"The Virginia sun was relentless, beating down on the red clay of the Coast Guard Academy’s proving grounds. It was a humid, suffocating heat that made the air feel like a wet wool blanket. For Toby Miller, seventeen years old and wearing a grey t-shirt that was clearly a hand-me-down, the weather was just another obstacle. Toby wasn't here because he had money. He wasn't here because his parents were senators. He was here on a hardship waiver, fighting for a single scholarship spot. He bent ove