SEAL Prep School: A crash course in preparing to take the BUD/s challenge. Prospective BUD/s candidates are put through a physical training program meant to prepare them for BUD/s. This includes timed four-mile runs and thousand-meter swims. If the candidates are unable to pass the final qualifications test, they are removed from SEAL candidates lists and placed elsewhere in the navy.
SEAL Teams: Each SEAL team has 128 men, of which twenty-one are officers and 107 are enlisted. Each team has ten platoons, and each platoon has two squads. There are sixteen men per platoon and eight SEALs per squad.
SQT (SEAL Qualification Training): SQT teaches tactics, techniques, and special operations procedures.
USSOC (United States Special Operations Command): Beneath the umbrella of JSOC, the USSOC is the unified combat command and is charged with overseeing special operations command from the army, air force, navy, and marines.
Zodiac: A rigid-hull inflatable boat with 470-horsepower jet drives. It can reach speeds of forty-five-plus knots and has supreme maneuverability (also known as the beach boat).
Arapaho Terms
3ooxonouubeiht: crabby
be3ees: testicles/balls
bee’ice’ee’ (singular); bee’ice’ei’i (plural): apple, a derogatory term for children who want to leave the res—red on the outside, white on the inside
beesnenitee: elder
Be:he:teiht: the creator
beniiinenno: soldier
beniinookee: general or highest-ranking official
betee: heart
betee3oo hohe’: Shadow Mountain
bexookee: mountain lion
bih’ihoox: mule
biitei: ghost
bixoo3etiit: love
boh’ooo: thunder
ceece’esbeniiineniiit: armed forces
ceeyoubeiht: talking foolishly
ciibehbiiwoohu: don’t cry
heebii3soo: bastard
heeteinono’eino’: the Arapaho people in the beginning of time
heinoo: mother
heneeceine3: lion
heteiniicie: the Wind River reservation
hiihooko’oet: bewitched
hiihooteet: death
hiinooko3onit: golden eagle
hiixoyooniiheiht: charm
hinono’eiteen: Arapaho
hisei: woman
hisoh’o: brother
hiteseiw’s: sister
hitesih’o: his wife
hookecouhu hiteseiw: little sister
Hooxei: Wolf
houu: old word for God
houuwoo’oot: ceremony
hoxhisei: bitch
koo3eincecnise: age-old or ancient
nebii’o’oo: sweetheart
neecee: chief
neenii3o’neihi: behave well or be quiet
neihoowuni’ixooni: bad attitude
neihoowuni’oubeih: sick
neniiseti: One Arrow (weapon of the people)
nesi: uncle (mother’s brother)
netesei: my sister
nih’oo3oo: white men
nih’oo3ounii’ehiiho’: white man’s bird
niitouw hiine’tiihiiho’: Indian people here, now
noniiteceenoo’oot: temporarily crazy
noonsoo: it is chaos or a mess
noo’uusooo’: storm
notonheihii: medicine man
teeteeso’oot: apologize
teittooneihi: be quiet
tei’yoonehe: baby or infant
tei’yoonehihi: very young child
tei’yoonoh’o’: children
woh’ooo’: badger
wo’ohno: moccasins
wo’ouusoo: kitten
Author’s Note
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Trish McCallan
Acknowledgments
To Alison Dasho, you have the patience of a saint! Thank you for putting up with me these past few years and helping me get Ember out to my readers.
To Charlotte Herscher, my books are always so much stronger after passing through your keen eyes and sharp mind. You bump my writing up to the next level. Thank you!
To my readers, thank you so much for reading! I appreciate each and every one of you. Without you, there would be no Red-Hot SEALs!
About the Author
Photo © 2013 JK Steele
Trish McCallan was born in Oregon and raised in Washington State, where as a child she sold her first crayon-illustrated books for a nickel. This love of writing led her to study the craft at Western Washington University. She worked as a bookkeeper and a human-resources specialist before trading in her day job for a full-time writing career. Her Red-Hot SEALs novels include Forged in Smoke and the Romance Writers of American RITA Awards finalists, Forged in Ash and Forged in Fire. Forged in Ember is the fourth book in her series. She currently resides in eastern Washington with her three golden retrievers, a black Lab mix, and a cat.