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Old 03-12-2013, 4:28pm   #1
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Default Got's me a silver dollar today (military related)

Military types here will know this, but for the uninitiated, it is customary for an officer to give a silver dollar to the first enlisted person to salute them. The guy that gave it to me is a long time friend and one of the sharpest dudes I know. He just finished officer training school, and he made sure I was the first one to salute him. This old crusty MSgt type couldn't be more proud!!

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If I was enlisted, I'd figure out how to be present at the respective military academies' graduation ceremonies, where the graduates become newly minted officers. Salute each one, collect a buck each.....profit!

Volume is the way to do this, not penny ante (pun intended) one at a time stuff.











Seriously, that's nice that you participated in/carried on such a tradition.
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My dad got a few of those back in the day.
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I wonder if some newly minted officers are handing out Susan B. Anthony dollars now that DADT has been repealed?
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A bicentennial? He's supposed to give a REAL silver dollar. Just another case of an officer fecking over an enlisted.
It's always cool to carry on the tradition and get an new officers coin. I got several when I attended a graduation at West Point for a friend of mine's nephew. We had a bet on who could collect the most coins. I called his nephew the day before, and told him to hold his uncle up as long as he could. He had to buy dinner and drinks that night. I wonder if he ever found out we fecked him over?
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A bicentennial? He's supposed to give a REAL silver dollar. Just another case of an officer fecking over an enlisted.
It's always cool to carry on the tradition and get an new officers coin. I got several when I attended a graduation at West Point for a friend of mine's nephew. We had a bet on who could collect the most coins. I called his nephew the day before, and told him to hold his uncle up as long as he could. He had to buy dinner and drinks that night. I wonder if he ever found out we fecked him over?
That's funny right there. My buddy said, "man, I had to avoid a lot of people so I could give this to you." I hated to lose the guy out of my section, but he will really benefit the unit as an officer.
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That's funny right there. My buddy said, "man, I had to avoid a lot of people so I could give this to you." I hated to lose the guy out of my section, but he will really benefit the unit as an officer.
No better officer than a non-com that went OCS.
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That is great, l know how you feel. Got one from my son, I was the first enlisted (e-7 chief) to salute him. The silver dollar was given to him by my dad.
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That is great, l know how you feel. Got one from my son, I was the first enlisted (e-7 chief) to salute him. The silver dollar was given to him by my dad.
That's really, really cool.

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Thank you and your son for your service.

I have honestly never heard of this tradition before.
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If I was enlisted, I'd figure out how to be present at the respective military academies' graduation ceremonies, where the graduates become newly minted officers. Salute each one, collect a buck each.....profit!

Volume is the way to do this, not penny ante (pun intended) one at a time stuff.



Seriously, that's nice that you participated in/carried on such a tradition.
What do you think Louis Gosset, Jr. (Drill Sgt in Officer and a Gentleman) was doing at the end of the movie? Each of his new Ensigns (or 2nd Lt's for the Marines) saluted him on the way off the parade ground, and he made mad cash!

I was in for 20 yrs, only got invited to 1 commissioning ceremony, and the first salute was picked prior to the pinning.

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I have honestly never heard of this tradition before.
Actually he isn't my son, but a really close friend. He is a guy that always stepped up to the plate and was a great mechanic. He is an engineer with a Master's degree and also holds his PE license. Prior to commisioning, he was a Technical Sgt. When his selection was announced, and I swear this is the truth, the full bird Colonel that called his name said, "I had to make this selection because I didn't want Ireson cutting my throat". Of course he was joking since he and I have a good working relationship, but I worked tirelessly making the right calls and talking to the right people to make sure he had a good shot at being selected. They couldn't have selected a better person for a commission.
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No better officer than a non-com that went OCS.
Sounds good, but that's not always the case. My experience with the prior service types has been a mixed bag.
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Sounds good, but that's not always the case. My experience with the prior service types has been a mixed bag.
You are right in that statement. I've seen a few prior enlisted turn into real douchebags. They only wanted a commission so they could go on a power trip and all you wanted to do was choke the crap out of them. I despise condescending people. I have a college degree, as well as a pilots license. Unlike most of our pilots, I can fix what I fly, so condescending does not work for me. My friend however isn't that person. He was perfectly content as a mechanic and this won't change him a bit. He has always been a sound decision maker, never bellyached about any task at hand etc.
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You bet! Son was an E6 Staff in the Army, OCS grad, Rucker for a year, now a UH60 pilot, and CO. Ain't nobody sliding any shit past him, been there, done that. I have to laugh at some of the stories he tells me about a few of his non-coms trying to pull the wool over his eyes with respect to circumventing regs, pay, PT stuff.......
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