"Rear Admiral Steve Kunkle, commander of the carrier strike force, grimaced at a Doonesburycomic strip from the Japan Times. It showed a Navy pilot thinking 'Oops!'" -New York Times

As Doonesburyshifts to a wartime footing, the major players find themselves pre-positioned for the coming cakewalk. Weekend warrior B.D. leaves the Fighting Swooshes of Walden in the care of acting Coach Boopstein, returning to the sands of Kuwait as Camp Blowback's Public Affairs Officer. Among his charges: Roland Hedley, veteran of a gruelling combat training program designed to keep media folk from getting capped. Offshore, the irrepressible Morale Officer Lieutenant Tripler goes live to lift the ship bound spirits of his pre-swarthy charges, while offstage; Viceroy-in-Waiting Duke prepares to answer empire's call.