(08-14-2024, 08:23 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(08-14-2024, 08:10 PM)copycat Wrote: Dude!  I have been out of the service almost 40 years and I know what rank I got out as.  I bet everyone else of sound mind  that served does too.  I can also tell you the order from top to bottom.

Were you in the NG or were you full time? You agree it may be harder to remember details if it wasn't your every-day job title.
Politifact says that he received the promotion but then filed for retirement benefits at the lower ranking because he had not been in the higher ranking for long enough.
I don't know if that's how it works.
Also not sure if I care.

I guarantee you it doesn't [BLEEP] matter if you were/are NG, Reserves or AD, if you were in the military for more than a month you're going to know your rank, you're going to know your chain of command's rank from bottom to top, you're going to know every rank from E-1/O-1 to the highest of whatever your branch is/was. They pound this into your brain so you know how to address each other, especially those higher ranking than you. 

Why on earth do you talk about things you know nothing about? YOU'RE NOT SMARTER THAN THE REST OF US but you're an expert at putting your foot in your mouth. 

You wouldn't last a week in the military.

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