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Re: Military Posers, personal peeve
The real tragedy of Adm Boorda was that he didn't do anything wrong. He believed he was entitled to the two "V" devices, and stopped wearing them when the Navy told him he was not. And that was a year before the media started investigating.pingy, et al,
I am a Vietnam Veteran (US Army), and I agree with you; to a larger extent.
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I remember in the late 1990s, The Washington Bureau Chief of the News Service (Joe Trento, working with Newsweek and ABC News) targeted Admiral Jeremy Boorda, Navy Chief of Operations, with the specific intent to cause the greatest personal embarrassment they could for the Admiral and his family. It was over a "V" Device (as I recall). The embarrassment was so immense that it drove the Admiral to suicide.
In my mind, there is nothing there are those that distinguished themselves in bravery and valor (obviously I am not one of them) --- and they know who they are. They can tell one another from the look, the way they react, and something in the eyes. Yeah, I've heard a few fish stories in my time; hell I even told a few myself. But in our character, we are who we are. None of us wants to gain the reputation of a Joe Trento, over an award or decoration.
Just My Thought...
Most Respectfully,
R