At the Academy I heard a grizzled old veteran say that you should never volunteer, unless it’s for vacation. Now I wonder if that’s the correct advice to follow and how could it shape my career.
//The part about shouting really burned a chaotic image in my mind. The final sentence (“Until it wasn’t.”) left me with the image of a bridge crew standing still, expecting something else to move, but seeing that only the dust particles moved through the filtered air on the bridge. The writing really is very nice.