"A Marine officer's story of coming of age and coming to terms with femininity through a deployment relationship and its aftermath."-- Provided by publisher.

Packing for war -- Convoy -- Groundhog Day -- Hometown throwdown -- Training -- Night watch -- Intrigue -- Past and future -- Beatings will continue until morale improves -- Everything goes to shit -- laying cable -- Light my fire -- American girl -- Falling -- Semper Fidelis? -- Worst Christmas ever -- Wintry mix -- Good-bye? -- Paddling like a duck -- Gone to Carolina -- A little trouble in the Big Apple -- get by with a little help -- Crash -- No one left behind -- Reveille.