I Opened a .mil Email the Night My Family Buried Me Alive

once. “Thought so. Your family has been making calls.”

My back went cold.

“To who?”

“Anybody they think matters. One board member at the academy foundation. A state senator’s office. One general officer’s aide, which was especially stupid.”

I stared at him. “Why?”

“To get ahead of a story. They figure if they’re first, they control the version people remember.continue reading …