“I Give the Orders Here,” He Shouted—Until I Told Him Who I Was

countless difficult situations. I thought about the two silver stars currently tucked away in the velvet presentation box inside my bag—the stars that designated me as a Rear Admiral, O-7, which meant I outranked this pompous man in every possible way.

But I remembered the words of Colin Powell, a man I had admired my entire career: “Never let your continue reading …