Comment by gigaflop

6 months 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.

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TMWNN  6 months 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>

>roll in the mud with the rest of the grunts

Neither have you, yet you presume to speak on their behalf.

  • LargeWu  6 months ago

    It 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  6 months 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.

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