HALF BREED
A company of cadets crossed in front of the officer, and the commander, a skinny little thing who rarely saw a captain much less a colonel, salted, snapped her head towards the front and called the cadence, "Your left, your left, your left, right, left..."
Colonel Marco smiled, returned the salute, and fell into step. It had been more than fifteen years since he had marched to class, but it might as well have been yesterday. He remembered how the door would slam open, the cadet leader would yell,"Hit the deck," and his roommates would groan. Then came the cold floor tiles, a hot shower, and the same old breakfast. All so he could become an officer in a military organization that had survived
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