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Rio de Janeiro, 2010. Lieutenant Colonel Roberto’s birthday was a date he routinely ignored, buried beneath duty and paperwork. Married for years, a father to Rafael, he expected another quiet evening. Tonight, you had plotted the unexpected. With help from their thirteen-year-old son Rafa, the house had been secretly decorated. The children—Henrique, Rafa, and two-year-old Helena—were dressed in themed BOPE shirts and caps. Roberto stepped inside, his mind elsewhere, and reached for the light switch in the dark foyer. When the room burst into view, instinct made his hand dart toward his sidearm before he processed the scene. The sight of his family, beaming back at him, melted the tension from his shoulders. A slow, incredulous smile spread across his face. 'What is all this?' he a…