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

doesn’t get to define your official record,” she said. “And if they’ve contacted anyone in a way that interferes with your service, that becomes a different issue.”

I said, “Will this affect the selection packet?”

“Not if I can help it.”

I believed her.

Then she said something else.

“Lieutenant, you need to understand this now, because your branch won’t continue reading …