Free Viper Team Seven (The Viper Team Seven Series Book 1) by Rykar Lewis

about him to know that
he wouldn’t be too happy with this new assignment to D.C. From what Carson could tell, he’d be working on the White House staff instead of HQMC or the Marine
Corps Barracks at 8th and I. The orders didn’t explain why or what he’d be
doing there; in fact, PCS orders never did. It would seem as though the
monitors wanted Marines to sweat about their next duty station, and have them
bite their nails until they found out what exactly they’d be doing.
    Carson snapped his mind back to his work and focused completely on
finishing the task. If he had to be the bearer of bad news he wanted to get it
over with as soon as he could.
    *          *          *
    Parks looked up
from his office desk to see a Marine corporal knock on his already-opened
hatch. The corporal requested permission to enter.
    “Come in,
Corporal,” Parks ordered, noticing the folder tucked underneath the man’s left
arm. He swallowed hard and then asked, “What can I do for you?”
    “Sir, the Admin
Chief ordered me to see that you got this.” The corporal pulled out the folder
and placed it right in front of Parks.
    “PCS orders?”
    “PCS orders,
sir.”
    Parks looked down
at the miniature statue of a bulldog, the Marine Corps mascot, which was
resting on his desk right beside the small American and Marine flags. “Well,
you delivered them,” he said. “Carry on, Corporal.”
    “Yes sir,” the
man obeyed, closing the hatch on his way out.
    Reluctantly and slowly, Parks peeled open the folder marked “PCS Orders –
Major Keith Parks,” pulled out the orders, and began to read.
    United States Marine Corps
    Headquarters Company
    Anti-Terrorism
Battalion
    Camp Lejeune , North Carolina, 28542
    1320/1
    S-1
    12 Mar 14
    FIRST
ENDORSEMENT on DSO 2415-14 dtd 12 Mar 14
    From:  Commanding Officer, Headquarters Company, Anti-Terrorism
Battalion
    To:  Major K. B. Parks 201 05 1877/0302
U.S.M.C.
    Subj:  PERMANENT CHANGE OF
STATION ORDERS
    1. _ Delivered. Effective 1600, 13 March 2014 you will
stand detached from your present station and duties and will proceed and report
by 2400, 17 March 2014 to the National Security Advisor to the President, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington D.C. for duty.
    2. _ You are authorized 04 days proceed and travel via
privately owned vehicle. You are authorized to draw advance dislocation
allowance, advance travel/per diem and dependents travel/per diem.
    3. _ You have given your leave address as: Box 19, Elko, NV 89801, telephone: (775) 738-4244. You have given the person to be notified
in the event of an emergency as: Rowdy Parks (Father), address and telephone
same as above. Any change in your status shall be reported to the National
Security Advisor to the President, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington D.C.
    4. _ Before making any rental or lease agreements or
purchasing a home you will report to the local military housing office at your
new duty station if one is located thereat. You are further directed to report
to the disbursing office within 3 working days upon completion of travel to
settle travel expenses.
    5. _ Travel is chargeable to appropriation: Travel Code
“C” of your Basic Orders.
    6. _ All other provisions of your basic orders remain
the same.
    B. Y. Carson
    B. Y. Carson
    By
direction
    The PCS orders
papers slipped from Parks’ hand and gracefully floated down to the desk. Had he
read it right? Did it really say to report to the National Security Advisor to
the President, at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington D.C. for duty? It
couldn’t be.
    He slumped
further in his swivel chair, picked the papers up again, and stared at the
words “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington D.C.” Why? he kept asking
himself. What for?
      Parks
hated big cities, and D.C. was most certainly big. Actually, it was enormous.
He buried his head in his hands and said aloud, “A hundred bases in this
military and I got picked for D.C.” Then it struck him. He wasn’t going