title: Shock and Awe: (Operation Enduring Unity 2) (Volume 2)
author:  R. A. Peters 
description: Richard Peters is the author of the Operation Enduring Unity political thriller series and a variety of science fiction. He served from 2002-2007 as an artillery spotter in the US Army. Richard spent 27 months in two tours bringing peace at any price to the post-apocalyptic streets and mahallas of Baghdad. He currently lives with his wife and son in Germany and runs his own technical services business.
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  **The Hazards of War**
  
  Jonathan Paul Isaacs
  
    
  
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  Text copyright © 2013 Jonathan Paul Isaacs
  
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  For Dad
  
    
  
  Table of Contents
  
  _Prelude_
  
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  **Prelude**
  
  RAF Sergeant Stephen James Cartwright shivered away in the empty fuselage of
  the Dakota cargo plane. The thin aluminum skin was no protection at altitude,
  nor was the sheepskin-lined clothing that covered everything but his eyes.
  Comfort was defined by rubbing the exposed parts of his face above his oxygen
  mask to keep his eyebrows from freezing. Cartwright’s companion on the other
  side of the fuselage did the same, with about the same frequency.
  
  “Good God, I’ve got to take a piss,” Simon moaned. “How long do you think
  it’ll take to get us home, now?”
  
  “Why don’t you go in the soup can?” Cart