> Behind her, Reimu heard a distinct, familiar sound: a muted metallic bong, like the
> striking of a cracked bell. Eyes going wide, she whirled in midair.
>
> No more than a dozen yards behind her, the air was filled with a great cloud of
> glittering crystalline "snow", still spreading outward from the shape it had held until
> moments before, and just beginning to fall.
>
> To leave a debris cloud of that size, Reimu realized, the Neuroi Marisa had just killed
> must have been truly gigantic.

SWEET MARY MOTHER OF, G! That has to be the best way to end a fight like that I've seen in a while!

> "Army general charged by Naval Air Service colonel. What with?"
>
> Mio shrugged, taking another drink. "Being stupid in a war zone."
>
> Reimu gave a snort of half-hearted laughter. "That's not in the Articles of War."
>
> "You haven't read the Navy version."
>
> Reimu considered her cup, then sighed, put it down unfilled, and stood up.

Given that Strike Witches is set in this alternate WW2 timeline, one would assume that the older 'Rocks and Shoals' apply rather than the UCMJ...

https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/heritage/customs-and-traditions0/rocks-shoals-articles-government-usnavy-redirect.html

“The punishment of death, or such other punishment as a court martial may adjudge, may be inflicted on any person in the naval service... intentionally or willfully suffers any vessel of the Navy to be stranded, or run upon rocks or shoals, or improperly hazarded or maliciously or willfully injures any vessel of the Navy, or any part of her tackle, armament, or equipment, whereby the safety the vessel is hazarded or the lives of the crew exposed to danger,” pretty much describes what happened here, and a good case can be made for it since Mio IS the actual Squadron commander now.

> Lucchini didn't miss her cue. "Hey Shirley, how do you know?"
>
> "OK, so, there I was..."

Heh. The classic opening to what sailors call a sea story!

> "Who are you talking to?" Remilia wondered.
>
> Flandre glanced at her. "Huh? Winifreda, obviously."
>
> There was a brief, baffled pause.
> "... Her name is Winifreda?!" said Erica, incredulous.

I'm trying to decide which bit is more amusing, the name Given her, or that Flandre is one of the few who can hear her...

> "Sleep well, Major," said Gryphon. "I'll most likely kill you in the morning."

HA!

> OUR MUTUAL CLOSE PERSONAL FRIENDS INVOLVED
>
> DETAILS TO FOLLOW
>
> BLAZKOWICZ

Blazkowicz... I'm thinking, but not positive he was their ally in the great B-36 caper?