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Counter argument: You shouldn't be able to become an officer unless you have spent a minimum of 4 years enlisted.

This officer has the same energy as "we cant give him THAT medal, he's only a corporal"....

I recall disabusing a LTJg of his theories in the field of Inertial Navigation on a Boomer Sub. After about 20 minutes of explaining to him that he didn't understand what he was talking about he said, and I quote: "If you're so smart, why aren't you an officer." I said, "I'm not qualified for the Officer Programs, Sir, I know who my father is." He nodded and left Nav Center, only to come rampaging back in about 3 minutes after the insult filtered through. The XO pulled me into his stateroom and told me to not abuse the JOs in ways that made him laugh.

Best advice I ever got for my military career. I told my dad I thought me giving orders to my senior enlisted who may have more years in service than I have on Earth might be hard. Dad said, "Listen first. Do what the SGT tells you to do and you'll be fine."

Those darn civilians joining the military. How could they lower the standard to such levels? Only soldiers are supposed to join the military!

All officers should be prior enlisted. Before someone learns to lead, they must learn to follow.

The greatest compliment I ever received from my enlisted as a USMC officer was that they thought I was a prior.

As a retired flag officer, I can say that once I attained O-5 and my first squadron command, I always made it a point to turn every new junior officer (or select O-3 & 4's) assigned to me to the tender ministrations of my senior NCO's so they could be properly trained in squadron operations. It was also VERY IMPORTANT that they actually get to KNOW the men and women who actually get 90% of the work done! It was done to me when I was a 2nd Lt. and it was the best training and experience that I ever received (my eternal gratitude to Colonel R.S Wells and CMSgt J.D. Hardy). Also, in my 32 year career some of the most outstanding officers I have EVER had the privilege of working with were former enlisted (Looking at YOU, Ricky!). Those men and women have seen both sides of the street and their ideas (for the most part) should never be disregarded! Officers tend to think in terms of strategy and logistics, we see the 'forest' and overlook the trees. NCO's tend to see the trees and have a pretty good idea how the forest is laid out. A Mustang has the benefit of having already experienced enlisted life. A good NCO will always try to teach the junior officers how to put the ENTIRE picture together. An officer who was enlisted can teach new officers how things really work on a peer-to-peer level. We work together or not at all! In return, we, as (good) officers, promise to best use our positions to cover your asses and boost your careers. Conversely, you should never have any reservations when it came to negative (and career destroying) performance reviews when you have an officer or NCO who just isn't 'clicking'. Why? That person simply doesn't have the correct mindset to wear the uniform. As a good officer, your door (and mind) must always be open. You should welcomed the input you receive from those under your command. Learn from the experience of others who have been there and done that, don't do stupid shit, and take care of your people. Do this and you will have EARNED their respect and the right to command the men and women assigned to your unit. To all officers reading this: Those bars and leaves you're wearing? They mean nothing more than salutes and higher pay until you've learned how to best use the authority you've been given. Thus endeth the rant.... Sincerely, JB III, Major General (ret.), USAF

Wow. . . As an Army Officer, I am thoroughly embarrassed by this officer's statement. Three of the junior enlisted in my previous platoon wanted to become officers. I sent them to raise their GT scores and earn their respective bachelor's degrees to make their dreams come true. I was never enlisted, but I refuse to be the blockade that keeps someone from achieving their dreams.

Remember kids, don’t confuse leadership with management.

I'm from the uk, I served in the British army for 10 years and during Herrick 8 we had a company commander who was an actual aristocrat, he had a title and his family had a Manor House than looked like a Disney resort it was so big and he could trace his family tree back to the battle of Hastings! he was one of the most humble yet inspiring Ruperts I have ever met. I also saw him after too many sherries in a bar in London where he was not even slightly behaving like a posh bellend which is common amongst Rodneys, I found this to the case for the majority of actual upper class officers. He also was instrumental in my friend going to Sandhurst who was prior enlisted, also it may be worth noting that my friend who went on to Sandhurst told me that of all the other officer cadets there the landed aristos lords/Barons/earls etc were the ones who worked the hardest and never once talked down to him. so Snooky as with most twitards should go and find a giant cactus to shove up his Gary because he has no idea of what he speaks. cool vid as always :)

When I was in the Navy as a Corpsman, the MO I served under while at an Operational Command told me that some ROTC and other Officer programs tell the respective candidates that they are better than enlisted and that we are unintelligent scum that can do anything right without an officer’s guidance. If you want to fix this shit, then there’s need to be an overhaul in all programs across the military. It’s disgusting.

Every Marine has an "Officer doing something mind-numbingly stupid" story. This guy is the reason.

There is no one who deserves to be an officer more than a former NCO who’s been through the shit

There was a saying about officers like that when our unit would talk about deployment when I was in… “friendly fire is not always an accident” and “a hole in the back of the head just proves he was running away”

In the Navy the enlisted had a way to describe the difference between officers and enlisted. “If a ship goes to sea without officers it will come back dirty. If a ship goes to sea without enlisted it won’t come back at all.”

“Enlisted don’t like officers” Proceeds to show why enlisted do not like certain officers like himself.

This guy is like the fictional British Army officers Sharpe constantly had to deal with.

Naval Aviator, David Fravor was commissioned from the ranks. He enlisted as a Marine recruit but was nominated for pilot officer training. LtCdr Fravor rose to command VF-41- the Black Aces, a F/A18f squadron. That's a successful recruitment from the ranks.

I had to take a little break before commenting. I was an active duty Marine from 93-02, some of the best Officers I served with were Mustangs. Mustangs always set the bar a little higher than traditional Officers and at the same time were able to understand what motivated young Enlisted Marines. I did run into Officers like this. Most of the time they were detrimental to the Esprit de corps of the unit. They were often disliked by seniors and subordinates as well. I concur with you sentiment!

It's good to know there's a military equivalent to the private sector guy who's fresh out of MBA school and is ready to tell the guys with 20 years in production how to do their jobs.

Officers: "why are our retention rates so ghastly?" Also officers:

As someone with experience on both sides: The Army and Marine Officer pipeline breeds these idiots. That's why if you are a prior-enlisted Sgt, SSgt, etc. you will still have to go to OCS where you will be hazed all over again (even though you've already proven yourself), told you that you have nothing of value to bring and to fully reset, and then told you are earning the "privilege of commissioning" ... alongside 21-year-old college kids with no experience at all who are now fully convinced that disrespecting you is okay due to the Officer training staff teach them so. It's a joke. I am telling you. If the DoD wanted truly great leaders, they would fast-track their NCOs with degrees to Officer-hood without all of the extra garbage. They would invest in a fast-track program DoD-wide and separate Officer School for prior-enlisted. They do not for a reason. I believe in having boot college-kid butterbars. They have a purpose too and can be great leaders. Hierarchy is important in organizations. But I also believe in having your prior-enlisted fast-tracking to separate Officer programs so you can actually build legitimate leaders in large numbers. Dear god, is that some type of unattainable task or something? Don't the Marines or Soldiers in the units deserve a 50/50 chance at getting a Mustang for their platoon leader?

I spent the first 13 years of my life after high school in the Army. I always had a better understanding of prior enlisted officers than I ever did with West Pointers or ROTC commissioned officers. The communication between the prior enlisted was smooth. The west pointers thought they were still in a fraternity with 0 experience and the ROTCers just didn’t know anything about what it means to be a soldier.

I had a commanding officer, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Marines, who used to often claim to have a deep understanding of the enlisted Marine because his father was enlisted. He would mention this in liberty briefs after making us all wait on him for an hour after we were to be released. He once had us all get in formation in the middle of the night on a field excercise in February. We waited in formation for over an hour thinking something bad happened and we were all in trouble. Turns out we did a great job and the CO had been praised by the General. He thought we would appreciate freezing in the dark, in formation, losing hours of sleep, just to listen to him talk for an hour about how good we made him look. How about letting us sleep? Maybe let us sleep in a bit? A warriors breakfast or some shit. The LtCol that replaced him was a mustang. He was always short and to the point when speaking, and we never had to wait on him just so we remembered he was important. The difference was night and day.

A hard working enlisted warrior who went to college while working in their military job is way more qualified to lead than some guy who got a degree while partying on daddy’s dime.

My dad was a major, buried at Arlington. He joined in the 60s before the draft and went through ROTC. He said the best officers were enlisted first. They know more than everyone else, earned more respect than everyone else and set the highest bar possible.

Former Marine officer here. I’m piling on Snooky but prior enlisted officers were among the best I ever worked with or served under. I was fortunate enough to go through OCS and The Basic School right after the first Gulf War with majority mustangs as my peers. Seeing them interact with the troops taught me so much; I was sincerely grateful for those experiences when I got to the FMF. That’s not to say they were all awesome-they weren’t. But the majority were locked on and overwhelmingly deserve the ultimate compliment: I would gladly fight along side them.

My father was a Mustang. After he passed away, we went through his papers. So many from young Marines who thanked him for his help. His help in war. His help with finances. His help in life. We had letters from families thanking him for help bringing their sons home the last time during Vietnam. According to all the reports from his superiors he was an excellent officer who had inspired and innovative ideas. He always said if an officer wasn’t respected it was their own fault. Either from ignorance or bull headedness.

As a former marine who just got out… toxic leadership is the main reason myself and all my buddies left

My oldest son was a mustang. Had an outstanding service record. Now makes six figures and was voted best administrator recently by his organization. Excellence can come from anywhere.

I have been saying for years the officer system needs to be abolished. Meritorious service, not status, should determine if someone is made an officer.

In 30 years of service, this retired CSM can count on 3 fingers the number of officers I've met who were qualified to pour piss from a boot with someone reading instructions to them. Narcissistic does not cover it.

It's almost like this is exactly how most of our politicians are "voted" into office.

My father became an officer through OCS and served in Vietnam. He might have been biased, but he said the enlisted men thought the OCS officers were best, followed by service academy graduates, and those who came from ROTC programs were the worst.

This stuck out so much to me. I'm currently enlisted and want to go officer. I want to be a good leader to make my current leadership proud, and it pains me to see this kind of thought process from a fellow soldier Thank you for continuing to point this stuff out @AngryCops.

I enlisted in the Marines in 1993. I graduated from boot camp, Mike Company, Platoon 3115, in 1994. I retired a LTC in 2018. Thank God for this guy. Without him, I never would have realized what a failure of a leader I was, and how I eroded the integrity of the Officer Corps.

The BEST officers I've always ran into were the ones that were first enlisted and later became officers. Every. Single. Time. Because they know and understand how it is to be enlisted and have better insight than someone who just became an officer. The funny thing too, is that I could always spot the officers who were first enlisted as well just by looking at them. How they stand, their humbleness and respect they have for others.

I’m a cop, this guy reminds me of some of our “higher ups” who spent only spent 18 months on patrol and now are making decisions for our big city department and are so out of touch with how policing actually works.

I had a 22 year old platoon leader straight outta college deploy with us for the first time, I was an E5 second deployment at the time and we took contact one day, I was in the turret calling out the cardinal direction of contact north and this mofo on the ground whips out his compass and calls out the opposite direction and I said sir that's the wrong direction and he says I know what the fuck I'm doing, and I said sure sir, your front slung rifle and mags are giving you the wrong direction. You'd think this "college" educated douche bag would know that metal interferes with magnetic north 😂, through the whole deployment he never knew where he was.

When a new butter bars comes up barking at the enlisted like they are higher minded, I have to say "Sorry, where's your field experience that gave you that ego?" Especially when they are tearing the shit out of an E7. Those E7s have seen some serious experience. Sarge, 100% with you on this.

“The only officer I respect is a mustang “ Because if you fight with us, you fight for us

This guy is the perfect example of an officer, in the field, who was the only casualty on a patrol.

I served 8 years as enlisted US Army 11B with 3 tours of Iraq. I got completely out, went to college, came back in as an officer. I earned it and I put everything into looking out for our enlisted. I take it personal to say otherwise. I make sure the mission is complete and the care of soldiers are done. Not easy in these times!

As navy enlisted vet. I 100% agree with your rant.

I absolutely love angry cops. Thank you for your videos and calling out the crazy!

As a Marine Corps Major…I am ashamed of this “Officer.”

I had a battalion commander in Iraq who was a west point grad. When we got to Ramadi it was a Marine base and we were an Army unit. A Marine Lance corporal from the mayor Cell was showing our Lt. Col around our living area when we first got there. Our Batt commander got pissed because he was staying a trailer that was split in half into 2 rooms. He had one room by himself and our BSM had the other again alone. Our BC was pissed that he only had half a trailer. The rest of us had the same size trailer but split into 3 rooms and each of us had a roommate. This light col had the balls to look at this Lance corporal and say "don't you know who I am I can't stay here". This Lance corporal was like no sir I dont....So the full bird marine base commander came down and lit our BC a new one for talking to one of his Marines like that. Every time the full bird came to our headquarters building after that he was beyond nice and cool to the rest of us having very pleasant conversations asking us if we were staying hydrated and if we needed anything then would open the door and scream obscenities to our BC about how useless he was. 😂

Speaking as a Mustang myself, the best officers have prior Enlisted experience. Years of experience and knowing what the job takes boots on ground is invaluable in being able to set realistic goals and expectations for planning mission. I have seen plenty of high ranking officers with enlisted experience kicking butt and being awesome leaders.

Overly close and familiar association between officers and enlisted personnel is beneath the dignity of the enlisted class.

Anecdote time: When as a boot Marine, I had been tasked one fine day to be the Company Runner. My job for that day was to sit on a bench outside the Company Office and wait run paperwork to various S-shops. As I'm sitting right outside of the Company Commander's office, one of the 2nd Lieutenants knocks on the CO's door and asks to speak to him. The CO, of course, tell him to come in and what was going on. The following is, to my best recollection, that conversation: LT: "Sir, I have a problem with my Platoon Sergeant: Capt: "OK, what's the problem?" Lt: "Sir, every time I want to train the Marines, SSgt always has an excuse why we can't do that training." Capt: "OK... Is he contradicting you in front of the Marines, or disrespecting you in any way?" Lt: "No, Sir. It's alway i private and he's always respectful about it... But..." Capt: "Lt, How long have you been in the Corps?" Lt: "Eight months, sir" Capt: "And do you know how long your Platoon Sergeant has been in?" Lt: "No, sir" Capt: "12 years, Lt. That SSgt has been in the corps for _12 years._ I believe you were still in _Elementary School_ when he enlisted in the Corps. Now, I'm going to explain something to you that apparently your DI's forgot to teach you. That SSgt's job is to _lead that platoon,_ and to teach _you_ how to lead that platoon. _Your_ job is to *shut the fvck up and learn.* Any questions, Lt?" Lt: "No, Sir" Capt: "Then get out of my office." I never told anyone that story until I left that battalion, but it stuck with me. I just wish that there had been a senior officer to ream this yahoo out like that.

Two words for that "Marine".... Chesty Puller. The most decorated and respected Marine in history began as an enlisted personnel. Should he have not been allowed to lead because of his "lowly" beginings.

Man, the Richard Sharpe series definitely rings true.

Evidently this man never read the Marine Corps Commandant's reading list. Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers has an entire section of the narrative dedicated to pointing out that granting commissions to people who have never seen combat is absurd. Maybe I'm wrong because I'm just a lowly civilian, but I'd wager that "mustangs" are the embodiment what you would want in career military personnel.

As a former enlisted Marine, this does not surprise us.

Former Army infantry officer. I was never prior enlisted and thanked God for the competence of my NCOs as a young LT/PL. I didn’t make it far in my career, but wouldn’t have been able to make it anywhere without them. If these men want to become officers, we need to help them achieve that. They are the only hope left in the military.

1 team… 1 fight… I bet that officer has never seen combat. Absolute disgrace.

Hy: "you're effin high." Yu: "no, you're Hy, I'm Yu" Hy: "you're me? I'm me!" Yu: "no, that guy over there is Mi." ...

I recently watched the british series Sharpe, about an enlisted man who became an officer in the british empire during the Napoleonic era, and was constantly harassed by noble officers for not being a true officer. I thought "Man I am sure glad things have changed." I was so horribly, horribly wrong.

HE WASNT EVEN AN OFFICER. He did 4 years in the marines from 2003 to 2007, but didn’t get his bachelors degree until 2014!

Ivan Snook needs an old school blanket party complete with large towel and extra large bar of soap. Cauliflower time

Tbh as an academy cadet, if officers were required to be enlisted before comissioning, there wouldn't be 1% of the issues and wokeness that exist across the board right now.

My Dad is a former Blue and Gold officer (he helped people join the Naval Academy) as well as a Naval Reserve Med officer. One of his guys back in the day was a 21 yr old E4. Knew his shit. Lead from the front. Was contemplating going for a degree to be a Dr. He called the USNA and pretty much said "if you dont take this kid you're an idiot". USNA did the whole thing for him. Kid graduated with high marks and passed the PPAC committee interview (allows him to attend medical school). Last we heard, he was a Med officer somewhere that just got his full bird.

Yeah, as an Army Officer, personally, this is the type of stuff that really destroys leadership. This is a lack of professionalism and humility, and if you have this type of attitude towards those trying to further themselves, you're the problem.

Thank you! Warrant Officers Some of us couldn't go to college and weren't offered a scholarship but highly intelligent and skilled

in my experience, mustang officers were respected FAR more than other officers. snooks brain is cooked

The "looking for civilians with 10 years experience as a soldier" vibes are strong with this one.

This Corporal* is the kind of man that would have said “I was just following orders” in 1945.

I am guessing an NCO made him look like an idiot, or ran off with his wife along with the dog and now he’s an extremely bitter officer that only has is rank left in his life.

They actually teach this elitist philosophy to cadets and midshipmen at the service academies, West Point, Annapolis, AF Academy, and the Coast Guard Academy. It starts off as lectures against fraternization with enlisted and goes downhill from there.

I swear it only takes a handful of years of no large scale military operations for officers like snook to forget about why fragging became a serious issue once upon a time

Marine here. I’d say we don’t claim him, but theres so many like him it’s embarrassing honestly. Thank God for Sergeants.

Had a butter bar with a less than baby face, unlike the rest of the JO's. None of us ever thought anything of it until we saw his fruit salad. Instantly more respect from all of us. We started with respecting the rank, and then we found out his prior service and we began respecting the man

I believe to be an officer you should have at least 4 years as enlisted. Remember if all the officers disappeared the mission will still get done. If all the enlisted disappeared, the officers are boned.

I was a Marine officer We go through a solid screening process… …and still a few turn out to be John Wayne wannabe asshats clueless that any platoon is a team made up of people that it’s our responsibility to sacrifice for and take care of I say this as a squarely middling performer who served in peacetime Shout out to all of my NCOs: you made me better

When I was deployed in 09 as a Sgt. True story here! I was on the gun my gunner was TC ( he was E-4P) and my driver was driving. My team and I had to transport our two butter bars to a different FOB. As we were shooting the shit one of the LTs said "if we come under fire get down and wait for them to reload then detain them" I said NEGATIVE SIR! He replied with this gem. "That's the point of the armor on the truck". I told him "if you want to run out and detain them while they are reloading go for it! I will be on this 50 killing them" He fired back with "that's not the mission". I said "you're right sir! The mission is to neutralize enemy combatants and make it to the FOB to drop you off. My next mission is to get my team home alive". He didn't speak to me for the rest of that deployment. Lol! I was in a MRAP you all know how long it takes to drop that back door! Far longer then reloading an AK.

My Dad, who enlisted in the AF during the Korean War, in 1950 and was a P-80 mechanic at Nellis AFB in North Las Vegas, Nevada. He was asked, in ~1952, by a rank unknown to me, superior if he might be be interested in becoming a pilot/officer in the Aviation Cadet Program. He said sure. Took the tests and did well. When he passed away in 2016, at age 84, he still had uncorrected 20/15 to 20/20 vision. I tested it myself. He never heard back from them. The Korean War was winding down in 1952. He was ~2 weeks from separating and already had plans. Suddenly, he gets an order to report to Moultrie, Georgia to a civilian operated officer and pilot training program. He went and did well. He went on to fly both the B-36 (10 engines) and B-52 for thousands of hours all around the globe. Carrying two bombs that you don't want detonating in your town, county, parish, state or country. Dad was the youngest, and only, 2LT Aircraft Commander in both bombers. His whole crew had a 1+ year spot promotion for being the best B-52 crew at Walker AFB in Roswell, New Mexico. Until a PCS to a staff job at March AFB in Riverside, California. He flew 104 missions over Vietnam and Laos from 1968-1969. We, 'Dad, Mom and I', moved to Omaha, Nebraska in ~July 1969 where he spent 4 years underground planning what and where to bomb in Russia and China. If "Global Thermonuclear War" occurred. Just like the term used in the negative military stereotypical, satirical and funny movie "War Games". Starring Ferris Bueller. Dad had been promoted on schedule and had flawless OERs. But still no college degree! He had slowly worked his way through the AF education program since he was an O-2. Less than one year before his O-6 promotion board he got his BA degree in General Studies, so he could check that box on the paperwork. He was promoted in 1972 to O-6. He knew he was going to be sent to the Pentagon because the SuperComputer at SAC HQ always spit out his name only for a specific job. Dad wasn't a brown-noser so he didn't have the connections to get out of it. 1973 was a tumultuous year for the US. OPEC oil embargo, pulling out of Vietnam. The first year of forced racial desegregation by school bussing of inner-city students to the 'burb schools like mine. All DC highways/interstates torn up to build the Subway. The Watergate trials, because Nixon failed to put the toilet seat down. I say that because Nixon's publically known crimes seem so trivial when compared to the "traitorous vampire squid using its blood funnel to suck anything that smells like money from the USA". Currently running the country via an Avatar of a terribly demented old man. Psychopathic treasonous organized criminals (PTOCs) are running and ruining this country. Your mileage may vary. Many things at the Pentagon ticked off my Dad. They took away Dad's flight pay. Not being allowed to fly was SOP at the Pentagon but this was the first year they cut off flight pay. Because of politics and the "poor public perception of the military". After earning the Eagles, he was forced to wear civilian clothes 4 days a week. The only time he really talked to me about his career was in 1974. I was 15 and in 10th grade. He told me that he knew that moving to a 3rd high school in 3 years would be crappy for me. But he said that if he stayed there he would probably be dead of a heart attack within a year. Dad was not histrionic. Ever. Every day he watched people being taken by gurney to ambulances. After they had collapsed at the Pentagon Athletic Club or while working in their offices. Shit, as a military brat, I had moved so often that it wasn't a big deal. Trust me. In 1973-74, and 15 years old, you can't drive, you are at the school for one year. I rode the bus to school. There was a huge smoking area in the foyer at the entrance to Thomas Jefferson High School. I looked 12 years old. My virginity wasn't in jeopardy during that single year. I do remember that the Fall of 1973 was the first time an NFL team, the Miami Dolphins, went undefeated for a whole year. In 1973, the miltary was downsizing so rapidly, that Dad was allowed to retire one year after a PCS and promotion with full rank retirement pay. Years later, when I was in the USAF. Paying back time for a scholarship. Two years after a PCS or promotion was the minimum to retire. This was abused by the USAF by a PCS assignment at 19 years. Extracting another year from someone before they could retire. The best OR nurse I ever worked with was, a lead by example, O-5. I was a young O-3. No shenanigans. Our non-wartime assignment was a fixed 4 year tour for everybody. She told me 2 ½ years, in advance. That she would get a PCS after 3 years. I went to the "European Theater" for the Gulf War in 1991. When I got back 3 months later she was gone. Using the term European Theater is only meant to show respect for all of our military personnel who sacrificed their lives for this great country. In the European and Pacific Theaters from 1941 to 1945. I've seen the cemeteries in France. Damn. Like Arlington Cemetary, it's hard to comprehend the lives lost. To truly understand what we owe to them for their sacrifices. | Before this video and the narcissistic Marine Officer's posts. I had never heard the term "Mustang". As mentioned, maybe it was an old Navy/Marine term not adopted by the much younger USAF. Geezus. Imagine the maneuvering and back stabbing for power in the Space Force. Sorry for rambling. Thanks for the great video.

Chesty Puller was a mustang. You know the most decorated Marine in US history? The man you say GOODNIGHT TO EVERY NIGHT?

I am retired Canadian Military (38 Years Service) and I have known several Officers who rose from the Ranks via our University Training Program Men (UTPM) a program designed to give qualified enlisted personnel the ability become Commissioned Officers. These turned out to be some of the best Officers I had ever had the privilege of serving with. Most of these officers went on to rise to some of the highest ranks within our Military Occupation (MOC). We also have had NCO's who were directly commissioned bypassing the UTPM Program, usually these were Master Warrant Officers (E-8) and Chief Warrant Officers (E-9), who still had years to serve but were now holding up the ability to promote other NCO's due to their holding this position. At this rank if accepted Command Chief Warrants Officers could be Directly Promoted to the Rank of Major and Chief Warrant Officers and Master Warrants could be promoted to the rank of Captain, Warrant Officers and Sgt's Could be directly promoted to Lieutenant. This ensured that not only was their experience retained but their former position was now open allowing a deserving service member to be promoted. L. Tierney Warrant Officer (Ret) (E-7 equivalent)

the funny thing is that snooky wasn’t an officer. He was an enlisted marine rifleman who went to college and got super stupid.

Imagine having to be an NCO before becoming an Officer? What a glorious Army that would be.

I knew a mustang in 1977 that had 5 purple hearts and some other weird medal that he wore around his neck called the congressional medal of honor.

This dude is joking, right? I completed Marine Corps OCS with almost zero experience with fellow candidates who were NCOs. Those guys taught me as much as the DIs. about swearing and dodging strippers.. Whatever Wtf am I doing? I don’t need to convince veterans that enlisted guys can make great leaders. Semper Fi!

SOP to the Plebes! Hahahahahah!! Hilarious, shes got to he jok8ng.

I imagine Snook sending a complaint to Housing about those dirty, crime infested enlisted housing being too close to his officer housing. Can't we just put them all in trailer courts where they all came from instead of on post where the aristocracy resides?

As a formerly enlisted that had to deal with officers that thought that I (and my little group of apprentices) were almost literal scum of the earth, this made my day. Makes me happy that I don't have to deal with "that ideology" anymore, but pray for my brothers that still have to work and deal with them.

Ex-AF here. Yeah, my favorite officer was a Mustang. My second favorite was my non-Mustang squadron commander who understood his men were working and didn't much care for the formalities in the day to day workplace.

Traded my 6 stripes to be the world’s oldest LT. I tell everyone to go warrant.

As someone who enlisted after college, I can confirm nothing I learned in college benefitted me in the military in any way

Prior-enlisted retired field-grader here. That guy is a living example of the old saying “…when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.”

If the officer had a degree in philosophy he'd have a better idea (from criticism of Plato's Republic if nothing else) than thinking of enlisted as inferior. He sounds like he has an MBA.

I had the pleasure of serving under the command of quite a few wonderful officers, whose leadership still affects me in the civilian world. My CO who was a full bird 06, said of my Dept head who was a mustang 05, that he was the finest officer he had ever met. And he was right.

I know Marines have a reputation for being mentally "deficient", but holy shit.

The biggest Irony is that this guy was a Marine and says they shouldn't have Mustangs, when LTG Chesty Puller was a Mustang.

When you block coming up from the ranks, you get the British army in the Zulu and Afghan wars. You could pay to become as high as a Lt.Col.

He must be a camero…. You know a Chevy 🤨😏🙂😄😂🤣😂🤣😵💀🪦

My grandfather is Admiral Kinnear, USN…entered as enlisted and finished high school early to go to WW2. Was later selected to become a pilot and ultimately completed pilot training and holds multiple records as a Naval Aviator. His legacy and career alone shows what “Mustangs” can do in any branch.

This dude gives me the vibes of the type of guy in world war 1 that would just tell you to March at the machine guns because he's an officer and he ordered you to do so

My first CO (O-5) was a "mustang", or in Navy parlance "came up through the hawse pipe." He was 10 years enlisted before going for officer training. He was one of a few (