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I watched a Navy lieutenant turn me into the joke of the entire school after I said my mother was a Navy SEAL. More than two hundred students laughed, teachers avoided my eyes, and the officer smiled like he’d just taught everyone a valuable lesson. Less than ten minutes later, the gym doors burst open, dozens of elite military working dogs charged inside in perfect formation, and the same man who mocked me looked like he wished he could erase every word he’d said.

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Students who had been laughing only seconds earlier instinctively moved backward.   Teachers stepped away from the aisles. The Army recruiters stopped talking. The Marines …