Patrick listened as Captain Hightower gave his report about the status of OP Alpha, and nodded. "Alright, Captain, sounds good," he replied. "Go ahead and begin moving your platoon up there as soon as possible."

Reaching over to his comm button pinned to his load carrier vest, Patrick pressed it and spoke quietly into his headset, "Ghost One, this is Action Six, over."

A few moments later, the reply came back from the Pathfinders, "Action Six, Ghost One."

"Ghost One, Action One-Six has arrived at OP Alpha and will begin occupying it shortly," said Patrick. "What's your SITREP, over?"

"Action Six, still moving to OP Bravo," said the Pathfinder team leader. "Negative enemy contaact, nothing significant to report. We should be no more than ten mikes out, over."

"How does it look thus far?" asked Patrick.

"All clear for movement, Action Six," said the Pathfinder.

"Roger that," said Patrick. "Once you have reconned OP Bravo, go ahead and set up a short-duration OP while we emplace at OP Alpha."

"Copy, Action Six," said the Pathfinder.

"Action Six out," said Patrick. Looking back at Hightower, Patrick said, "Whenever you're ready, go ahead and lead us up to Alpha."