She does not yet know her husband cooperated. The next call she makes will be security forces. I would estimate within 72 hours. She was correct within 19 hours. Wing staff judge advocate Lieutenant Colonel Llo Shrader drove to my ranch on Sunday evening at 2100.
He brought a banker's box, a thermos of black coffee, and the kind of leather portfolio Air Force Jags have been issued at Maxwell since 1976. He sat at my kitchen table with Marray and me. He laid out the legal coordination. AFOSI Detachment 803 would handle the federal honest services fraud investigation against Lieutenant Colonel Pendergast and Brian Pendergast under Title 18 United States Code section 1,346. The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General would handle the broader BAH fraud investigation against Sentinel Ridge Properties LLC, estimated D O Dig Civil Recovery, approximately $3.1 million.
The Air Force Inspector General's Office would handle the systemic review of FE Warren Air Force Base housing referral practices to ensure no other officers had been involved. The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Wyoming would handle the federal criminal indictment against Briion Pendergast and the principles of Sentinel Ridge Properties LLC. Lead federal prosecutor would be assistant United States Attorney Sylvvi Trumbull, who had prosecuted three federal real estate fraud cases in Wyoming between 2018 and 2024. The FBI Cheyenne resident agency would coordinate evidence collection on Brian's communications with FE Warren families. Lieutenant Colonel Llo Shrader would coordinate the military court marshal proceedings against Lieutenant Colonel Pendergast.
I would do exactly two things. I would continue commanding the 90th Missile Wing. I would continue parking the 2009 F250 in my driveway. Marray would do exactly two things. She would continue presiding over federal cases in the District of Wyoming that did not involve any Pendergast related party.
She would continue eating dinner with my father and me every weekend. My daughter Enes flew in from Honolulu on Tuesday afternoon. She arrived at Cheyenne Regional Airport at 1600 hours. She was in civilian clothes, jeans, and a Navy CGA Barber's Point sweatshirt. She had taken 5 days of a crude leave.
She walked into my office at the wing headquarters at 1645. She hugged me without saying anything. She drove back out to the ranch with me at 1700. She sat with my father on the porch from 1730 to 1900. He recognized her.
He thought she was 18 years old and home from the Naval Academy. He kept asking her if she had finished her pleb summer. She kept telling him, "Yes, sir." He kept asking her if her mother was making chicken pot pie for dinner. She kept telling him, "Yes, sir."
By 1900, my father had fallen asleep in his porch rocking chair. We covered him with a quilt my mother had crocheted in 1972. We walked into the kitchen. Enz turned to me. She said, "Dad, when does Mrs. Pendergas called security forces.