Then I read the rest of the story.
Dude is 44. He received his commision as an Ensign in the USNR......last fukking year!!!!
A 43 year old newbie ensign?
Uhhhhh, the Navy don't roll like that. If you are 43 and just coming in, either you are prior service, or you have a particular skill that the military wants badly enough. And in that case, you'd likely come in a lcdr, give or take a stripe.
The Navy took in a 43 year old ensign with no particular talent other than being politically connected. It was just so good ole joe could say his boy was in the military, just like all the other old blue collar types that joe pretends to be. And it all blowed the fukk up right in his face!!!!!!



Somebody in congress needs to call the HNIC at bupers onto the carpet tomorrow morning, to explain exactly how a 43 year old cokehead was able to sign on in my fukking Navy.
If his name was Ensign Bush, it would be front page news for a good while and their likely would be hearings. But with the sackless, brainless simpletons running the rep. side of congress, it won't happen.