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alpha male to the core, during his senior year of college he decided to be one of the few, proud, Marines. Excelling at everything he put his mind and body to, Aiden quickly made sergeant in his company. Trying to keep the peace in Afghanistan, he was now in his third tour of duty.
                As usual, his squad mates were talking major trash, and he was stuck playing referee. He had been with this particular squad for the past six months, and they were definitely his band of brothers. Good or bad he could count on them, and they knew they could depend on him .
                 "I'm telling you, that chick was all up on me." Private Owens said. He was also known as Huck. The squad had nicknamed the Kentucky native Huckleberry Finn or Huck because of his country bumpkin ways. He had spent the entire ride obsessing about a particularly curvy female Army mechanic back at base .
                 "You think every chick is after you." Private 1st class Mason Jones, or Jonesy, drawled sarcastically.
                "What does she want with you anyway?" Sergeant James Carpenter the driver asked, adding his two cents to the conversation. "I heard she's hot for her old man back home. "
                 "That's right: At home. She's probably got months before she gets to leave. Ain't nothingwrong with a little lovin' till then. "
                "Somebody is gonna kick your 90-pound ass, I swear," Jonesy who was married and had a thing against cheaters said. His wife back home was his heart and soul and the very thought of cheating deeply offended his sensibilities .
                 "Hey, Do I have to come back there and separate you two?" Aiden finally said, keeping his ocean blue eyes on the road and the unfriendly faces in the landscape around them. Even though the US military was there for the greater good, there were still some Afghans that didn't appreciate their presence.
                 "Sorry Sergeant Spam." Huck apologized.
                 "I asked you not to call me that!" Stone looked at Huck with one raised eyebrow.
                 Aiden's subordinates had found out about his love for Spam, which was a favorite dish in Hawaii. He'd grown up loving the meat in the can, which his mother had used in a lot of her soul food dishes. Since they wouldn't leave him alone about it .
                "Yeah sure Boss Spam!" Huck was elbowing Jonesy in the ribs while chuckling loudly .
                "Shut it guys! Hold up! I don't like the looks of these civvies!" Aiden noticed that several civilians who had been milling about had quickly vacated the streets and gone into their homes. You could sometimes tell the mercurial moods of the Afghanistan atmosphere by the way the locals behaved. "I need you two to stay frosty. I've got a bad feeling and there's no telling when I might need one of you to man the .50-cal. "
                The .50-cal was the mean looking roof mounted machine gun positioned on top of the Humvee .
                "Sir, yes sir." The two repeated in unison. Now they too were alert to everything that was going on around them .
                "Carpenter, what is that?" Aiden squinted out the driver's side window, the glare from the windshield obscuring his vision .
                Carpenter saw the hooded figure also, his eyes widening in horror. "What the f-- "
                 His words were cut off as the Humvee was rocked by an explosion from a rocket propelled grenade. The explosive missile hit the vehicle dead center, sending deadly projectiles of shrapnel flying.  Floating through the air like miniature diamonds, shards of glass pelted the marines as the Humvee was knocked off its wheels. The Humvee was flipped on its right side, as it's highly vulnerable underside was peppered with heavy weapons fire. Ready to ignite a spark, highly combustible fuel dripped from