Dean-O pointed me at L.T. Smash's weblog today. The anonymous Gulf-stationed Naval Reserve officer weblogger reminds me a bit of a certain khaki-claid individual I once used to be, or at least strived to be on some levels. Take a look at his recent collision with stupidity wearing eagles on its collar…

I'm glad he came out of this grey side up, as we used to say. A similar encounter in my career started a progression of events that led me on the road out of the military, and I didn't escape it with my service jacket unscathed. But it was a good fight, and I hopefully gave some stupid people some ulcers along the way to my happy ending. Unfortunately, those stupid people managed to get 47 guys killed along the way…