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January 26, 1998

The German High Command decides to consolidate its elite forces into a single command, uniting the 24th, 25th and 27th Fallschirmjaeger Brigades, the former East German 40th Parachute Brigade and several mountain battalions under a single division headquarters, the 1st Fallschirmjager.

The winter of 1997-98 is a harsh one in northern and central Iran. The Soviet transportation system into the Transcaucasus Military District has been almost completely destroyed. Desertion is rampant as many troops became marauder bands. Tens of thousands of civilian refugees die from starvation or exposure. General Suryakin directs his staff to draw up an emergency food distribution plan that will distribute food and emergency supplies in as fair a manner as possible. South of the Zagros Mountains, things are better. The winter there is much milder, and the local farmers are able to produce enough food to keep people reasonably well-fed.

Unofficially,

Seeing the need for additional forces for domestic security and food distribution duties, the "Pentagon" (in reality, the powers-that-be at the ANMCC at Raven Rock) orders various units that have completed their training (most notably, the brigades of the 17th Airborne and 4th Armored Divisions and 8th Armored Cavalry Regiment at the National Training Centers and Joint Readiness Training Centers) from those garrisons to internal duties and the conversion of those bases' OPFORs (Opposing Forces), referees and support staff into troop units. The units that have completed their training are to use equipment stocks maintained at the base for rotating units to draw upon, while the cadre are to "unconvert" their VISMOD vehicles back to original configuaration and make use, as needed, of government-owned civilian-type logistic and support vehicles.

The 199th Infantry Brigade is ordered, ready or not, to deploy from Hawaii to Korea to reinforce Eighth Army, reeling after months of tactical nuclear strikes and a year of North Korean human wave attacks.

The crew of the Norwegian sail training ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl, recently departed from its home port of Bergen, Norway, conduct test firing of the ship's defensive weapons, a single 40mm and six 20mm anti-aircraft guns provided by the city's Home Guard detachment.
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