Commander Bob Johnson US Navy Seals: Finding Carrol

By Robert Thompson

Bob Johnson had lost everything, and with the movement of his family back to the Ozarks he was in culture shock and needed a change. The Navy seemed to be the answer he was looking for. At his Officer Candidate Training graduation, a long time family friend showed up to take him for a long weekend celebration. Little did Bob realize that long weekend would change his life forever in so many ways.
Love, and the SEALS came into his life, and his friend Commander Harris would pull him into a new concept SEAL Team that would save so many people and they would never know it happened. The development of Bob as a person and then as a Navy man, his background that developed him into the Team leader that he would become. We also see women coming into their own both in the role as a SEAL and team leaders who are never afraid of making the hard choices.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robert Thompson
• Release date: Oct 17, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370119226

Robert Thompson

So, the old guy got to where he needed to be doing something creative. I missed being with PBS and doing live shows, long hours editing (ok not really, I didn't like the long hours, or the low pay). But it still beckons at times. So here I am writing a series of books on Commander Bob and Commander Carrol in the Navy SEALS.I took ideas from my time in the Navy and many of the countries that I visited which were used for locations, and you will find that if you google these places they really exist, from the streets to the cafes.My real job is in healthcare, presently the Director of Facilities at the Navy Hospital in Cuba. The hospital overlooks the water in Guantanamo Bay and is almost everything I need. So, enjoy what I have written, and I hope it brightens your day.Bob

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Finding Carrol

The Adventures of Commander Bob Johnson U.S. Navy Seals

Book 1 – The beginning

Robert Thompson

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Copyright © 2016 by Robert Thompson

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ISBN 9781370119226

Cover design by Roseanna White Designs, Cover Images from Shutterstock.

Foreword

For those avid book readers who check out details, you will find the locations listed are actual places, GPS coordinates take you to areas that are the scenes of parts of this story. However, remember this is a story, any places mentioned are for the purpose of a story line, and does not mean they were, or may, be used in actuality.

For more information on the characters visit my website at: RobertThompson/CommanderBob

Now back to the intro:

I am a Navy vet, and while I was willing to put in 20 years, I was out after 14 which included active duty and reserves. I have some background. But as a close family friend said, Navy forever.

I did volunteer for BUD’s, after rooming with a seal in A school, and being impressed with what I had heard from him, and being 19 and invincible, it seemed the right thing to do, but, I was never able to get past the physical, due to Dental and bad eyes.

After going to C school in Valle Jo, California, Missile radar school, (Talos), that was also the base for the riverine forces training site. And having some experience in small boats, I even tried for the riverine forces. But by that time, I had a Top-Secret clearance in Nuclear weapons systems, and the Navy is a little stingy in that, thy felt I would be better suited working on a Flag Ship on these missile systems rather than running rivers. Yes, god does look after foolish young men at times.

At least that was my take on things.

He looked after me rather well, even though it seemed he kept me from the fun stuff. I got to travel a lot, live in Italy, yes it was Gaeta. Saw the pyramids as well as other North Africa countries, a lot of Europe and even went above the Arctic circle.

I will say the motto of Join the Navy and see the world, was actually true with me. From the Arctic Circle to North Africa, the Caribbean, to Europe, a lot of very interesting places.

**** Please Note--- The Seals are an elite force of dedicated men who are everyday hero’s. And soon we may see women as well. Anything you may disagree with in my story, as it is said, or portrayed, it is never intended to dishonor the Teams. And remember, it is a story, and set in the not too distant future.***

Now to the story.

Being a Navy story, we use foul language, never shy away from adult situations (mostly true), and always think we wear the white hat, and act accordingly.

As of the writing of this story, women were not in the Seals, and the first opening to allow them to apply, happened in 2016, if I have my facts correctly.

Carrol, who is one of the main characters in the story, is fashioned from women in my life, as well as on the female Marine Drill Instructors, who are known as the baddest women in the military.

As you read, remember this is just a story… Its FICTION.

Book 1 is the beginning, and this book develops the characters with some action, but first we have to get him trained and developed as a character as well as Carrol. More information can be found on the Commander Bob web-sight

Characters:

Lieutenant – Commander Bob Johnson –

• From the Midwest, but was raised in Northern California, would become a special instructor to the teams, a team leader, and an all-around nice guy. I hope.

Lieutenant – Commander Carrol Stacy –

• Grew up in Northern California, family friend and grew up with Bob. Special hand to hand combat instructor for the teams, team leader, and Bob’s better half.

Commander – Captain Rick Harris –

• Old family friend of Bob and Carrol’s from Northern California. Becomes one of the main officers leading the teams.

Sherry Harris –

• Ricks wife, and Carrols best friend. Grew up in Sacramento as well, also a family friend.

Marine Captain – Lt. Colonel Suzi Kilgore-

• One of the few female team members in the teams. A specialist in Operations and a member of the team with Bob and Carrol. Also one of Carrol’s friends. From Lone Rock, Iowa.

Captain – Admiral – Bill Johnson –

• Commander of Seal teams – Special Warfare Development Group. From Chicago, Illinois.

Sensei – Yuki Miyamoto –

• Japanese expert in a number of the martial arts, teacher of Bob and Carrol. His name means (Miya) Temple or shrine, and (moto) origin. And Yuki means snow. Yes, the sensei at Aquatic Park, though the real sensei’s name has been changed. And the last I knew, when I left, they were still on the sand most weekends at Aquatic Park in San Francisco.

Chief Charles Lewis –

• Fire Control Chief who is in the training Cadre, and later a Chief in the team with Bob and Carrol. From San Diego, California.

Chief Nancy Maggard –

• Co-chief of the team with Lewis, Sniper rifle and weapons expert. From Galena Missouri

Other Characters, as the group develops will be added at the end of the book.

Chapter 1

My history, (Bob’s), was pretty short and to the point to begin with.

I started off as a child in the Ozarks, moved to Northern California with family, and enjoyed a good upbringing with Sunday dinners, and many good times with cousins and extended family and friends. One of my family friends daughter, became very special to me and her name is Carrol Stacy, more about her later.

I went to high school in North Sacramento California, took the normal classes that would lead to a college, and while in High School I also took ROTC to learn to shoot competitively and to learn all things dealing with the military.

Growing up, I was also a Boy Scout, and later a Sea Explorer, and that led to me running the rivers and bays of Northern California. And that would play a role in my future that I would never have guessed possible, rather interesting how some decisions can have an effect on your future. Anyway, one of the Sea Explorer bases is based in Aquatic Park, which is close to Fisherman’s Warf in San Francisco. During a long weekend there at the park, I met the sensei that would eventually train both myself and Carrol.

So back to Carrol, the relationship between Carrol and myself was going strong until, it all started to unravel one day during a visit at my house, Carrol, was over for a visit with her mother, and we were just making out in my room. (We were teenagers after all). And up to this point we had grown very close, and to my thinking it had become much more than just a childish romance. We were talking about going to College together, and I thought we were clicking along rather well. And then, our mom’s walked in on us making out.

We had talked about our relationship, we felt we had a deep love for each other, and we knew our parents would not be happy knowing how we felt for each other, but youth can sometimes overlook obstacles.

So when our mom’s walked in on us in a close embrace, it did not go well, and they quickly broke us up, literally.

Carrol’s mother, Sharon, separated us physically and my mother jumped in to help her, and then taking me out of the room. Sharon, took Carrol out to the porch and I could hear the discussion from where I was sat down to wait my discussion. Our moms then teamed up to keep us apart – And right from the beginning, our parents had done an excellent job of keeping us apart, and now separating us. This will make sense later, when Carrol explains what happens.

The timing sucked in that my family decided to move back to the Ozarks, dad had received a good job offer which occurred within a month of our parents breaking us apart. And now here I