Major Winters of the Band of Brothers fame was originally in the army as an enlisted man. But while in basic training he witnessed an army officer giving a pre

Major Winters of the Band of Brothers fame was originally in the army as an enlisted man. But while in basic training he witnessed an army officer giving a presentation while holding a wrong rifle for an hour. So he realized maybe being an officer would not be so hard after all and applied to be an officer. The rest is history.