"I don't know if it was because of me or because he'd finally pulled his head out of his fourth point of contact and realized, Hey, it's not really such a bad thing after all."

It may take him until the morning to get his head out of his fourth point of contact and get here, but he won't be able to stand the thought of letting two of his knuckleheads get along without his magnanimous personality.

He was holding steady, but there was no reason to give the sergeant major an excuse to dig into his fourth point of contact. He was doing just fine. One day at a time, and all that. Too bad guys like Marshall tested his willpower on a daily basis.

"Probably time to strategically apply some pressure to their fourth points of contact. You've given them the benefit of the doubt and, well, they're not really rising to the occasion, are they?"

Fourth point of contact

Meaning

Noun