“We want to take the opportunity here to thank you for the armored Humvees Mr. Halloran. We captured all save for one. It simply had too much damage to be useful. But our motor pool people are cannibalizing it as we speak so we will have spare parts for those we are now using. Another thing we need to thank you for is the usage of your mortars. Both the mortar companies you sent down here booked it when they started dying. We have all of that gear now as well.”
“So we noticed when you were raining mortar shells on us a little while ago. How do I refer to you, sir? Are you the commander of the defenders of this area? Who the hell are you people anyway? You have knocked out the finest units we have trained in the past years. Are you some kind of charlatans or what?”
“You may call me Allan,
