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The HAHO ju the parachute is pulled within seconds of the ju a soldier or marine to fly silently for miles—sometimes up to thirty to forty miles—to reach an insertion point It requires skill, solid use of GPS and terrain navigational skills, and a whole fucking lot of luck It’s what

“We have a potentialup soon that will require a free-fall insertion,” he says, andout of planes plummets

Oh, not that I’m not still excited about that—it’s just theinto hyper-alert, super-focused , and able to meet whatever the demand may be

“Some American tourists have been kidnapped in Colombia,” he says

“The ELN?” I ask

He nods The Ejército de Liberación Nacional—or National Liberation Ar theled countryside until ransom is paid “So jungle adventure for their vacation Well… they got it”

“When do you think this will go down?” I ask, because there doesn’t see as hoants to sendoperation

“These guerilla groups kno to extract the most out of their ransom demands,” Kynan says with a wry sle for a feeeks, keeping contact to amembers’ desire to throw as much otiating tactic”

Kynan continues, explaining the situation otiator, choosing not to involve our government or police forces as the kidnappers otiator ork back and forth with the guerillas, co up with an amount that is acceptable, then the ransoo in as security to e is carried out as proency, we’ll be at the ready to use force to rescue the hostages if for soe is compromised

“And you’re going to let o on this mission?” I ask

“You said not to coddle you,” Kynan replies dryly

“True,” I admit, my eyes locked on him