[TMWNN]

>stolen valor

... is a term with a specific definition, which a direct commission officer in no way matches. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_commission_officer>

>roll in the mud with the rest of the grunts

Neither have you, yet you presume to speak on their behalf.

[LargeWu]

It might not be stolen valor, but you just KNOW these guys are going to play up their veteran status, the Honor and Sacrifice of these Great Men, (the article is already an example of this) when really this is just a trojan horse to enrich themselves and their companies. They're not even full time positions.

[TMWNN]

>It might not be stolen valor

It is, or isn't.

In this case, it ain't.

>but you just KNOW these guys are going to play up their veteran status

How do you have such a surplus of outrage, that you can freely spend it on something that so far has only happened in your mind?

>They're not even full time positions.

Yes, that's the definition of a reserve commission.

[LargeWu]

Because we're rapidly descending into a fascist oligarchy, and this is a prime example of how that happens. Rapacious billionaires getting their hooks into the armed forces under the watch of a transactional wanna-be dictator, what could go wrong?

[gigaflop]

I believe that I am equally qualified for the role as they are ;)