LMAO, that dude was pathetic. The worst case of SV I've seen beside the morons that had never served at all. Probably because I know he was caught, I read this as more of a funny as shit story. I agree some,many, people just need attention, negative or otherwise. It has something to do with the new culture of social media, worshipping hollyweird celebs, reality show phony celebs, and all the other 15 mins of (f)shame garbage.
Maybe it starts with poor parenting and undeveloped self respect or confidence. I talk to my kids all the time about kids acting up in class just to get attention, usually negative, because they don't get it at home.
As for gear, after nearly 30 years, some of us collected tons of shit that became a realiable, comfortable and permanent part of our wardrobe. I wear shit I know works and is functional like winter gear for shoveling or pants & boots for yardwork but that is mostly around the house. In public, I'll wear my favorite unit jacket or my Wounded Warrior Alumni ball cap because it is black. There is so much of it, I'm sure I wear other stuff I can't think of just like one would wear an old favorite pair of jeans. It is who I am and I've grown comfortable with certain things after so many decades. What I avoid wearing is anything USAF (sorry Sarg) for several reasons I won't go into right now.
[As I go further off topic] Although, my fav unit was USAF, I enjoy keeping up with those guys and we are still very proud of the awesome mission we shared. For me, big AF just got too complicated, probably because I was in it so long and especially after getting exposed to the Pentagon shit at the end of my career. The last decade provided more Joint service jobs so I preferred those. I guess eventually I just was around long enough to see too much shit and it became a grass-is-always-greener situation. Plus, there were a much lower % of us in the USAF that actually saw combat so that lack of comprehension was painfully obvious in the command, personnel and support functions. As a spook, my combat was in a joint ops unit, not AF unit.
Staying in for a career can become too comfortable after awhile and as we gain rank we really have less chance to recapture that smaller, tight unit bond we got to enjoy the first part of service. It all changes but so does everything. I'm just glad I got my kids at the end of my career so I had something natural to roll into with my passion.
