Stone Hard

A General in the United States Army by the name of William Thornson once said There are only two kinds of people that understand Marines: Marines and the enemy. Everyone else has a second-hand opinion. Ive come to believe the General was wrong. I say that, because no enemy in his right mind would remain an enemy of a Marine if he truly understood a Marine. Of course, the universe is filled with crazy people and in my occupation I got to meet more than my fair share. One such group was a terrorist organization called the Donalites. A product of a twenty-first century racist movement, they promoted the belief that all of Earths problems had their roots in interactions with alien cultures. Their agenda was a very simple one. Earth for Earthers. I would discover that they would say anything, do anything, and hurt anybody basically go to any length to force their will on the rest of humanity. Unfortunately, as I learned with a race called the Ollies, it turns out bigotry is not a solely human failing. My name is Commander Anthony Grant Stone and this is a piece of my story.