PARDON me, but since that incident is over with, the "loose lips" admonition no longer applies. I have lots of relatives in the military. Some of them are in the 10th Mountain division. I live near enough a military base that I can tell you FOR a FACT that GW was not threatening by TALKING. Within HOURS of the incident occurring, there were MASSIVE overflights which headed for Norfolk - I have lotsa family doewn there too - AND DID NOT COME BACK. Only an idiot would not realize they were being deployed, even if the had no relatives in the military.
The only problem with your story is how it ends. Weeks later. It should have ended, "Within hours of deployment, nuclear bombers ringed the landing sight with ten mega ton bombs on advancing Chinese columns, while marines landed at the landing site and rescued the crew. Once evacuated from the site, the entire landing field was nuked out of existence. All returned safely home the following week."
...talk...