Creative Spot: In 8-15 lines the character has to write about a member of his/her team.

Artist: Vince Keller Subject: Paula Rayne

Author's Note: The characters, MSgt Vince Keller and MSgt Paula Rayne, are a part of my Delta Force series titled "Over the Hills of Yola". Again this is a look at an individual and rather than go into the details of "woe is war" it's focuses more on duty and personal action.

There's this girl I know who can pack a mean punch.

She can stare down a tiger and turn a snake into lunch,

Believe me, she saved me from that viper in the brook

A single shot, straight in the head, that's all it took.

There's this girl I know that can navigate the lands

She knows the cultures from the jungles to the sands.

On our first mission her advice I did not heed

And after a poison arrow, I knew her wisdom I'd need.

There's this girl I know who can do anything

She can fall from the sky, fight a militia and she can sing.

It wasn't too long ago when I met this plucky lady of grace

With neatly pressed BDUs, a football, and mud on her face.

Maybe you don't know her but I'd like you all to meet

My best friend who knows no defeat.

What a gal (this girl) I know.