Young Marines Save Christmas

YOUNG MARINES SAVE CHRISTMASSYNOPSISAfter completing thirteen grueling weeks as an accidental recruit at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, SC, Private First Class (now Secret Agent)Tomcat Pepper Parker was taking a well deserved rest at Waterfront Park in downtown Beaufort, SC. His snooze was interrupted when his encrypted phone rang. That could only mean some very good news or some very bad news. He took the important call from his supervisory agent at Headquarters, Military Intelligence Center (MICE); listened to the greeting of the agent and provided the required code word. The agent explained the mission:"We have a crisis on our hands and it involves a critical group - the children of the world! 1) Santa Claus has gotten so fat he can't fit into the sleigh. 2) The sleigh is broken3) The elves have been lazy and haven't made any Christmas toys; plus, their toy-making equipment is broken.4) The reindeer have gone absent without leave (AWOL).5) Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer is sick in quarters - not a red nose in sight." " The U.S. military is busy in other places and we've decided to give this mission to you, MICEMAN; with the expectation that you'll get the job done. Is that a correct assumption?" "Roger that," the tomcat purred."It's your responsibility to save Christmas MICEMAN," the agent continued. "Can you do it? Do you accept the mission as stated?" MICEMAN purred, "Sir, this agent is ready, willing and able to take on the mission. I'll get it done!" The MICE agent concurred and the line went dead.The poor tomcat was buzzing from the tip of his hairy head to the tips of his sheathed bayonet paws hidden in his flip-flops! He had a mission! But how in the world would he get it accomplished? But, fear not! MICEMAN is the Cat-In-Charge! He calls on The Young Marines and their awesome leaders to assist in the mission. Chester, their bulldog mascot, will pilot YOUNG MARINES ONE, the helicopter they borrowed from the President and everyone will work double-time to save Christmas. The countdown clock is ticking fast . . . will they fix everything in time to save Christmas? The Young Marines and MICEMAN make a plan to haul Santa Claus from the North Pole to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot where he'll undergo weight loss exercises and a strict diet. They have a long way to go and a short time to get there! While Santa and the Young Marines are busy at Parris Island, other units of Young Marines from around the country will converge on the North Pole and U.S. Marine Corps Logistics Base, Albany, GA to put the pieces of Christmas back together. Failure to do so is not an option and their training and "can-do" attitudes will get the job done - but not without a lot of humorous shenanigans involving Santa and the Young Marines. The wildlife of the lowcountry are excited about their famous visitor and generously lend a paw, a hoof or a beak to help with the mission.