PART 19

Colonel Harlan cleared his throat.
“General, perhaps this should continue in private—”
General Whitmore turned slowly.
“Colonel, you had eighteen months to handle this privately.”
That sentence hit the room almost as hard as Tank hitting the floor.
Because bullies like Rodriguez do not survive alone.
They need doors left unlocked.
Reports ignored.
Commanders who call victims “complicated.”
Officers who prefer clean statistics to clean conscience.
General Whitmore held up the binder.
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“This investigation includes not only Senior Chief Rodriguez, but every person who suppressed, dismissed, or buried complaints brought against him.”
Colonel Harlan’s face drained.