The air in the Navy Exchange, which seconds before had been filled with Lieutenant Commander Price’s booming arrogance, suddenly seemed to vacuum into…
I was top of my class, a third-generation Navy man. I thought I knew what power looked like. I was wrong. We joked…
My name is Raina Lewis. I’m a commander in the United States Navy, and on the day this whole thing really started, I…
Two black twin girls were kicked off a plane by staff until they called their father, the CEO, to cancel the flight, causing……
The chemical smell of the antiseptic was the only thing anchoring me to the present. Everything else was a blur of excruciating pain…
My name is Emily Carson, and at my sister’s wedding, I was seated so far from the head table I could hear the…
The automatic doors of the hospital slid open, releasing me from the cool, sterilized air into the late morning sun of coastal Virginia.…
The walk to the helicopter felt like a million miles, each step a lifetime. Behind me, 5,000 pairs of eyes. Some confused, some…
The click of the deadbolt was the loudest sound I had ever heard. It was the sound of a life ending. My life.…
The Barracks and the Ghost The officer’s barracks, Complex C, was all red brick and manicured landscaping, a perfect picture of military order…