My Father Called Me A Zero In Front Of Officers Until The Colonel Asked For My Call Sign

phone had been a leash.

I held the power button until the screen went dark.

Something physical lifted from my chest. Not dramatically. Just a release, the specific feeling of a load that has been present for so long you stopped registering its weight, now absent.

I settled behind the scope.

“Solution set,” I said. “Windage three mils left. Elevation one-two-zero.continue reading …