One Four-Hundred-Dollar Hotel Charge Sent Me Home Three Weeks Ahead of Schedule

“With my full command endorsement.”

“Thank you, sir,” I said.

“When do I fly?”

Vance closed the manila folder in front of him.

“You don’t have a flight yet,” Vance said.

“Division bounced the request back into the general hardship queue.”

“Why would they?” I asked.

“They’re swamped with medical evacuations from the northern sector,” Vance said.