Ed DeWitt waited with the other SEALs as Murdock went to talk to the cruiser’s captain, Commander Roth.Roth was a short, heavily muscled redhead, and he grinned when he saw Murdock.“So, I just wanted to take a look at the guy who has shaken up the brass and the CIA. I’ve never had an order directly from the CNO before, probably never will again. Can you tell me what this is all about?”“Commander, I’d be glad to if we knew. That’s why we’re going on a recon down about a hundred feet. Want to come along?”The captain chuckled. “Not about to get down that deep. Hell, it’s been so long since I’ve been in the water I don’t even know if I remember how to swim. Oh, the CNO says my ship is your ship, you’ve got the whole damn fleet we brought up here. Whatever you want, you get.“He said we are on maneuvers, we do some simulated attacks, some circles around the two towers, and a general charging back and forth to cover our dropping you and your men into the water. Might as well get something started.
