My gut tells me that Captain Rhodes wants out of this before it turns into a fiasco that ruins her life.
But, like everything else, we shall see.
your gut apparently doesn’t have huevos to go with it.
Same here. I read she met earlier (yesterday perhaps?) with an O-6 in her chain of command. That's a full-bird Colonel. He likely laid out the future of her military career should she continue to pursue this matter.
I'll bet she got cold feet.
BTW, welcome to FR. I've been reading some of your posts on this thread and hope you stick around.