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This feels disingenuous to the max. I have a younger brother who went through USAF Basic, and these tech bros just get bestowed a high rank? It smells of stolen
by gigaflop 1y ago
This feels disingenuous to the max. I have a younger brother who went through USAF Basic, and these tech bros just get bestowed a high rank? It smells of stolen valor.
I mean nothing ill towards the 'mud hut', but seriously? All these listed names seem like people who've never had to roll in the mud with the rest of the grunts.
- TMWNN 1y ago>stolen valor ... is a term with a specific definition, which a direct commission officer in no way matches. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_commission_officer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_commission_officer> >roll in the mud with the rest of the grunts Neither have you, yet you presume to speak on their behalf.
- gigaflop 1y agoI believe that I am equally qualified for the role as they are ;)
- LargeWu 1y agoIt might not be stolen valor, but you just KNOW these guys are going to play up their veteran status, the Honor and Sacrifice of these Great Men, (the article is already an example of this) when really this is just a trojan horse to enrich themselves and their companies. They're not even full time positions.
- TMWNN 1y ago>It might not be stolen valor It is, or isn't. In this case, it ain't. >but you just KNOW these guys are going to play up their veteran status How do you have such a surplus of outrage, that you can freely spend it on something that so far has only happened in your mind? >They're not even full time positions. Yes, that's the definition of a reserve commission.
- LargeWu 1y agoBecause we're rapidly descending into a fascist oligarchy, and this is a prime example of how that happens. Rapacious billionaires getting their hooks into the armed forces under the watch of a transactional wanna-be dictator, what could go wrong?