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    The Irregulars: Chapter 7: BUB
    The Irregulars: Chapter 7: BUB
    The Irregulars: Chapter 7: BUB
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    The Irregulars: Chapter 7: BUB

    By Mike Win

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    All key leaders in 4-20 Infantry gather for the tedious battle update brief, a chance for the colorful Colonel Ricky William to catch up on his battalion. During the brief Ryan McGriffin receives an unexpected opportunity to contribute to the war, but her excitement turns into shock when she learns of the other happenings on FOB Normandy.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMike Win
    Release dateJan 19, 2016
    The Irregulars: Chapter 7: BUB
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    Mike Win

    Mike Win is the author of the Tomahawk Five Nine trilogy, a memoir of his experiences in the Army and Iraq. He enjoys sketching, the Emmy Award-winning series 24, and advocating a culture of accountability in our government and society at large. He hangs out in the Pacific Northwest.

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      The Irregulars - Mike Win

      CHAPTER 7

      BUB

      FOB Normandy, Iraq

      Second Lieutenant Ryan McGriffin, U.S. Army

      It was her least favorite chore, but she insisted on doing it herself instead of pawning it off to the lower enlisted like Major Glennie suggested. It was nothing too difficult, all she had to do was collect PowerPoint slides from every staff section and company, make coffee, ready the projector, and prep the conference room for the battle update brief, or BUB, a meeting between key leaders and staff, by setting up the lawn chairs again, all 50 of them, stacked in two columns locked inside a closet—with the scarcity of chairs on base and thieves abound, Glennie placed McGriffin in charge of the conference room’s supply, threatening to hold her accountable should even one go missing—it was payback for ignoring his suggestion, but she refused to wax indignant over this overblown responsibility, which only angered him further, the driving motivation for pouring herself into the task.

      After rolling the commander’s and command sergeant major’s high-end office chairs (locked in a separate closet) into the room, she collected the coffee dispenser and walked to the only reliable source of fresh coffee in the building: the commo shop.

      Hey, Fog. she greeted the shop’s lone occupant. "So…there’s this BUB thing going on tonight, right? And the thing about BUBs, they’re really boring and the attendees really like coffee—"

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