Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 7
Chapter 1 Tears and Cupcakes 9
Chapter 2 The Firing Squad 25
Chapter 3 Not Smart Enough to Be a Sailor 29
Chapter 4 Data Geek 47
Chapter 5 The Rest of the Story 57
Chapter 6 Esprit de Cult 67
Chapter 7 Fourth Dimension 71
Chapter 8 Iron Ladies 79
Chapter 9 Great Expectations 89
Chapter 10 Separate but not Equal 105
Chapter 11 Corsets Kill Careers 111
Chapter 12 Moving Targets 119
Chapter 13 Pizza Boxes 125
Chapter 14 Preaching Integration 129
Chapter 15 Shoot Like a Girl 135
Chapter 16 Train Like a Girl 145
Chapter 17 Mean Girls and Mobbing 149
Chapter 18 When There's No One Left to Blame 155
Chapter 19 Fisticuffs 163
Chapter 20 While the Cat Is Away 171
Chapter 21 Thumpin' Third 175
Chapter 22 Good News Travels Fast 185
Chapter 23 Like a (Bad) Boss 189
Chapter 24 Climate Change 195
Chapter 25 The Rapist Is Always Wrong 207
Chapter 26 Worst of the Worst 211
Chapter 27 General Relativity Joe Plenzler 219
Chapter 28 Kill the Messenger 237
Chapter 29 Leaked Like a Sieve Joe Plenzler 245
Chapter 30 Command Performance 261
Chapter 31 Equal Opportunist 271
Chapter 32 Fifth Dimension: A Lifetime of Devotion 279
Marine-Speak 101: Glossary and Rank Structure 291
Notes 297