Dale Brown - A Time for Patriots

A Time for Patriots

Dale Brown

This novel is dedicated to the volunteers: the ones who support their communities and fellow citizens in thousands of different ways with no thought of remuneration. It is the ultimate gift to society: the gift of selfless service.

P ATRICK M C L ANAHAN , Lieutenant-General (retired), U.S. Air Force, and Mission Pilot, Civil Air Patrol (CAP)

R OB S PARA , CAP Lieutenant Colonel, Battle Mountain CAP Squadron Commander

D AVID B ELLVILLE , CAP Captain, Squadron Vice Commander, Commander of Cadets, and Ground Team Leader

M ICHAEL P. F ITZGERALD , Ground Team Deputy Leader

B RADLEY J AMES M C L ANAHAN , Cadet Captain, CAP

R ON S PIVEY , Cadet First Lieutenant, Ground Team Member

R ALPH M ARKHAM , Cadet Technical Sergeant, Ground Team Member

L EO S LOTNICK , CAP Mission Scanner

J OHN DE C ARTERET , CAP Mission Observer

K ENNETH P HOENIX , President of the United States

A NN P AGE , Vice President of the United States

J OCELYN C AFFERY , Attorney General of the United States

J USTIN F ULLER , Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

S PECIAL A GENT P HILIP C HASTAIN , FBI

S PECIAL A GENT C ASSANDRA R ENALDO , Department of Homeland Security

A GENT R ANDOLPH S AVOY , FBI, Cybernetic Infantry Device (CID) Pilot

L IEUTENANT C OLONEL J ASON R ICHTER , U.S. Army, CID Engineer and Pilot

C HARLIE T URLOCK , CID Engineer and Pilot

W AYNE M ACOMBER , Tin Man Commando

B RIGADIER- G ENERAL K URT B UZZ G IVENS , Base Commander, Joint Air Base Battle Mountain

D ARROW H ORTON , Former Attorney General of the United States

T IMOTHY D OBSON , Central Intelligence Agency

J UDAH A NDORSEN , Nevada Rancher

R EVEREND J EREMIAH P AULSON , Leader of the Knights of the True Republic

AGL Above Ground Level

AN/UWQ-1 Avenger optionally manned mobile air defense unit

ARCHER Airborne Real-time Cueing Hyperspectral Enhanced Reconnaissanceaerial imaging system used by the Civil Air Patrol that assists visual searches

ATC Air Traffic Control

Avenger mobile optionally manned air defense vehicle, carrying both Stinger surface-to-air heat-seeking missiles and a 20-millimeter Gatling gun

BAM aviation identifier for Battle Mountain

C-57 Skytrain advanced blended-wing transport plane

Cessna P210 Centurion single-engine pressurized light airplane

CFI Certified Flight Instructor

C-Four-I Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence

CID Cybernetic Infantry Device, a large manned robot

DF Direction Finding, following a radio beacon to its source

Dimenhydrinate over-the-counter drug to relieve airsickness

ELT Emergency Locator Transmitter, a radio beacon that activates after a crash to help locate an aircraft

ETA Estimated Time of Arrival

EWO Electronic Warfare Officer

FAA Federal Aviation Administration

GA General Aviation, dealing mostly with aircraft below twelve thousand pounds gross weight

GED General Education Diploma

G-loads Gravity forces, a measurement of how many times over or under the force of gravity is being exerted on a body

GPS Global Positioning System, satellite navigation

Hazmat hazardous materials

HRT Hostage Rescue Team

IC Incident Commander

IFR Instrument Flight Rules

IMSAFE Illness, Medicines, Stress, Alcohol, Fatigue, Emotiona checklist to judge whether a crewmember is fit to fly

I-O Input-Output

L-Per a device used to home in on a radio beacon

Medevac medical evacuation

MRE Meals Ready to Eat

MSL Mean Sea Level, the elevation above sea level

NextGen Next Generation, a GPS-based air traffic control system

NORDO No Radio, an aircraft that has lost its ability to communicate

NTSB National Transportation Safety Board, a government agency that investigates accidents involving aircraft, cars, trains, etc.

OSI Office of Special Investigations, the Air Forces investigation agency

OTM Other Than Mexicans, illegal aliens from countries other than Mexico

PDA Personal Data Assistant

PETN Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate, a powerful high explosive

PIREPS Pilot Reports, weather and flight condition reports given by pilots

PT Physical Training

PTSD Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

R&D Research and Development

RDX Research Department Explosive (cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine), a powerful high explosive

RPG Rocket-Propelled Grenade

RQ-15 Sparrowhawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft

RTB Return to Base

SAREX Search and Rescue Exercise

Scopolamine an antiairsickness drug

SIGMET Significant Meteorological, a report of possibly hazardous weather conditions

SQTR Specialty Qualification Training Record

Technicals homemade attack vehicles

UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

VFR Visual Flight Rules

VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol, a way of using the Internet for voice communications

Wilco will comply

WMIRS Web-based Mission Information Reporting System, the Civil Air Patrols computerized reporting system

XS-19A Midnight single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane

Zulu Greenwich mean time, used as a universal time reference

EXTREMISTS TO GOVS: RESIGN OR BE REMOVED : FBI Warns Letters Could Provoke ViolenceDevlin Barrett, Associated PressApril 2, 2010WASHINGTONThe FBI is warning police across the country that an anti-government groups call to remove governors from office could provoke violence.

The group called the Guardians of the Free Republics wants to restore America by peacefully dismantling parts of the government, according to its Web site. It sent letters to governors demanding they leave office or be removed...

As of Wednesday, more than 30 governors had received letters saying if they dont leave office within three days they will be removed, according to an internal intelligence note by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The note was obtained by The Associated Press...

... The FBI associated the letter with sovereign citizens, most of whom believe they are free from all duties of a U.S. citizen, like paying taxes or needing a government license to drive. A small number of these people are armed and resort to violence, according to the intelligence report.

Last weekend, the FBI conducted raids on suspected members of a Christian militia in the Midwest that was allegedly planning to kill police officers. In the past year, federal agents have seen an increase in chatter from an array of domestic extremist groups, which can include radical self-styled militias, white separatists or extreme civil libertarians and sovereign citizens.

THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE SEARCH : Update on Nebraska Plane CrashKrystle Kacner, KDLT, Sioux Falls, South DakotaNovember 27, 2010Earlier this week, the Civil Air Patrol found a missing single engine plane that took off from Chamberlain, headed for Omaha.

The plane that crashed Sunday night was found in northeastern Nebraska, and resulted in the death of the two people on board. But before the aircraft was found, a lot of people put in a lot of work.

At first it was a little nerve wracking, because it was my first mission, but then as I came here and started doing everything we were supposed to, it wasnt really thinking, it was just doing, said Cadet Chief Master Sergeant Elizabeth Foy.

Cadet Chief Master Sergeant Elizabeth Foy got the call early in the morning, right before she headed off to school at OGorman High School.

But, once she arrived at the Sioux Falls Civil Air Patrol headquarters, all her training started to kick in.