In 2006, Jeremy Fox was a platoon leader with the. Deployed to Iraq, his platoon conducted patrols in and around the Salah Al-Din province. One evening, Fox and his interpreter were checking the lines when they came across their Iraqi counterparts fast asleep. After waking them and having a conversation, Fox was preparing to depart when the interpreter fell backwards over the small bridge into the wastewater wadi below. Fox dove in and the story is the heart of this episode of The Spear.