The air on the parade ground was thick with diesel and baked earth when my name was called. I walked forward in my Navy uniform, a dark blue island in a sea of desert camouflage, and rendered a…
The air on the parade ground was thick with diesel and baked earth. Master Chief Petty Officer Ana Sharma stood motionless in the third rank, her small frame a study in stillness, her Navy uniform a dark blue island in a sea of desert camouflage. She was an anomaly here, and she knew it. General … Read more