Ten Ring
Joseph L. Cooke
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Ten Ring
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and
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, devices, quotes, and incidents, either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of the author.
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Author photo by Richard Alexander King
Special Acknowledgement to: Amber Ortner and Matthew Murry
ten
ring(t
n)
(r
ng)
–
noun 1. a) the small, difficult to hit, circular center of a K5 human
silhouette target utilized in the Police Practical Course of fire
b) all bullet holes within the center ring, or touching the center
ring, are scored at the highest value of ten points each b)(1)
wounds caused by bullets striking humans in the corresponding area
are nearly always fatal
Glossary
1D First District, police district covering central DC
2D Second District, police district covering northwest DC
5D Fifth District, police district covering northeast DC
AB Aryan Brotherhood, white supremacist gang
ADIC FBI Assistant Director In Charge
AIU Accident Investigation Unit, a marked police car
AP armor piercing ammunition
AUSA Assistant US Attorney
AW Assistant Warden
B40 rocket propelled grenade used by North Vietnamese forces
BATFE Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms, and Explosives, formerly, the ATF
BDU Battle Dress Uniform, the Army’s green, black, and brown camouflage uniform
Black Talon a particularly deadly brand of pistol ammunition
BNDD Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs that later became the Drug
Enforcement Agency
BOP Bureau of Prisons
CMA cash management account
CW Continuous Wave mode, i.e., Morse Code
CO Correctional Officer
DAG Deputy Attorney General
DEA Drug Enforcement Administration
DOJ Department of Justice
DSC Distinguished Service Cross, second highest award for bravery
EEOC Equal Employment Opportunities Commission
FBIAA FBI Agents Association
FBI Legat FBI Legal Attaché
FCI Federal Correction Institute, federal prison with fences rather than walls
FDC Federal Detention Center, a prison for federal pre-trial inmates
GS-7 US Civil Service pay grade
H&K Heckler & Koch, weapons maker
IAD Internal Affairs Division, those who allegedly police the police, also see OPR
IFR Instrument Flight Rules
ISP internet service provider
JD Juris Doctor, law degree
K5 a paper target containing an outline of the human torso
MP5 a modern, compact, high quality, machine pistol
MP40 machine pistol used by the German Army in World War II
NCIC National Crime Information Center
NOW National Organization of Women
NVG night vision goggles
OPR FBI Office of Professional Responsibility, also known as tin collectors
ParkerTBall an early, well-known, ballpoint pen
PBR patrol river boat used by US Forces in Vietnam
PFC Private First Class, a rank in the US Army
PD Public defender
PIO Public Information Office
PO parole officer
POW Prisoner of War
RA Resident Agency, FBI office in a city too small to warrant a Field Office
ROTC Reserve Officers Training Corp, a military course of study in US colleges
SDS Students for a Democratic Society, a radical group from the 1960’s
SEC Securities and Exchange Commission
SMU Southern Methodist University
SO Sheriff’s Office
SOP standard operating procedure
TDY Temporary Duty, a short term assignment
Ten Ring Exact center of a target, a bullseye
UNICOR government owned factories using inmate labor
VC Viet Cong
YAC Yugoslavia, Albania, Croatia
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