I wonder if he did anything overseas before enlisting. Like, if he’s the only recruit sporting a GWOT-EM or IRCM on his service uniform.
It sounds like my uncles story. I don't know if I had told it here before. Best part was he got busted once or twice after the war while serving in the Reserves. Still managed to retire a CPO sporting gold dolphins and, but red stripes.😃heard a story of a WW2 US submariner who held command at sea of a sub as a LCDR with a battlefield/temporary commission, then after the war he was reverted to and retired as a Chief (with gold dolphins).
Maybe I did hear it here from you? Stories tend to stick with me, but I sometimes forget where I heard it. Hope I retold it accurately.It sounds like my uncles story. I don't know if I had told it here before. Best part was he got busted once or twice after the war while serving in the Reserves. Still managed to retire a CPO sporting gold dolphins , but red stripes.😃
I heard a story of a WW2 US submariner who held command at sea of a sub as a LCDR with a battlefield/temporary commission, then after the war he was reverted to and retired as a Chief (with gold dolphins).
That generation had a lot of heroes.That happened to my granddad. Finished the war as the CO of a cutter and then retired as a 1st Class
The oldest Gen Z ers are 19-20 if you go by the book and ignore the media fabricated millenial / boomer culture war that shifted the timelines. So this CPT is a millenial.In this case, I’d guess your standard Gen Z FOMO/ indecision/ grass is greener-ism.