Hiding who you are can’t help but alter the course of your life—and in some cases, it can even kill us or those we hold most dear. In this memoir of her twenty-two-year career in the U.S. Navy, retired Senior Chief Karen Solt shines a light on the heavy toll NCIS witch hunts and Don’t Ask Don’t Tell took on her and other LGBTQ Americans who donned the uniform in the 1980s-2000s.