“Beats me, sir.” Mallory watched the colonel approaching the APC with his hand on his pistol and fell into step with him. “These guys are out here all the time but they’ve never hit the wire before. I was up on the OP when I saw it happening.”
Skaggs moved up behind PFC Stone and glared at the Israeli officer who seemed to be making a radio transmission, speaking quietly into his helmet microphone. The colonel continued to stare as he motioned for Mallory to approach. “Corporal Mallory, you run up the line and see that nobody gets trigger-happy. I’ll take it from here.” Mallory backed away to carry out his orders, keeping an eye on the colonel as he stepped in front of PFC Stone and pointed a finger at the Israeli officer.
“Sir, you are in an area jointly controlled by the Lebanese Armed
