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Sniper

 

 

Werewolf of Marines

Werewolf of Marines:  Semper Lycanus

Werewolf of Marines:  Patria Lycanus

Werewolf of Marines:  Pax Lycanus

 

Gemini Twins

 

 

To the Shores of Tripoli

 

Soldier

 

Animal Soldiers:  Hannibal

 

Wererat

 

Darwin’s Quest:  The Search for the Ultimate Survivor

 

 

Short Stories

 

Venus:  A Paleolithic Short Story

Secession

 

Duty

 

Checkmate (Originally published in The Expanding Universe 4)

The Golden Ticket (Published in Hope is Not a Strategy)

The Pumpkin Ace (Published in Bob’s Bar 2)

 

Semper Fidelis

 

With Time All Things Revealed

 

Where the Battle Rages (An Anthology of Short Stories and Novelettes)

 

The Lost One (A Four Horseman Short Story)

 

The Bridge

 

The Accidental War

 

 

The BOHICA Chronicles (with Michael Anderle and C. J. Fawcett)

Reprobates

Degenerates

Redeemables

 

Thor’s Story

 

 

Seeds of War (With Lawrence Schoen)

Invasion

Scorched Earth

Bitter Harvest

 

Sentenced to War (with JN Chaney)

Seeds of War

Children of Angels

 

 

Hell’s Horizon (with Richard Fox)

 

 

Non-Fiction

 

Exercise for a Longer Life

 

 

The Effects of Environmental Activism on the Yellowfin Tuna Industry

 

Author Website

http://www.jonathanbrazee.com

 

Twitter

https://twitter.com/jonathanbrazee

 

 

 

[1] Case’s World:   A Class 2 planet in Sector 14.  Two corporate proxies started a war for control of the entire planet, causing the Federation to send in the Marines to quell the fighting before turning the mission over to the FCDC     

[2] KIA:  Killed in Action 

[3] LZ:  Landing Zone 

[4] EMP:  Electromagnetic Pulse.  A type of weapon designed to scramble or destroy electronics by emitting a pulse electromagnetic energy. 

[5] M99:  The basic personal weapon of the Marines.  It is a lightweight carbine that fires hypervelocity 4 mm darts via magnetic rings that pull the darts down the barrel. 

[6] IUT:  Infantry Unit Training 

[7] STF:  Shear-Thickening Fluid.  The fluid hardens upon impact.

[8] NVD:  Night vision device

[9] Tarawa:  Originally named Hollison, the planet was renamed when it became the prime training base and headquarters for the Federation Marines. 

[10] Per Terra et Mare:  “By Land and Sea.”  The motto of the Spanish InfanterĂ­a de Marina, the oldest extant Marine Corps at the time of the formation of the Federation Marine Corps

[11] PT:  Physical Training 

[12] UCMJ:  The Uniform Code of Military Justice.  These are the rules and regulations governing servicemen and women in the Federation armed forces.

[13] DOR:  Drop on Request.  This is the formal term for a recruit quitting recruit training.

[14] TDI:  Training Drill Instructor

[15] SNCO:  Staff Non-commissioned Officer 

[16] ECR:  Effective Casualty Radius.  This is the radius at which a projected 50% of those within the radius would suffer from the round’s impact and detonation. 

[17] EVA:  Extra-vehicular Activity 

[18] Federation Civil Development Corps:  The FCDC is the federation’s answer to a land Army.  Heavily armed and outfitted, it is not technically a military which gives the Federation more leeway in its deployment. 

[19] VSEB:  Veterans Service Educational Benefits—payments made to approved schools for veterans who received Honorable Discharges. 

[20] Geedunk:  Snack bar. 

[21] 3/1:  Marine shorthand for Third Battalion, First Marine Regiment.  3/4 would be Third Battalion, Fourth Marine Regiment. 

[22] REIN:  Reinforced with additional personnel and capabilities. 

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