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March 30, 2001

Ukraine

The 27th NATO Tank Division takes Ternopol after a two week siege, destroying what is left of the 13th Army in the process. The 27th sends emissaries to the various rebel Ukranian units to make contact.

March 31, 2001

Boomer

The SSN Corpus Christi makes a speed run down the Med in response to the information received from the resistance fighters. As it nears the Straits of Gibraltar it encounters the old French ASW frigate Commandant Bory (F726) on patrol. She manages to successfully elude her but is detected causing the French Navy to go on alert for submarines.

Western PA

The material found at the supply cache is loaded onto trucks and brought back to safety, meeting up with advance units of the 28th at Bedford. The unit bringing the material out was attacked by the White Death but was able to fight its way out. The five Bradley AFV found in the cache were crucial in defeating the White Death forces, their machine guns and 25mm cannon mowing down waves of attackers.

April 2, 2001

Germany

The DIA has been busy over the winter working with US units who refused to evacuate during Operation Omega and while not wholly successful in getting all the various remaining units to come back under US control, they have managed to bring three significant formations back under US MILGOV control.

The III Corps has been reformed and has what is left of the 1st US Cavalry Division, the 70th US Infantry Division and the 3rd US Armored Cavalry Regiment brought back together under its control near Neustrelitz, Germany. The remaining HQ troops from the XIII Corps have joined as well.

They are preparing for a joint operation with the III German Army to drive any remaining Soviet troops out of the area and then attempt a link-up with the US XI Corps in Poland in order to facilitate their withdrawal to friendly territory. They have managed to round up additional US personnel who missed the Omega evacuation, including some 5th Infantry survivors who have made it to Germany over the winter. The Germans have also agreed to hand over some tanks, vehicles and supplies left behind in order to add to their combat power with the proviso that any surviving vehicles and tanks will be handed back at the end of the operation.

III Corps

III Corps HQ
1st US Cavalry Division (2600 men, 54 tanks) - 10 M1, 20 M1A1, 20 M1A2, 4 M60A4
70th US Infantry Division (2000 men, 15 tanks) - 6 M8 Bufords, 9 LAV-75
3rd US Armored Cavalry Regiment (150 men, 4 tanks) - 4 M1A1

Boomer

The Corpus Christi stops at Portsmouth in order to complete her original mission and offload spare parts in order to repair the damaged Permit class submarine USS Gato (SSN-615) and allow her to travel back to Norfolk along with two torpedoes so she can defend herself on the way home. She receives more instructions from MilGov as well as six US Marines from the embassy detail as reinforcements for her landing party, leaving for Norway where they have been directed to meet up with the Norwegian King at the Norwegian naval base in Trondheim.

Korea

As part of the deal made with CENTCOM for fuel, a small convoy arrives at Pusan with the Republic of China’s 66th Marine Brigade. This 3500 man strong force includes a tank battalion (with 36 M41D tanks), four infantry battalions, an artillery battalion and assorted support companies. With their arrival the USMC forces begin to embark for Iran, giving up their places in the line to the Chinese Marines.