“I’ve been briefed, of course. The team that responded was made up of all MPs. We pulled from both the 40th and the 705th. It was a full company plus the CO and the first sergeant.”
“A hundred and thirty-two soldiers?” inquired Herbert .
“Plus Captain Lewis and First Sergeant Draper,” McCutcheon added.
“Right, for a total of one hundred and thirty-four personnel.” Herbert leaned forward. “But what if I were to tell you that on the video feed from that night I counted one hundred and thirty-five MPs climbing off those trucks?”
McCutcheon looked stunned. “I don’t see how that would be possible. We called up four platoons. At Leavenworth an MP platoon has thirty-three soldiers. No MP would report for a mission unless he was called up. It was a potential crisis situation at DB, but we did
