Convoy Outline Draft #1

1. Part 1
   1. Begins with the convoy crossing a mountainous region,
   2. Don, Hernandez, Diaz, and Miller joke around.
   3. Diaz goes to ask them all a question, opens his notebook. The question reads, “What do you guys have waiting for you back home?”
   4. As he flips the page, the convoy is attacked. The Humvee in front of them flares up as an explosion of thermite takes out the vehicle in front of them.
1. Part 2
   1. The Humvee in front, middle, and rear of the convoy explode and catches fire.
      1. Don and his group are right behind the middle convoy.
   1. The vehicles in the convoy line start taking fire from the mountain across from them.
   2. The group get out of the MRAP and starts taking stock of the situation.
   3. Don, taking a moment to assess the situation, looks around him, sees the wounded and dead.
   4. Don passes his rifle to Diaz, having taught him previously how to shoot “If shit ever got that bad.” He gives him the magazines off his plate carrier and armed with his M9, a medical kit, and a knife heads out to start doing his job.
1. Part 3
   1. The realization sets in. Don starts getting rid of unnecessary weight and passes his weapon to the reporter.
      1. All the while, screams ring out in the burning hummer next to him, causing him to go faster.
      2. He reaches in, grabs his medical IFAK, then returns to check on the men next to him.
      3. Miller helps Diaz calm down his shots.
      4. Don checks his Beretta, tells the others to cover him and runs over to the burning Humvee.
1. Part 4
   1. The screams grow louder as he approaches, the smell causes him to vomit as the screaming still goes on.
   2. He tries to get inside but the flames inside cause him to move away.
   3. Don watches his comrades cook inside the vehicle and decides the best course of action is to fire his Beretta into the burning Humvee.
      1. Even with the gunfire going off around him, it goes silent for him. He holsters his handgun, and notices that someone has seen him doing this.
         1. He looks at them, nods, and moves to treat wounded.
   1. He runs back to his MRAP to check on everyone. As everyone is giving a status report, Diaz gets shot in the side of the neck. The round is a graze and Don treats him and keeps him in the fight.
1. Part 5
   1. Don begins moving toward the rear of the convoy as RPGs come down. He approaches an officer who coordinates fire support from the air but is constantly denied ground assets.
      1. Upon asking for a situation report, he finds that the convoy is taking fire and that units are unable to move.
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