Opposing Forces is completely AU as the last time I checked, Meredith and Derek didn't fly planes or operate air craft carriers. This fic should have a little of many things in it, angst, sex, fluff, sex, angst, sex, bad language, sex . . . you get the picture.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters. A woman who maybe finally knows what to do with them does and if I did own them, I would never have been an issue to begin with. But I do own the call signs and any other characters that may come up (William, Amanda, Carrie, and others who might show up).
I have some background knowledge on this . . . more than I care to have. I was married to the navy (almost literally) for 6 years. I worked as the command ombudsman for a while which was a liaison between the command and the command families. So, I actually met with the higher ups (the CO, XO, CMC – and I will tell you what all those are) on a regular basis. But, there will be some things that are . . . MaggieLand, which are a little . . . skewed, but not much!
I want to go ahead with my thank you to Christine (mer1921) who has listened to many different plans to this story and who has and will keep me grounded – I have to remember, this is second nature to me. Love ya girl!
I will try for updates . . . as much as possible, but warning now, the next few weeks are going to be busy. But, as with my other stories, I will ALWAYS see them to the end!!
Ok, I want this to not be confusing, so I am putting this here as a reference. I am going to list each character in the order of hierarchy. The other HUGE THING – not all of these characters will not play huge roles, but there are key roles that needed to be there, so I decided just to go ahead and put them all in the list. There could always be others show up, if needed. This is a Mer/Der fic – as I am a HUGE HUGE HUGE Meredith/Derek fan.
Officers (in order from highest ranking in the squadron to lowest) – the pilots have a call sing in quotes beside their name:
Pete Wilder "Feeler Healer" – Commander – Commanding Officer (CO) of the Squadron (Pete off of Private Practice)
Erica Hahn "Ice Queen" – Lieutenant Commander – Executive Officer (XO) of the Squadron
Addison Montgomery "Saucy" – Lieutenant Commander
Meredith Grey "Fiery Temptress" – just promoted to Lieutenant Commander
Alex Karev "Slobber Knocker" – Lieutenant
Isobel Stevens – Lieutenant JG – Operations Officer (not a pilot, but does operations)
Jamie Cross "Viper" – Lieutenant JG (yes, think Viper . . . season 1)
Ellis Grey "destroyer" is a retired Admiral – which outranks all the officers listed here.
Ok, a few notes about officers. Here is the order of rank, from low to high:
EnsignLieutenant JG (Junior Grade)LieutenantLieutenant CommanderCommanderCaptainAdmiral
Enlisted (in order from highest ranking in the squadron to the lowest):
MCPON William Shepherd – Master Chief of the Navy (this is HUGE – there is only one in the entire navy)
CMCPO Miranda Baily – Command Master Chief (CMC) of the command – top enlisted person in the command
CPO Callie Torres – Aviation Machinist's Mate Chief (ADC) – basically a jet mechanic (mech)
PO1 Cristina Yang – Aviation Machinist's Mate 1st Class (AD1)
PO1 Mark Sloan – Aviation Electrician's Mate 1st Class (AE1) – electronics guy
PO1 Derek Shepherd – Aviation Electrician's Technician 1st Class (AT1) – a specialty electronics guy with the highest top secret clearance because of what they do
AN George O'Malley – Aviation Electrician's Technician Airman (ATAN)
AN Lexie Black – Aviation Electrician's Mate Airman (AEAN)
Here is the order of rank for enlisted from low to high:
Airman Apprentice (AA)
Airman (AN)
Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
Senior Chief Petty Officer (SCPO)
Master Chief Petty Officer (MCPO)
Fleet/Command Master Chief Petty Officer (CMCPO)
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON)
Whew . . . I know that seems confusing, but don't focus on it, it REALLY isn't a huge deal and if you . . . want to know things throughout the story, I just put this here as a reference. I will actually update this with information as I see fit to help you although – really – NOT A BIG DEAL, it won't really matter in the scheme of things. But, through the planning Christine and I thought this would be really helpful (and again, she is a non-military person – SHE HAS BEEN MY LIFE SAVER).
They are in VOQ-150, a Growler Squadron (the new prowler/F-18 plane), The White Falcons stationed out of NAS Whidbey in Oak Harbor, Washington. I hope you enjoy this story as I am sure it will . . . be a ride of a lifetime!! Disclaimer: I have somewhat made up these names. The Squadrons are VAQ squadrons and are Prowler's at this point, but are moving over to the new and improved Growler which looks like an F-18, so I am using that plane for this story because it is bad ass. The White Falcons is an army unit, but it seems cool, so it is going to be used here. There is a base on the WONDERFUL WHIDBEY ISLAND that is AMAZING!! I was there for 3 years so all the places will be . . . real places that are ALSO AMAZING!! There may even be pics of some of them (not sure what I have).
Ok, I think that is it for tonight. If you EVER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK. But, again, this is really . . . a simple story about two people . . . with forces that are always . . . pushing and pulling.