You know what really grinds my gears? People that use their military service for pull in political arenas.
There is this asshole from my ROTC unit at Madison that apparently ran for the 2nd Congressional seat in Wisconsin. Matt Silverman. Feel free to look him up. He is a tool. This guy went to law school and then thought he could run for office. He has no political experience and tries to push in everyones faces that he was a "decorated combat veteran". I know what unit he was in and I know what they had as a mission. Combat veteran my ass! That is like me claiming to be a combat veteran. I never saw combat and I am sure this guy didn't either. He is trying to sway the vote with this combat veteran BS. He even thought he could walk across Wisconsin as a part of the campaign to gain followers.
I cannot stand when people use their military service to try to get ahead. There is something about being humble about being in the military that is much more respected than those who constantly remind you that they were/are in the armed forces. Unless you received an award for valor in this war, do not call yourself decorated. I would never vote for this dude. He was a jerk to everyone! His peers even hated him. Thank the Lord, he didn't win the seat.
And that people is what grinds my gears.
Every politician has to start somewhere. Side note (though slightly related) don't you wear a 10th MTN Div patch as your combat/deployment patch without having deployed under them? Interesting........
ReplyDeleteFunny thing. My BDE used to be apart of the 10th MTN DIV for about a year. They needed another SB so they picked us up. We were pretty much the redheaded step children of the DIV. They dropped us pretty quick. However, during the time I was on my PDSS for deployment we fell under them so I am indeed authorized to wear their patch.
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