Reports and Thefts

I slept late, resting after yesterdays patrol. While the other patrol members were taking care of vehicle maintenance etc., I spent most of the day in front of the computer, writing reports. Two LIREPs (liaison reports), one PATROLREP (patrol report), and one AAR (after action report) and Lessons Identified combined. The second in command of the patrol helped, of course.

At 1500 one of our interpreters came to see me. He said that 200 dollars had been stolen from his wallet. He had left it in the pocket of his trousers in his room in the mudhouse after lunch. I had no option but to start an investigation. We searched the quarters of all the local employees and asked them questions about what they had been up to after lunch. Nothing was found. This was now the fifth case of theft in about three months time. We will have to take measures.