“Granted, Corporal,” Vance answered.

Mason unzipped the front pocket of his green canvas bag and took out a thin blue vinyl binder.

“These are the squad’s transit log entries for today’s movement out of Camp Lejeune.”

He opened the metal rings and slid three printed sheets across the laminate desktop.

“At 14:10, Lance Corporal Carter signed out of the Gate C27 waiting area without the squad leader’s permission,” Mason said.

“Where exactly did he go?” General Vance asked.