Northern Fury 27 - Out on a Limb

Northern Fury 27 - Out on a Limb 28 Feb 1994, 0100 Zulu, 0100 Local The new global war between the Soviet Bloc and the West has been raging for two weeks now, NATO is now on the offensive but the Warsaw Pact is far from defeated and is still resisting fiercely on Iceland and threatening offensive operations in Norway. The ground war in Europe continues to be brutal and deadly, Berlin has fallen but the Germans continue to govern from the old West German facilities in Bonn. North American ‘REFORGER’ reinforcements continue to arrive in Europe. The immediate reinforcement to Europe of the 24th Infantry Division (24 ID) and 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment in the first week of the war was quickly followed by the deployment of III US Corps complete (1 ID, 1 Cav D, 2 AD, 4 ID, 5 ID & Corps Troops) has largely deployed and is forming in Germany. Meanwhile, the 101st Air Assault Division has deployed to Egypt to stabilize the situation there and the 82nd Airborne Division, which up to now has been the US Strategic Reserve, will soon deploy to Sicily as the Operational Reserve in Europe. 10th Mountain Division is now the Strategic reserve as I Corps has deployed to the Pacific (9th Lt Division was enroute to Europe and re-directed to the Philippines when that was threatened, and has now been reinforced by 7 ID) Aircraft losses in central Europe count in the thousands, troops in the tens of thousands on both sides. Globally, several hundred vessels have been sunk. Conflicts in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean have stabilized, generally in NATO’s favour; both the Panama and Suez Canals remain open and navigable. In the Pacific, 7th Fleet has opened a corridor to the Philippines and Taiwan, and contesting the Soviet grip on the waters around Japan. South Korea is still under constant air threat and naval blockade, an attempt to run a convoy with some supply and reinforcements to Busan is being contemplated. USS Constellation will retire to San Diego afte