I put a mesh bag full of two-weeks worth of laundry on the sink already heaping full of mesh bags from my squadmates.

I couldn’t help but laugh as I made eye contact with the two women in charge of hand-washing this heap.

“There’s a mountain of laundry!” I said.

They laughed too. “No problem. No problem.”

At first I felt bad. After all, they will literally be washing clothes all day. I could easily wait for them to be done and use the sink to wash my own clothes. I’m not above hand washing my own clothes.

But here’s the thing…

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