to make their way toward the Coastal Base 4 Klicks from their current position. Their goal is to successfully infiltrate the rebel base without being detected. As they get to the base they duck in to cover and slowly creep along the wall until the reach a drainage grate. They remove the grate and drop into the waterway of the base until they reach a ladder near the holding cells of their fellow comrades. The Major takes lead and breaches the room.The Major silently takes out two African Rebels who are napping near the door. As they begin to prepare to breach the room; they hear a gunshots echo through the room. Fearing the worst they quickly breach the room. They discover their fellow comrades unbound and 9 African Rebels slouched around the room dead from where their comrades escaped and gunned them down. The 4 men were in terrible shape: they were all sleep deprived, cut up, bruised up, and had at least 3 broken bones a piece from being tortured while they were kept hostage. The squad bandaged them up to the best of their ability and began to slowly move back toward the underground waterway. On their way back they overheard several Rebels conversing about the gunshots heard earlier and they said that it was the shots executing the American Scum since the U.S. would not negotiate for their release. This told The Major why no rebels rushed the runs at the sound of the gunshots. They successfully made their way out and back toward the hidden air boat at the coast. They pushed the air boat back into the ocean and made it back to the ship without further altercations with the African Rebels.

African Rebels moving RPG's and other weaponry

Major Brooks

Major Brooks and the Korean War

By: Garrett Shew

The following post will have graphic and shocking information that is not for the faint of heart.

Major Brooks joined the military the day after he graduated from high school he originally enlisted in the Army and planned to become an Army Ranger. His plans soon changed after the start of the Korean war in 1950. His new plans were to join the Special Forces Platoon being sent in late 1950. Following a Commander who helped him throughout his basic training advanced training.

The Following is a personal Recollection of events in his first deployment in Korea that scarred him forever. The date is November 6, 1950, His Special Forces group has been dropped behind enemy lines and has been given a assassination order of a high ranking officer of the North Korean army. As they snaked there way through crumbling the crumbling cities on route to the rendezvous with their inside source they stumble upon a small platoon of Korean soldiers. There Field commander gives them the order to terminate everyone in the vicinity including the civilians as silently as possible to keep them from alerting the nearby military base to their presence. Major Brooks sat back and watched as 5 of his comrades acted like wild animals stalking there prey. His group close combat specialist slides 2 combat knives out of there holsters and takes out the 2 Korean guards by accurately and swiftly plunging his knives into the back of the neck separating the skull and the spinal cords, killing them instantly. After dragging there blood drenched bodies out of the way 4 of his fellow comrades begin to encircle the group taking Korean Soldiers out 1 by one. He said it was like watching a master painter paint a masterpiece due how silent and accurate each kill was executed. Soon as the assassinations began it was over all that was left was the prostitutes and wives of the massacred Korean Squad. Before executing them several of his comrades raped and butchered the women treating them like animals. This was the first of many events that would leave major scars on his conscience. When his comrades decided they've had enough fun they began lining them up and slitting there throats one by one whispering if one of them said a word they would chop them up into little pieces. After the fifth execution a woman closer to the end whimpered just loud enough to catch the commanders attention. He pulled her out of line and ripped her shirt off and balled it up and stuck it into her mouth then put a piece of duct tape over it to keep her from screaming. He then dragged her in front of the line of around 6 women whispering that he warned them if they made a sound. He then proceeded with cutting off the woman's fingers and toes, then her ears. He then began to saw thru one of her wrists all the while the woman is trying to scream but due to the shirt in her mouth nothing comes out better occasional muffled squeaks. after the 2nd leg wrist is completely sawed through the woman passes out due to rapid blood loss. The commander continues to chop the woman up until there is close to 20 pieces of the woman laying on the ground in front of them.  He then took pieces of the woman and rubbed it across there chests smearing them with the blood of their friend. They were all swiftly executed before they began on route once again toward the checkpoint with there inside source. At around 0100 hours they came upon the source; he told the platoon that their target was stationed in a civilian building with approximately 200 civilians residing it it as well as close to 100 Korean soldiers. The commander made the decision to call in a precision airstrike to wipe out the building and the surrounding area instead of risking engaging the soldiers within the building. The Squad positioned themselves on the roof of a building around half a mile a way and radioed in the order of a multi-angle airstrike to completely wipe out the area. As Major Brooks sat there watching the building he began to hear the humming of the jets incoming on there position. He then sat and watched as missle after missle rained down on the building and the surrounding area. After the missle fire was over they went to attempt to search the wreckage to try to find evidence that the mark was killed in the explosions. After about 30 minutes they received conformation that the mark was killed and was bringing the 8 rings and his Golden Ak-47 back as souvenirs. 

After Major Brooks returned to the U.S. outpost he received word that 750 civilians were killed in the bombing and another 1,500 people were injured. The deaths laid heavy on his conscience for the rest of his time in Korea. After being in Korea for 6 months he was awarded the bronze star for combat excellence and was given a 2 month leave to anywhere he wanted paid for by his Commanding officer. 

At this point the Recollection began to lay heavy on his mind and he began to tear up and cry and he decided that was enough for now but promised that he would tell me more stories from the Korean War and from his days in the first Iraq War.

Who am I?

Hello! I'll start this off  by introducing myself. My name is Garrett Shew I am 18 years young and I'm a Freshman at Jacksonville State University. I am also a devote Alabama football fan RTR!. I am also recently a private in the US Army National Guard so as I go through my different drills I will possibly post about my experiences there. I am doing this blog for my English 101 comp class; most of the blog posts I will be writing will be about War Stories. I will be using the info from different books, movies, and personal stories as a reference when I am writing.