Service Jacket
National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal
Vietnam Campaign Medal
Joined campaign as PFC.
OPERATION DUTIFUL KITE (2021-03-21):
Combat Patrol, Vicinity of Cheah Chab Trei
1st Platoon Bravo Company moves out from Patrol Base Giant on... patrol. The CC are out there in the woods, and we have to go encourage them to leave. Ain't no surprisingly well preserved regency architecture on this side of the river, Chelt. Get yourself outta here.
Navy Unit Commendation
Meritorious Unit Commendation
Mentioned in Despatches: For saving the life of Cpl Patches by removing her from the line of fire, stabilising her, and continuing to combat enemy forces while vectoring in another medic.
OPERATION THERAPEUTIC KIMBERWICK (2021-05-14):
Combat Patrol, Vicinity of Maxwell Field. Followed by defence of the Saigon embassy from armed student revolutionaries.
Meritorious Unit Commendation
Promoted to LCpl.
Navy Unit Commendation
Demoted to PFC.
Promoted to LCpl.
Navy Unit Commendation
Bronze Star Medal: For heroism in saving the life of the platoon medic and indirectly saving many other lives as a result in the action at Phok Ham.
Promoted to Cpl.
Gallantry Cross with Gold Star: For actions to support the South CheltenHam government's fiscal situation.
Bronze Star Medal: For heroism in combat during the destruction of the Anti-Air Site, NE of Sang Ha.
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal: For actions to support the successful destruction of air defence sites in Northern South Cheltenam.
Meritorious Unit Commendation
Silver Star Medal: For clearing a machine gun post which had the platoon pinned down and the casualty collection point under fire during operations in the vicinity of A Luoi.
OPERATION SQUALID ARMADILLO (2021-10-03):
Combat Patrol, Khe Sahn Province, Vicinity of Old Fort. In which marines can't count to three.
Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal
Mentioned in Despatches: For Leadership qualities on multiple occasions.
Promoted to WO1.
Air Force Combat Action Medal: For aggressive assault clearance of enemy stronghold at Ko No
Navy Unit Commendation: For recovery of POWs from the Son Tay prison camp in exceptionally challenging conditions.
OPERATION RAW UPGRADE (2021-12-05):
Defend the Prison Camp from an escape attempt by Chelt Cong guerillas
OPERATION FRILLY FERRY (2021-12-10):
Air rescue mission for VIPs in which we absolutely did not shoot a village full of UN peacekeepers
Mentioned in Despatches: For casualty collection and VIP protection under close direct fire during Operation Frilly Ferry.
OPERATION TESTED REP (2021-12-12):
Assault on Da Krong Training Base, setting up a tribe on Pirate Island
Air Medal: For TACAIR control during the defence of Sam Song rail crossing. Ordered to take course on emergency treatment of burn victims.
Presidential Unit Citation: For actions in the defence of the rail bridge at Sam Song, permitting evacuation of several cut off US companies and ensuring that the battle line did not collapse allowing an assault on Hue.
OPERATION FESTIVE LICENCE (2021-12-19):
Logistics on behalf of MajGen S. Claus. The children of Hanoi will have a Merry Christmas!
OPERATION JUICY WIDGET (2022-01-16):
Assault on the "Hill of Bastards" antiaircraft strongpoint at Grid 026034, Southwest of Lapoung
OPERATION MEEK XYLOPHONE (2022-01-21):
Recon operation in the vicinity of Ro Ro, identifying and destroying SAM sites and radar installations.
OPERATION PUMPED BEZIER (2022-01-23):
Retake Mouang Nong Airfield, by clearing out remaining fire control radar(s) and SAM sites. Northern end of airfield and rock of pilots cleared.
Meritorious Unit Commendation
OPERATION CHANGEABLE DOLMAN (2022-01-28):
Secure / destroy remaining SA2 launch sites, artillery sites, helicopter launch area and vehicle park. Secure Mouang Nong airfield command centre and obtain two-part radio codebook.
Secondary objectives: secure airfield and eliminate 90% of OPFOR forces. Secure villages Ban Neme, Ko We, Xiom La Ho, and Lan Tam Ve.
Purple Heart
OPERATION OBESE UPWARD (2022-01-30):
Establish LZ Cheeto and defend near the village of Thongqa, then advance and try to find the position of the cheese supplies and their blue cheese additives. Blue cheese best cheese.
OPERATION QUICK SPOUSE (2022-02-02):
Continuing the mission to find and secure the cheese supplies and the blue additive. Blue cheese best cheese.
OPERATION YUMMY HANGOUT (2022-02-13):
Defend base from Chelt Assault, reorg at airbase for parachute insertion behind enemy lines, search and destroy enemy submarine.
OPERATION LIKELY MONEYLENDER (2022-02-18):
Endgame Red began its withdrawal from a battlespace compromised by multiple nuclear detonations. During this period they neutralised a number of enemy strong points, denied the enemy the use of multiple vehicles and weakened the AAA of the AO through its destruction of several AAA assets and C&C elements.
OPERATION THEVERAL LITHPS (2022-02-20):
Continued withdrawal of Endgame Red from an enemy AO compromised by nuclear exchange. ER successfully assaulted and neutralised a number of enemy strong points and neutralised C&C elements within the battlespace before effecting an extraction using unfamiliar equipment whilst under sustained assaulted by combined force of armour and infantry.
Bronze Star Medal: Awarded Star and Combat V to his Bronze Star for heroism during the STABO recovery of personnel from the field in the Hickory Hill Valley
OPERATION UTOPIAN NIGHTDRESS (2022-02-25):
It is the year 2077, shortly before the Shires-American War comes to a no score draw owing to a global nuclear exchange. Non-canon operation in deepest, darkest Falloutistan.
OPERATION TATTERED FAN (2022-07-17):
Back to the 'nam and into the Bra. Endgame Red conduct a river patrol in their new area of operations.
OPERATION ADORED WIDOW (2022-07-22):
Convoy mission down to support the base at (insert name here). Multiple enemy rock formations close by, so we went to murder them. Mostly with artillery.
OPERATION BLIND HONEYBEE (2022-07-29):
Assault the last couple of rocks, including the bridge between rocks full of bastards, followed by defence of a village.
OPERATION BAD OUTHOUSE (2022-08-14):
Endgame Red are tasked with rapid relief of garrison forces and defence of several AVRN bases overlooking the river basin against sustained regular and irregular forces. During multiple rolling engagements they utilised air, artillery and naval support to drive back forces many times their size.
Gallantry Cross with Bronze Star: Awarded Gallantry Cross with Bronze Star by South Chelt Govt for carrying wounded comrades to safety while under fire during the defence of AVRN bases overlooking the river basin
South Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation
Mentioned in Despatches: Mentioned in Dispatches for carrying wounded comrades to safety while under fire during the defence of AVRN bases overlooking the river basin
OPERATION INTENTIONAL PROFESSIONAL (2022-09-02):
Assault into an enemy held village to extract civilians with needed intel relating to the location of allied prisoners of war.
OPERATION CLEARING BEAVER (2022-09-04):
Setting out from Camp Striker, Endgame Red headed NW to the fortified village of Ban Dac Maruc to aid the local Chelt forces in recovering the crew of a downed helo, and clearance of the AA guns that took them down. Once recovered, Endgame Red was sent back out to fortify the village of Phouvong against rumoured Chelt vehicle attacks.
OPERATION MAGNIFICENT RUTABAGA (2022-09-09):
Seek and destroy a SAM site to the west of Dak Pek SF camp. Multiple launchers and a pair or radars to be found and denied to the enemy.
Mentioned in Despatches: Mentioned in Dispatches for successfully destroying SA-2 launchers with improvised weapons during the clearance of an SA-2 site to the west of Dak Pek
OPERATION BIN CONTEST (2022-09-11):
Mission to try to rescue the POWs from the previous mission. Parachute in, then move in through the jungle to the POW camp.
OPERATION CORRELATING DIAGRAM (2022-09-16):
Sequence of small operations to embed at ATSB Mike-3
1) Escort a sampan of supplies to Kable Outpost at the centre of the island.
2) Land at LZ Fer De Lance, reconnoitre and clear the village of Binh Dai, Extract at LZ Boa
3) Land at LZ Cobra, Recon Bin Thoi Cultural Site and Rescue Captive Villagers from Criminal Forces of "Dodgi Irique", Extract at LZ Krait
OPERATION REVOLVING TOOTH (2022-09-18):
Reports of heavy Chelt Cong contact from patrols investigating the remains of Binh Dai required a recon response from Endgame Red. Assaulting a major encampment heavily defended by emplaced weapons, Endgame Red then cleared a large bunker complex with multiple entrances/exits in the teeth of Chelt Cong reinforcements. Intel was recovered indicating that the weapons had been supplied by "Dodjay Enrique".
OPERATION GLASS TYPE (2022-10-07):
Escort the bullion. Only the Yorkshire army had nicked it so we had to nick it back from Da Krong. It hurt.
OPERATION UNFOLDED CRIME (2022-10-09):
Convoy a truck full of ammo, an M113 and a Sheridan from LZ Savage to Camp Sarge. Try not to be exploded.
OPERATION IRRESPONSIBLE SHANTY (2022-10-14):
Take over the garrison at Radio Array Vandergrift and defend the base against any and all hostile forces in the vicinity.
OPERATION QUILL GATE (2022-10-16):
Protect the village of... something. And then go kill the enemy base where they kept sending in QRFs from.
OPERATION DENSE ENEMY (2022-10-23):
Operation on behalf of Col Lynch, up to Yen Tum disguised as Sailor Moon, grab some crates, and take them up the river on boats.
OPERATION MERIT RAP (2022-10-30):
Endgame Red, on their way to some hard earned shore leave, were shot down over enemy territory. Still in our best ballgowns, we had to escape.
OPERATION INTRODUCING REPRESENTATION (2022-11-04):
Endgame Red were tasked with the defence of a hillside village at the corner of a river, to slow and stop the advance of CheltCong and then regular Cheltenamese Army.
OPERATION SOOTHING MARSH (2022-11-25):
Infantry sweep and clear of pockets of resistance left behind after a failed Chelt attempt to force a river crossing.
OPERATION PERFECT BRACE (2022-11-27):
Infiltrate into Cambridgeshire to take down a listening post and enemy held village of Bien Lung, then evac via boat to Mong Song.
OPERATION CONGREGATION VOLLEYBALL (2022-12-09):
Recover operative code named 'JETHRO' from deep cover in the local north-Cheltnam HQ compound of the Cornwallian-influenced cult of Tyn Fail.
OPERATION PLATINUM FLAIR (2022-12-11):
Tap the island at Ha Long Bay. First get the tap map. By means of the tap map rap. Then tap the island and home for tea and medals. Oh yeah. I'd tap that.
OPERATION PATTING LOCKET (2022-12-18):
Air assault on the village of Ban Soung, then air move to LZ CUSTER to hold it against ongoing Chelt assault - things got a little bit spicy.
(THE USMC would like to clarify that PATTING LOCKET is not a euphemism for any lesbian activity, Victorian or otherwise.)
OPERATION MAJOR CELEBRITY (2022-12-30):
Begin clearing and sweeping the area for not-Liberation of CheltNam. They have a FLAMETHROWER. Wait. Scratch that. KENT has a FLAMETHROWER.
OPERATION WESTERN ENTREPRENEUR (2023-01-06):
Take a vehicle to the smugglers' camp, and clear the command post on the way, then move out to the west to raid more supplies and intel. And then hit that command post AGAIN on the way back.
Purple Heart
OPERATION QUESTIONABLE IDIOT (2023-01-08):
Re-take the supply and repair depot, then move south to take out the.. OH SHIT IT'S THE COMMAND ROCK
OPERATION CONSTANT TIMBER (2023-01-15):
Southern patrol route through the AO, with several close calls with a lot of fiery doom and running around like morons trying to find any surviving supplies.
Demoted to MSgt.
OPERATION ARDENT RIPPLE (2024-01-05):
Endgame Red is assigned as the SANDY ground team to conduct Combat Search And Rescue for the Air Force in conjunction with Jolly Green Giants, Broncos and Skyraider "Spud" strike aircraft. Two CSAR missions completed; a pilot recovered from just north of Da Krong, and a dual-crew flight from the marshes of the Mekong Delta. All for only a relatively modest expenditure of US aircraft.
OPERATION BEHOLDER VIRTUE (2024-01-07):
Two further CSAR missions, one pilot down and taken to a small Chelt village, from where we had to rescue him, and one pilot down on what will forever be known as The Island Of Bastards and Mountains, where we had to try to get a Jolly Green pickup on an island with 3 square inches of flat land.
OPERATION WELL REAL (2024-01-12):
A plane has crashed NE of MSS Leghorn. The crew have been rescued but confidential materials onboard can not be allowed to fall into enemy hands. Endgame Red is dispatched the secure the crash site for long enough to let a team of engineers blow the wreck.
OPERATION CLEAN BLANKET (2024-01-19):
SAR Ops.
Scramble 1: Two pilots ejected over the river bend north of Keng Lat. One pilot KIA, one recovered by Endgame Red and extracted.
Scramble 2: Single pilot shot down over San Bay Ban, chute landed on the coastline SW of the airfield. Pilot recovered by Endgame Red. Two Jolly Greens and Sandy-1 shot down, crew recovered by Endgame Red.
OPERATION VANITY SNOB (2024-01-21):
SAR Ops.
Scramble 1: A4 pilot crashed in a mountain valley north of Hue, near medium mobile AAA battery on plateau, pilot ejected. Pilot recovered alive by Endgame Red but killed by Chelt Cong recoilless fire near escape LZ.
Scramble 2: Two ejected pilots linked up during E&E and took shelter in a shop in Attapeu before it was occupied by a CC Main Force with light armour and vehicle support. Both pilots recovered successfully, Covey-1 shot down but recovered from the site successfully.
Bronze Star Medal: AWARDED Bronze Star (BSM) for actions during Operation Vanity Snob when following an Air Force FAC crash immediately before squad extraction, with no regard for his own safety and without support, he ran from the LZ into the jungle to retrieve the pilot, applied immediate lifesaving medical aid, and carried him to the Jolly Green, certainly saving his life.
OPERATION SUBSTANTIAL GRAPEFRUIT (2024-01-26):
SAR Ops.
Scramble 1: a CAS skyraider has gone down north of the radar station at Ke Chau. Insert into Ke Chau to gain more information from ground forces there, then move to recover pilot.
Scramble 1a: a CAS skyraider has gone down in support of Scramble 1. Head back out after a rearm and rescue him.
Scramble 2: two pilots ahve gone down and are being sheltered by friendly forces in a cave complex to the west of Cu Chi. Be careful though, it's getting dark.
OPERATION EGO AFTERTHOUGHT (2024-02-18):
Evaluated as the 14th (out of 18) most effective CSAR unit on the roster, and not curently enjoying the favour of either the USMC or USAF, Endgame Red was deployed by helicopter to Firebase A Luoi in the A Shau valley. Tasked to overwatch the main North-South MSR and protect passing traffic, they disrupted Chelt operations in the area through two nights and one day, allowing the safe passage of five US convoys for the loss of one vehicle.
OPERATION GRAY SCAFFOLD (2024-02-23):
Stage One:
Go by boat to the island of Tre Lon, find the enemy political officer who is hiding in a bunker, capture him, then bring him back to Pleiku docks.
Stage Two:
Use information gathered from the political officer to find and secure enemy supply dumps north east of Hue.
OPERATION OBLONG CARTOON (2024-03-08):
Sar Mission 1: rescue a pilot from a crash site NW of Lang Voi while clearing a hostile village and avoiding massive Chelt flak sites.
Sar Mission 2: 2 seater down in the village of Hinlap but a large Chelt force is pushing from the north. One catch, 100+ enemy are hot on your heels and the air is getting spicy. Go get our boys!
OPERATION UPRIGHT CHAPLAIN (2024-03-10):
Part 1: Deployed to recover the crew of a crashed A-6 Intruder around 120 094 - that had fallen prey to a flak trap on the hilltop at 110 100. Both pilots recovered, two aircraft lost to flak.
Part 2: Deployed to recover the single pilot of an F-100D that had crashed near Kok at 086 029. Pilot recovered but unlucky hits knocked out three Jolly Green rescue helicopters, forcing Endgame Red to extract by armoured convoy via Lag Bou.
Bronze Star Medal: For recovery of a pilot from a crash site under heavy fire, single-handed escorting the pilot successfully back through enemy lines to link up with the remainder of the unit who were bogged down in a lower part of the valley during Operation Upright Chaplain.
OPERATION TRIVIAL BANDOLIER (2024-03-15):
Endgame Red was deployed to assault the town of Kok, which had been strengthened and reinforced such that it was once again that Cheltenamese Kok was a danger to all passers by, spreading a miasma of zider into the surrounding regions.
The town itself was a feint to draw in attackers, but despite the pre-placed defences, Endgame Red managed to take all of Kok despite discomfort and some bloody situations. Realising that in truth the size of Kok was just a myth, the squad redeployed north to find the zider store.
Despite some violations / desecrations of several religious sites, the storage dump was found and destroyed, although this provoked a forest fire which then obliterated the surrounding area including a big fiery Kok.
Realising that they had found intel for the location of the district central distribution point, this was also assaulted and destroyed.
OPERATION TOFU WAFER (2024-03-17):
Insert by air at grid 031055, where three LZs had been cleared by COMMANDO VAULT drops, defend the area against Chelt assaults and construct a firebase. It'll be fine.
Purple Heart
OPERATION MEDICAL PIGEON (2024-03-31):
1) Duty as Embassy Marines in Saigon as the genuine articles were stuck TDY in Pleiku. The ambassador survived.
2) SAR north of Bru. The pilot was successfully recovered, despite the platoon getting surrounded by Chelt Cong forces.
OPERATION RECLAIM HOUND (2024-04-12):
Patrol to the south of Dak Pek base, taking out any AA in the area to allow a heavy lift helo in, then mount a radio antenna on the hill near Tonk’s Doghouse and defend it from enemy attack.
OPERATION BREAKING BEGONIA (2024-04-26):
Deployed to a village deep in the jungle to provide defence against potential Chelt Cong saboteurs, Endgame Red found themselves mixed up in some sort of MACV-SOG operation in which vast numbers of insurgents were determined to overrun the small settlement and eliminate the special operations force there. Eventually, the SF group evacuated the village and Endgame Red were free to make their own way to an LZ to escape the encircling Cheltenamese forces.
OPERATION REMEMBERING LASAGNA (2024-05-10):
Endgame Red provide heavy vehicle support to USMC troops defending a town and river crossing south of the Song Bin Tanh airbase. Under sustained assault and artillery bombardment, the local Chelt Cong having emptied their hidden arsenals of stolen heavy equipment in an attempt to deal a heavy blow to South Cheltnamese democracy in the region, the tank platoon and infantry were forced to pull back to reconsolidated, before assaulting back across the river after putting in airstrikes to retake the town. While losses were high, Chelt Cong insurgent activity in the region will be severely curtailed for some time to come.