Michael stroked his beard before commencing his briefing.
"Alright, as you know, our mission is extract an HVI from inside Iran. We got his pos, but getting there ain't gonna be easy. We got intel that the Iranians are looking for him, but we don't know how many they got doing it or how they're doing it. We got some civilian cars which'll go some way to keeping us under the radar, but put on some civilian clothes and anything larger than an M4 goes in the trunk along with bags and vests. We stick to the small roads and byways and we should avoid attention. We'll find some remote place to hide the cars and set up an oberservation point, codename OP Ginger, overlooking the HVI's pos, codenam Spooky, until 0-dark-hundred, then we hike in, bring him back to the cars and exfil. If we spot enemy moving in before dark falls, we'll of course have to respond to that, but if the coast is clear, we wait for cover of darkness.
We don't look like Iranians, so if we get stopped by Iranian military, we may have to fight it out. If that happens, I'll initiate contact, unless they actually show hostile intent. Keep your weapons concealed but ready.
I'll be riding lead victor along with Striker as my driver and Rim and McCannon in the back. Gannon will be in charge of victor two, with West driving and Crown and Brennan in the back. All goes smoothly, we're looking at a 5 hour drive, maybe a little less. It is now..." Michael paused to look at his wrist-watch, which he had syncronized during their briefing,
"... 0325, I expect to be able to leave immediately, meaning no later than 0335. We should be there no later than 0900, meaning we have eight or nine hours of watching before we can do anything. I'll issue further during infil and when we arrive at OP Ginger.
Keep together, maintain radio contact, all the usual. Any questions?"
Yes, I chose to have you meeting at 0300 because I knew by the time you crossed the border it would be morning or at least close.
