For Sergeant Sullivan, it was also a time to say goodbye, again and again, slowly.

Sergeant Sullivan began work on a backlog of broken night-vision goggles.

Sergeant Sullivan raced up the stairs when he heard the shot, but the suspect fled.

Sergeant Sullivan was angry over the relief of his former commander and did little to hide his bitterness.

"That, Taylor, is the sum total of my relationship with Sergeant Sullivan."

One of those who knew he could be beaten was my first sergeant, Sergeant Sullivan.

But Sergeant Sullivan would have none of that!

Sergeant Sullivan had recently begun calling me "Six" when others of the company were not privy to our conversations.

Course, like Sergeant Sullivan said, it was a hell of a noisy truce that first night.

Sergeant Sullivan joined us because he wanted to.