Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon

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Summary: A letter home from a Ghost Recon soldier
Review: Dear family

I'm fully aware on how each and every one of you objected to me joining the military, but I wanted to "See the world" and protect my country (For security reasons, i'll refer to myself as ghost 325). I've joined up with an elite group of army soldiers called, "The ghosts" Some of the hardest troop's you'll ever meet. They're the best of the best. They have the highest training and access to some cool weapons.

After becoming a squad commander, I was sent with my men to Europe, where communist nutheads were uprising and attempting to revive the old communist state (But i'm sure you know about that, it's been all over the headlines back home). My men and I were the spearhead of the militaries operations. We were sent on missions that ranged from capturing a general, to blowing up a bridge to rescuing some of our fellow soldiers from a prisoner of war camp. In this military, everything feels new and exciting. After we finished a mission, my boys and I could hardly wait to go out on the next one. My personal enthusiasm was very high.

Our foes are a lot more cunning then those paintball match opponents that I fought with back home. They're really smart and fighting them can be a nerve racking experience. They often fire at us before we even see them, causing us to hit the dirt and scramble to find out where they are. It's dangerous, because unlike in vide games, all it takes is one (or at the max, three) bullets to kill a man. That keeps us alert and weary at all times. Our foes try to flank us, keep us pinned down with heavy fire. Luckily, they are not totally smart. If we keep still they often come cautiously walking out to try and find us, making them easy to kill. Or we send our sniper to outflank and kill them (So much fun). Luckily, my friends in the ghosts are life savers. They often fire at bad guys I dont even notice and often cut them down quickly. I can count on these guys to back me up in combat. They do get a bit stuck on doors and stairs sometimes (must be the beer we sometimes drink after missions), and at times they act so stupid that I literaly have to take control of them to get something done. But in the end I'd be mincemeat withought them. And to back it up, we get to shoot some mighty powerful guns, like the m-16, the M203 and the incredible anti-tank rocket launcher. All of them sound exactly like they should, not like the sound bits in video games back home.

When they say that you see the world in the military, they were right. We've been everywhere from lovely little villiages, murky swamps and even the heart of Moscow. Everything is so awesome to look at, and the forests are beautiful. Sometimes i've found myself simply gawking at the scenery rather then focusing on a mission.

All in all, a career with the ghosts is quite exciting. Every mission is different, the degree of job difficulty is just right, and our campaign against the reds was quite long, and we have the option to have fun in quick mission mode, a new simulator that the military cooked up. I'm looking forward to see where my travels with the Ghosts will take me.

Your son,
Ghost #325