Tunnel Rat
I was eighteen when I joined the military. I was also short and skinny which did not help when I went through the training. All that changed when I walked off the Atlas struggling under the two duffles. A top sergeant gestured as I followed the others towards a hanger to process in, "come here private." I moved out of line and towards him, "first sergeant?" He grinned as he looked at my name tag and then at a clipboard, "how would you like to be in special operations?" I reddened,...