Rhodey is silent for a moment, then he reaches up to rub his hand over his head. "No," he says, "no, went down over Kuwait in Operation Desert Storm." He'd handed his wife the flag, and frankly he's not sure he's ever done anything harder.

Unfortunately a part of Frank's story isn't a shock, and not just because he was aware of the man. Their country was increasingly excellent at fucking over the men and women who fought. "Fucked you right over," he agrees. "It makes it hard to continue to serve."