Daniel Mercer<\/strong> was already on edge. Three weeks without leave. A unit underperforming. A base commander who never showed his face. The lunch line was long, the food was cold, and the civilian woman ahead of him was holding everything up.<\/p>\nShe wore no rank. No insignia. Just a plain service uniform with the name tape removed.<\/p>\n
\u201cMove it,\u201d Mercer snapped.<\/p>\n
The woman turned slowly. Calm. Measured. Her eyes held no fear\u2014only evaluation.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ll wait,\u201d she said. \u201cLike everyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mercer scoffed. \u201cYou don\u2019t give me orders.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI do when discipline collapses,\u201d she replied.<\/p>\n
Laughter rippled behind them.<\/p>\n
Mercer felt heat rise to his face. In front of his soldiers, this stranger had challenged him.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou think you\u2019re special?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
She stepped closer. \u201cI think you\u2019re out of control.\u201d<\/p>\n
That was when Mercer struck her.<\/p>\n
A sharp, open-handed blow across her face.<\/p>\n
The room went silent.<\/p>\n
The woman staggered once\u2014then straightened. Blood touched her lip. She didn\u2019t raise her voice. She didn\u2019t touch her face.<\/p>\n
She simply said, \u201cLock the doors.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mercer laughed nervously. \u201cYou\u2019re done here.\u201d<\/p>\n
She met his eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo are you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Within minutes, military police arrived. Then something far worse.<\/p>\n
Three black sedans rolled through the gates without announcement. The base went into lockdown. Communications froze. Flights were grounded. Soldiers were ordered to remain where they stood.<\/p>\n
Whispers spread like wildfire.<\/p>\n
The woman Mercer had hit was not a civilian.<\/p>\n
She was Lieutenant General Katherine Hale<\/strong>.<\/p>\nAnd Camp Ridgeway was about to be shut down.<\/p>\n
Who was she really\u2014and why had she been there unannounced?<\/em><\/p>\nPART 2\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\nLieutenant General Katherine Hale didn\u2019t wipe the blood from her lip until the doors were sealed.<\/p>\n
She stood in the center of the mess hall as MPs restrained Captain Mercer. Soldiers stared, frozen between disbelief and fear.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis base is now under operational pause,\u201d she said evenly. \u201cAny deviation from orders will be treated as obstruction.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her authority hit like gravity.<\/p>\n
Command staff arrived breathless minutes later\u2014too late.<\/p>\n
General Hale was conducting a Level Seven Compliance Inspection<\/strong>, the kind that never appeared on schedules and never forgave mistakes. Her presence alone meant suspicion of systemic failure.<\/p>\nWhat no one knew\u2014except a handful at the Pentagon\u2014was that she was also the daughter of General Robert Hale<\/strong>, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.<\/p>\nShe had never used the name.<\/p>\n
She had never needed to.<\/p>\n
The assault triggered an automatic escalation protocol. Within twenty minutes, two additional generals arrived by air. Intelligence officers followed. Base access logs were seized. Cameras were reviewed. Every officer\u2019s record was pulled.<\/p>\n
Mercer sat in cuffs, pale.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t know,\u201d he kept saying.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the point,\u201d General Hale replied. \u201cYou didn\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n
The investigation widened quickly.<\/p>\n
Harassment complaints buried. Unauthorized use-of-force incidents dismissed. A command culture built on intimidation rather than discipline.<\/p>\n
Mercer wasn\u2019t the anomaly.<\/p>\n
He was the symptom.<\/p>\n
General Hale addressed the base that evening.<\/p>\n
\u201cRank does not excuse cruelty,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd ignorance is not a defense.\u201d<\/p>\n
She refused medical leave. Refused privacy. She stayed.<\/p>\n
For seventy-two hours, Camp Ridgeway ceased normal operations.<\/p>\n
Officers were relieved. Units reassigned. The base commander was escorted off-site.<\/p>\n
Mercer was charged under the UCMJ with assault, conduct unbecoming, and dereliction of duty. His career ended before trial.<\/p>\n
But General Hale didn\u2019t celebrate.<\/p>\n
She sat alone in her temporary quarters, reviewing files late into the night. Her father called once.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou didn\u2019t have to take the hit,\u201d he said quietly.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d she replied. \u201cI did.\u201d<\/p>\n
Because respect couldn\u2019t be demanded.<\/p>\n
It had to be enforced.<\/p>\n
PART 3\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\nCamp Ridgeway did not recover quickly.
It relearned<\/em>.<\/p>\nFor the first time in years, silence replaced swagger. Hallways once filled with casual disrespect now carried a careful awareness\u2014of rank, of responsibility, of consequences.<\/p>\n
Lieutenant General Katherine Hale<\/strong> remained on-site far longer than protocol required. Her presence was not symbolic. It was surgical.<\/p>\nShe ordered a full climate assessment\u2014anonymous, mandatory, protected. Every soldier, from private to colonel, was required to answer the same questions:<\/p>\n
Do you feel safe reporting misconduct?<\/em>
Have you ever been pressured to stay silent?<\/em>
Do you believe leadership here earns respect\u2014or demands fear?<\/em><\/p>\nThe answers were devastating.<\/p>\n
Patterns emerged. Repeated names. Familiar excuses. The same officers shielding the same behaviors. Captain Daniel Mercer\u2019s assault was no longer an isolated failure\u2014it was the visible crack in a structure already compromised.<\/p>\n
Hale convened a closed-door review board. Promotions were frozen. Command recommendations were rescinded. Two battalion leaders were relieved within forty-eight hours.<\/p>\n
No press releases. No speeches.<\/p>\n
Just orders.<\/p>\n
The Trial That Didn\u2019t Need Cameras<\/h3>\n
Mercer\u2019s court-martial was swift. He pleaded ignorance. Claimed stress. Cited confusion.<\/p>\n
The panel wasn\u2019t moved.<\/p>\n
Testimony from enlisted soldiers painted a clear picture\u2014Mercer had used intimidation as management. Public humiliation as motivation. Violence as control.<\/p>\n
When the verdict was read\u2014dismissal, forfeiture of pay, confinement\u2014no one applauded.<\/p>\n
They didn\u2019t need to.<\/p>\n
Outside the courtroom, a young sergeant approached General Hale.<\/p>\n
\u201cMa\u2019am,\u201d he said carefully, \u201cthank you for staying.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hale nodded. \u201cThank you for speaking.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was the first time anyone at Camp Ridgeway had seen a general thank a junior NCO for honesty.<\/p>\n
The Conversation With Her Father<\/h3>\n
Weeks later, in Washington, Hale sat across from her father, General Thomas Hale<\/strong>, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.<\/p>\nHe studied her face\u2014still faintly marked by the incident.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou could have ended his career without ever being touched,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
She didn\u2019t disagree.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut then,\u201d she replied, \u201cno one would\u2019ve believed how broken it was.\u201d<\/p>\n
He exhaled slowly.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re paying a price,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo are they,\u201d she answered. \u201cThat\u2019s the point.\u201d<\/p>\n
She declined reassignment. Declined security detail. Requested another inspection\u2014another base, another command.<\/p>\n
Her father signed the order without comment.<\/p>\n
What Changed\u2014and What Didn\u2019t<\/h3>\n
Camp Ridgeway became a case study. Leadership schools dissected it. Doctrine was updated. Training modules rewritten.<\/p>\n
But General Hale understood something most didn\u2019t:<\/p>\n
Policies don\u2019t change culture.
People do.<\/p>\n
Months later, she returned quietly to Ridgeway. No entourage. No notice.<\/p>\n
In the mess hall\u2014the same one where it had happened\u2014she stood in line. Soldiers noticed. Straightened. Made space.<\/p>\n
She waved it off.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe all eat,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
A young lieutenant recognized her. Nervous. Unsure.<\/p>\n
\u201cMa\u2019am,\u201d he said, \u201cpermission to say something?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGranted.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI was here that day,\u201d he said. \u201cI froze.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hale met his eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost people do,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat matters is what you do after.\u201d<\/p>\n
He nodded, visibly steadier.<\/p>\n
That was enough.<\/p>\n
The Legacy No One Expected<\/h3>\n
General Katherine Hale never became a media figure. She never told her story publicly.<\/p>\n
But bases changed when she arrived.<\/p>\n
Complaints were filed. Investigations launched. Leaders learned that silence could end careers faster than mistakes.<\/p>\n
And somewhere in the system, soldiers began to understand a different truth:<\/p>\n
Authority without restraint is not strength.
Respect enforced by fear is not respect at all.<\/p>\n
The slap that shut down a base became something else entirely.<\/p>\n
A line.<\/p>\n
Once crossed, it could never be ignored again.<\/p>\n
If accountability matters, share this story\u2014because real leadership isn\u2019t about rank, it\u2019s about restraint, courage, and responsibility.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Camp Ridgeway had survived wars, inspections, and scandals\u2014but nothing like what happened at 12:47 p.m. inside the mess hall. Captain Daniel Mercer was already on edge. Three weeks without leave. A unit underperforming. A base commander who never showed his face. The lunch line was long, the food was cold, and the civilian woman ahead […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-purpose"],"yoast_head":"\n
"He Slapped a Woman in the Mess Hall \u2014 Minutes Later, Three Generals Locked Down the Entire Base"... - Purposeful Days<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=8244\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\""He Slapped a Woman in the Mess Hall \u2014 Minutes Later, Three Generals Locked Down the Entire Base"... - Purposeful Days\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Camp Ridgeway had survived wars, inspections, and scandals\u2014but nothing like what happened at 12:47 p.m. inside the mess hall. Captain Daniel Mercer was already on edge. Three weeks without leave. A unit underperforming. A base commander who never showed his face. The lunch line was long, the food was cold, and the civilian woman ahead […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=8244\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Purposeful Days\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-10T15:19:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-10T23:03:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cc328e14-6c9a-4515-ab20-09a3c12f8daa.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Phong Nguyen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Phong Nguyen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=8244\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=8244\",\"name\":\"\\\"He Slapped a Woman in the Mess Hall \u2014 Minutes Later, Three Generals Locked Down the Entire Base\\\"... - Purposeful Days\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=8244#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=8244#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cc328e14-6c9a-4515-ab20-09a3c12f8daa.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-10T15:19:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-10T23:03:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/#\/schema\/person\/4bbf0aec017fee1fb5027b7c39e98951\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=8244#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=8244\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=8244#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cc328e14-6c9a-4515-ab20-09a3c12f8daa.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cc328e14-6c9a-4515-ab20-09a3c12f8daa.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=8244#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"“He Slapped a Woman in the Mess Hall \u2014 Minutes Later, Three Generals Locked Down the Entire Base”…\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/\",\"name\":\"Purposeful Days\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/#\/schema\/person\/4bbf0aec017fee1fb5027b7c39e98951\",\"name\":\"Phong Nguyen\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e2b64a6c1ed5f8027bfe6755272684b8d3b9607a7de613d6bdb22d00442333c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e2b64a6c1ed5f8027bfe6755272684b8d3b9607a7de613d6bdb22d00442333c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Phong Nguyen\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/?author=3\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\"He Slapped a Woman in the Mess Hall \u2014 Minutes Later, Three Generals Locked Down the Entire Base\"... - Purposeful Days","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=8244","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\"He Slapped a Woman in the Mess Hall \u2014 Minutes Later, Three Generals Locked Down the Entire Base\"... - Purposeful Days","og_description":"Camp Ridgeway had survived wars, inspections, and scandals\u2014but nothing like what happened at 12:47 p.m. inside the mess hall. Captain Daniel Mercer was already on edge. Three weeks without leave. A unit underperforming. A base commander who never showed his face. The lunch line was long, the food was cold, and the civilian woman ahead […]","og_url":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=8244","og_site_name":"Purposeful Days","article_published_time":"2026-01-10T15:19:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-01-10T23:03:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":1000,"url":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cc328e14-6c9a-4515-ab20-09a3c12f8daa.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Phong Nguyen","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Phong Nguyen","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=8244","url":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=8244","name":"\"He Slapped a Woman in the Mess Hall \u2014 Minutes Later, Three Generals Locked Down the Entire Base\"... - Purposeful Days","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=8244#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=8244#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cc328e14-6c9a-4515-ab20-09a3c12f8daa.jpg","datePublished":"2026-01-10T15:19:36+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-10T23:03:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/#\/schema\/person\/4bbf0aec017fee1fb5027b7c39e98951"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=8244#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=8244"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=8244#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cc328e14-6c9a-4515-ab20-09a3c12f8daa.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cc328e14-6c9a-4515-ab20-09a3c12f8daa.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/?p=8244#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"“He Slapped a Woman in the Mess Hall \u2014 Minutes Later, Three Generals Locked Down the Entire Base”…"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/","name":"Purposeful Days","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/#\/schema\/person\/4bbf0aec017fee1fb5027b7c39e98951","name":"Phong Nguyen","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e2b64a6c1ed5f8027bfe6755272684b8d3b9607a7de613d6bdb22d00442333c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e2b64a6c1ed5f8027bfe6755272684b8d3b9607a7de613d6bdb22d00442333c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Phong Nguyen"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org"],"url":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/?author=3"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8244"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8330,"href":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8244\/revisions\/8330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purpose.lifestruepurpose.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}