Karen Skolfield

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You cannot be disciplined in great things and undisciplined in small things. There is only one sort of discipline—perfect discipline. —General George S. Patton, Jr.

“I hate having female recruits,” Drill Sergeant Robinson told us. “The males, I can break. I break them down, build them back up, then they do anything for me. Females don’t break.” The sadness in his voice made us sad, too. We wanted to break. Maybe we could fake being good soldiers. What would breaking look like, for the females? Tears we already knew how to do.