Pawns of Power

<p>With the threat of dying in the steaming jungles of Vietnam and mandatory service no longer an issue few looked at the military as a career opportunity with free job training. America's youth avoided the military like the plague creating a nightmare for Recruiters trying to fill quotas.</p><p> </p><p>Working with judges first time offenders busted for possession of a single seed; a glass pipe; rolling papers in an empty baggie having a pungent odor; were given the choice jail or Army. Filling the ranks with "street sweepings~aka~cannon fodder" for the psychological sabre rattling in Western Germany the Pentagon was unprepared for what followed. Two battalions of soldiers on a single base in control of nuclear weapons during the day became involved in the drug trade at night to eventually have the largest drug network in Germany.</p><p> </p><p>The unspoken side of the military in an era when everyone was involved in something illeagal from Colonels to Captains; Sargent Majors to Privates; even to Congressmen. Money power the desire to get stoned whatever; made everyone a pawn. And pawns were expendable. A compelling story based on real events involving the author's service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>