last but not least i dedicate this particular dod base realignment and closure ( brac ) motivated novel to naval aviation and my compatriots of the naval air warfare center community : naval and marine civil service and supporting contractors , including those of nadc/nawc warminster pennsylvania ( closed in 1996 ) , patuxent river maryland , point mugu california , china lake california , and north island california : patriotic dedicated government men and women , all of them !