So how did it happen that on his last day at Annapolis, Midshipman Joseph C. 'Excellent potential, the sky's the limit,' one academy official had written in his performance review. This quality would serve him well, everyone agreed, when he was sent, as he surely would be, to command a ship or nuclear submarine. He'd developed a persuasive power when he spoke about the things that mattered to him, a seriousness beyond his 22 years. He kept his reddish hair cropped close, military style, though it looked as if it wanted to curl had he let it grow out. Naval Academy in Annapolis, he had become the quintessential military man - precise and deliberate in his speech, his neat uniform covering a trim build. He had always been one of the best and brightest, mild-mannered and respectful to a fault. So why does he have to sue the Department of Defense to do it? IT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO END THIS WAY. All Joe Steffan wants is to serve his country.
