Third Platoon [1] Coronado, California

Lieutenant Commander Blake Murdock. Platoon Leader. 32,67", 210 pounds. Annapolis graduate. Six years in SEALs. Father important Congressman from Virginia. Murdock recently promoted. Apartment in Coronado. Has a car and a motorcycle, loves to fish.

Weapon: H&K MP-5SD submachine gun.

First Squad

David "Jaybird" Sterling. Machinist Mate Second Class. Platoon Chief. 24, 5'10", 170 pounds. Quick mind, fine tactician. Good with men in platoon. Single. Drinks too much sometimes. Crack shot with all arms.

Weapon: H&K MP-5SD submachine gun. Administrator for the platoon.


Ron Holt Radioman First Class. 22, 6'1", 170 pounds. Plays guitar, had a small band. Likes redheaded girls. Rabid baseball fan. Loves deep-sea fishing; is good at it Platoon radio operator.

Weapon: H&K MP-5SD submachine gun.


Bill Bradford. Quartermaster First Class. 24, 6'2", 215 pounds. An artist in spare time. Paints oils. He sells his marine paintings. Single. Quiet Reads a lot Has two years of college. Squad sniper.

Weapon: H&K PSG1 7.62 NATO sniper rifle or McMillan M-87R .50 caliber sniper rifle.


Joe "Ricochet" Lampedusa Operations Specialist Third Class. 21, 5'11", 175 pounds. Good tracker, quick thinker. Had a year of college. Loves motorcycles. Wants a Hog. Pot smoker on the sly. Picks up plain girls. Platoon scout

Weapon: Colt M-4A1 with grenade launcher.


Kenneth Ching. Quartermaster's Mate First Class. Full-blooded Chinese. 25, 6'0", 180 pounds. Platoon translator. Speaks Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. Bicycling nut Paid $1,200 for off-road bike. Is trying for Officer Candidate School.

Weapon: Colt M-4A1 rifle with grenade launcher.


Harry "Horse" Ronson. Electrician's Mate Second Class. 24, 6'4", 240 pounds. Played football two years at college. Wants a ranch where he can raise horses. Good man in a brawl. Has broken his nose twice. Squad machine gunner.

Weapon: H&K 21 — E 7.62 NATO round machine gun.


James "Doc" Ellsworth. Hospital Corpsman First Class. 25, 5'10", 160 pounds. One year pre-med, then he ran out of money. Prefers small dark eyed girls. Single. Competition shooter with pistol. Platoon corpsman.

Weapon: H&K MP-5SD/no-stock, 5-round Mossburg pump shotgun.

Second Squad

Lieutenant (j.g.) Ed DeWitt Leader Second Squad. Second in Command of the platoon. From Seattle. 30, 6'1", 175 pounds. Wiry. Has serious live-in woman. Annapolis grad. A career man. Plays a good game of chess on traveling board.

Weapon: The new H&K G-11 submachine gun.


Al Adams. Gunner's Mate Third Class. 20, 511", 180 pounds. Surfer and triathlete. Finished twice. A golfing nut Binge drinker or teetotaler. Loves the ladies if they play golf. Runs local marathons for training.

Weapon: Colt M-4A1 with grenade launcher.


Miguel Fernandez. Gunner's Mate First Class. 26, 6'1", 180 pounds. Has a child with a woman in Coronado. Spends his off time with them. Married and is highly family-oriented. Wife: Maria. Daughter Linda, seven. Speaks Spanish, Portuguese. Squad sniper.

Weapon: H&K PSG1 7.62 NATO sniper rifle.


Colt "Guns" Franklin. Yeoman Second Class. 24, 5'10", 175 pounds A former gymnast Powerful arms and shoulders. Expert mountain climber. Has a motorcycle, and does hang gliding. Speaks Farsi and Arabic.

Weapon: Colt M-4A1 with grenade launcher.


Les Quinley. Torpedoman Third Class. 22, 5"9", 160 pounds. A computer and Internet fan. Has his own Web page. Always reading computer magazines. Explosive specialist with extra training.

Weapon: H&K G-11 caseless-rounds, 4.7mm submachine gun with 50 round magazine.


Jack Mahanani. Hospital Corpsman First Class. 25, 6'4", 240 pounds. Tahitian/Hawaiian. Expert swimmer. Bench-presses 400 pounds. Once married, divorced. Top surfer. Wants the .50 sniper rifle.

Weapon: Colt M-4A1 with grenade launcher.

(Replacement for Gonzalez after he was shot up in Iraq on the first phase of that mission.)


Joe Douglas. Quartermaster First Class. 24, 6'1", 185 pounds. Expert in hand-to-hand and unarmed combat He's an auto nut Rebuilds classic cars. Working on a 1931 Model A Ford Roadster. Platoon's top driver, mechanic.

Weapon: H&K 21E 7.62 NATO round machine gun. Second radio operator.


Fred Washington. Aviation Technician Second Class. A black man. 24, 6'0", 180 pounds. Is driven to succeed. Taking computer college courses. Doesn't carouse much. Is writing a novel about the SEALs.

Weapon: H&K MP-5SD submachine gun.

(In sick bay on the carrier from wounds suffered in Counterstrike action in the Kuril Islands.)

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