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Our Aircraft had taken off from Athens more then ten hours ago and was now traveling at cruising speed off the Indian coastline. Inside our C-17 transport was the newly commissioned eUS Army Ranger Regiment with their ATV’s and a bunch of shifty looking individuals led by a “Mr. Smith”. Smith was busy talking animatedly into a Radio setup in some foreign language (probably Korean). After a few minutes he shouted over the roar of the engines “Colonel! The Iranians have taken the bait and have deployed the Army to Pyongan!” Our commander COL Tremaine immediately jumped up and ran over to the ladder leading to the pilot’s cockpit.



A few moments later, the Aircraft made a hard move to the Port side and began to accelerate. The land of India soon passed beneath us. Within an hour, the NCO’s began barking orders for their troopers to get into filed lines facing the rear of the aircraft and to make a final check of their equipment. “This won’t be some pansy ass Airborne Jump” shouted one crusty looking Master Sergeant. “As far as Iranian Radar is concerned, we are just another commercial jet on the way to Beijing, so that means a HALO jump at 35,000 feet!”



The back of the C-17 began to open and descend, while the fly boys in the cockpit began pumping the song “Shoot to Thrill” over the loudspeakers. The Aircraft Loadmasters began shouting for everyone to stand clear of the middle of the plane. A claxon sounded over head and immediately the clamps on the Vehicles were released, causing all 6 of them to slam back and out of the aircraft. After the ATV’s were away, the yellow warning light over the now wide open rear portal flashed, and then turned green. Without a moments hesitation, the Rangers were jumping off the back of the aircraft and into the Indian sky.





A US Army High Altitude Low Open (HALO) Jump.



The Rangers landed in the fields outside New Delhi and immediately began to rally using their GPS locater beacons. All of the ATV’s were recovered, though one Indian farmer was most upset by the fact that one of them had landed on his barn. We were more upset by the fact that this mangled the vehicle beyond repair, but we did manage to convince the farmer to talk to nobody about the incident.





Army Ranger Tactical ATV’s racing across the Indian countryside



Loading up onto the ATV’s, our Regiment immediately began to move out towards the Airport on the outskirts of New Delhi. In the distance we could hear mortars and small arms fire going off. Apparently the Indian Paramilitaries were giving the Iranians a run for their money. As we got closer to our objective, we began entering more and more residential areas. Things became tense when our convoy approached what appeared to be a Police roadblock. A rather pompous individual who was dressed in an Indian Police Captains uniform took one look at our uniforms and equipment and began shouting to his men to back down. Mr. Smith who was riding next to me grinned and said “He thought we were another team of Indian revolutionaries. Apparently the Iranians and the Indian government were not expecting foreign military support”. I’m sure the presence of our M249 machine guns, M4 carbines and MK19 automatic grenade launchers also helped convince the Police to get out of the way.



By now, the Iranian Military began to get wise to what was going on. The Pyongan revolt had been suppressed a couple hours prior and Iran began realizing the North India revolt was not the distraction battle they had thought it was. Less then 1 mile from the airport, we encountered Iranian tanks and dismounted infantry. Our troops opened up with Javelin Missiles and the MK19’s. The firefight lasted the better part of an hour, but we had reached the airport perimeter at last.





Army rangers exchanging fire outside New Delhi



Apparently the Iranians were very alarmed when they encountered an elite unit of the official US Army. Up until this point, they had thought they were dealing with grassroots paramilitaries. Mr. Smith, who was monitoring the radio waves shouted “They are calling PEACE High Command. They say they have encountered American Army units outside New Delhi and require assistance!” Col. Tremaine shouted into his own radio “The enemy has gotten wise to us, all units move in now!” US Air Force stealth bombers who had been tracking the Rangers moves up to this point immediately released their payloads. Twenty 500 lb JDAM’s began to impact all over the New Delhi Airport, wiping out targeted Iranian positions. The entire area became engulfed in smoke and dust as the Rangers rushed in.



“The Sparrows are 1 hour out, I want a full 360 perimeter around the runway ASAP!” The orders were barked over the radio into the earpiece of each fire team leader. By now the shell shocked Airport security detachment had had enough and was busy running for the hills, 5.56 mm rounds impacting at their heels. As each team leader checked in from his position, Col Tremaine turned to Mr. Smith and nodded his head. Smith radioed into his headset “The Nest is secure, send in the Sparrows”.



Our troops dug in for the next half an hour while the sound of Iranian armored units echoed in the distance. Over the horizon, we spotted what our weapons specialist said was a Portuguese Air Force transport plane. We all knew what that meant. PEACE was on the way, and they were sending Euphonix. Just when the Rangers thought they would have to single handedly try to hold the airport against a massive PEACE tank assault, American C-17’s and C-130’s roared in over the horizon and began landing on the runway, disgorging hundreds of US Marines. Other aircraft veered off and began dropping Airborne troops from the sky. Iran had probably no illusions left about Northern India being a distraction.



By this point, the Rangers mission had been accomplished, and our boys sat back for a well deserved rest, as well as to observe the rest of the battle. Iranian troops crashed into Marine Armored forces in downtown New Delhi and were immediately routed. After they had failed to recapture the Airport, Allied planes from EDEN began streaming in, offloading hundreds of troops and tanks.







Allied Tank engaged in battle



PEACE brought in as many tanks as could be found and engaged in an open tank battle for Northern India with the EMC and US Military. The battle hovered close going into the final stretch, but the PEACE lines were ultimately broken. Allied strategic ingenuity had once again trumped the raw power of PEACE, and Iran lost yet another high resource region.



Following the battle, Joint Chiefs Chairman Eugene Harlot commended the Army Rangers for their first successful overseas mission. The Rangers had been established as a branch for the most elite and trusted members of the eUS Army, and their work in the success of the battle in Northern India brings great credit to themselves and the eUS Army. Perhaps you would like to join them some day? If you meet our strength and activity requirements, we would love to have you in the eUS Army! http://tinyurl.com/c2f9gg