I’d like to recognize and thank a few people without whose help and/or expertise this story would have died.
Lieutenant Colonel Keith, not his real name, is currently serving with the U.S. Army somewhere in Asia. He has also served in the army’s CID, its criminal investigation division. I pestered LTC Keith for clarification on a range of issues and details on a daily basis for over a year.
Second on the list is Major Woody, also not his real name, USAF (retired). The major flew F-16s out of Ramstein, one of the key settings in the novel, and made sure the narrative pertaining to the base wasn’t wildly off-course.
Allan has a couple of important contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense, which is why you’re not getting his full name. Allan read drafts and pointed me in a few interesting directions.