"Don’t worry, she won’t be seeing me enough to tell me anything," Tina said.

Alice let out a loud laugh and Tasha chuckled shaking her head.

"We all know Porter won’t let you out of that room," Alice said with a sly smile.

"She’s the top student at squad leader camp," Tasha said, "this will get her promoted to Sergeant Major."

"That’s good right?" Tina said scratching her head.

Alice scoffed, "get with it Tina, we’re Army wives! The highest rank is Admiral and that’s what Tasha is aiming for. Bette just wants to get to Tasha’s rank, Captain."

Tasha rolled her eyes, "Admiral is the highest rank in the Navy. General is the highest rank in the Army. They’re equal in status and paygrade, but their jobs are different."

"Well yeah Admirals typically sail the oceans," Alice said earning a glare from Tasha, "does that mean they’re wetbacks?"

"Oh shut it," Tina laughed at the joke.

Tasha chugged a napkin at her and said, "no! Admirals are rarely on ships unless they’re involved in a war. The ‘sailors’ so to speak are the below officer ranks Chiefs and below. The commanding officers normally get up to Captain."

"Hey you can command a Navy ship?" Alice said excitedly.

Tasha scoffed, "no I’m in the Army! Plus Captain in the Army is not the same grade as a Captain in the Navy. Navy Captains are higher up."

Alice smiled mischievously, "that’s too bad, because I think there’s nothing hotter than the captain of a ship."

Tasha perked up, "on second thought, I could run the ship all on my own."

"That would include knowing which way is aft. We both know you’d end up in brig because of mutiny."

Everyone’s head swirled around to the sound of Bette’s voice. Clad in her cami uniform, with her bag draped over her shoulder, leaning against the doorjam, stood the new Sergeant Major Bette Porter.

"Bette!" Tina cried running to her wife and jumping into her arms. Bette immediately dropped her bag and carried Tina easily. Tina wrapped her legs around Bette’s waist as they made out furiously.

"Then she blames me for leaving all our clothes all over the living room," Alice whined, "they can’t even wait until they’re alone!"