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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I wonder if some newly minted officers are handing out Susan B. Anthony dollars now that DADT has been repealed?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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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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Thank you and your son for your service.
I have honestly never heard of this tradition before. |
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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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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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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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Very Cool.
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