He agreed with the assessment.”

I looked down at the signature in ink on the bottom line.

“Your emergency reassignment has been approved,” Vance said.

“You’re leaving here on a transport plane Tuesday night.”

“That gets me stateside in exactly two weeks.”

“Three weeks ahead of your original rotation,” Vance said.

“You’ll go through Fort Hood for out-processing and transition leave.

From there you’re cleared to head back to Oak Ridge and deal with your family situation.”