Merry Christmas, 1985

On Christmas Eve of 1985 the ongoing Middle East crisis erupted into full scale global war with Warsaw Pact forces crossing the Inter-German Frontier and assaulting NATO Forces worldwide as of 10:00 UTC. Intel indicated a Soviet Victor I was southbound and moving in the direction of the Kings Bay Submarine Base and Naval Station Mayport possibly to interdict forces sortieing out of Mayport or Kings Bay. VP-30 out of Naval Air Station Jacksonville was assigned to detect and neutralize the threat posed by the Victor. USS Mahan DDG-42 is patrolling outside of Mayport in case the Victor breaks free. Weather conditions are extremely poor with a gale center west of Bermuda and strong high pressure centered over Ohio. The gradient flow between the two is causing near gale conditions over the Operations Area (OpArea) with seas of 12 to 18 feet. Heavy shipping in the area will also increase the ambient noise in the water column.