re: #206 pre-Boomer Marine brat

*grins and holds up hands* … No contest! No contest!

I went in the Navy (learned electronics) but I remain a dyed-in-the-wool Marine brat. Dad enlisted in December of ‘39. When they created E-8 and E-9, the first 50 E-8s were selected for meritorious promotion. He was one of those.

/insufferable pride mode “off”

Very cool.