I would say this would classify as a downward comparison as the person is talking about Mark who has a poorer job situation than him and this could be used to bolster the speaker's ego or to knock poor Mark or could just be an observation.
CENTCOM is trying to figure out what happened to the 507th
The first step is to read and identify important words/phrases in the story. Identify first the small and important details then you can see which ones are more important for the summary.
The answer is d) it captures the successes and experiences of your life as you write
