Erica stood and straightened her dress uniform. She’d only landed in Okinawa five hours ago on a Navy transport and she was still suffering from jet lag. She’d flown from San Diego after getting her reassignment from the USNV Hope to a naval base hospital. Another step in her career she was looking forward to, and the fact that it was in Japan had her extremely excited. It was another amazing opportunity and one she planned to make the most of. Hopefully soon she’d get a promotion in rank but, given her track record, it seemed like she had to fight for every promotion or commendation she deserved. It’s worth it. Each fight just proves you can do it. You’re strong. Captain Dayton taking a disgraced young medical officer under his wing and letting her serve for seven years on the Hope was helping her put the past to rest. Helping her forget her foolish mistake, her one dumb moment of weakness. Erica followed the secretary into the office. Dr. Thorne Wilder was the commanding officer of the general surgery wing of the naval hospital.
