My Army CWO friend whose funeral my fellow Patriot Guard Riders and I escorted to a National Cemetery down in central Florida a few years ago was also not a pilot. He spent a few tours in the sand box as a civilian contractor after retiring from the Army as a maintenance supervisor for some pretty high tech modified Ma Deuce machine guns. The guy could really make a .50 cal rock and roll!

I saw a cartoon in Stars and Stripes about 40 years ago that showed an old super sergeant and a young recruit talking. The young troop has a shocked expression on his face, and he's pointing to a guy with about a 2" hole through his head just above the ears. The old sarge says "Naw, son- - - -that man ain't wounded- - - -you've just never seen a Lieutenant with his hat off before!"
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!