Brandt paid him no attention.

He stepped back from the window and rested his hand on his radio.

“Step out of the vehicle, please,” Brandt told me.

“Corporal, if you call the Officer of the Day, he can sort this out in two minutes,” I said.

Brandt just pointed toward the holding area at the visitor center.

“Section four, paragraph two of the base security manual calls for immediate detention of anyone presenting fraudulent federal credentials,” Brandt said, word for word.

He put his hand on his radio once more.