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Content warning: Language They knew I wasnāt cut out for war the moment they stuck an M4 Carbine in my hands. I had lady fingers while the soldiers around me had hands made to strangle and calluses that grated their rifles into submission. To die for my country, surrounded by the sweaty men it rounded up into its service, was not a lifelong goal of mine. To be fair, I didnāt have a lifelong goal. A younger version of myself had been set on teaching preschool, or kindergartenādidnāt matter really. I just loved kids. That dream was doused by...
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