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    Default Senior Enlisted Marine Reduced to Sergeant for Wearing Unauthorized Awards, Including

    There is braindead stupid, then there's this guy. A SgtMaj no less. Of all people he should know better even if he was originally Motor T He just went from E-9 to E-5 for wearing awards he doesn't rate. I can't say what an idiot enough. ON BASE. He wore the freakin' awards on base where anyone could question them. Matter of fact, have to wonder why his CO's didn't.

    He damned sure lost a lot of retirement pay to play big man on campus



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    Quote Originally Posted by Gunny View Post
    There is braindead stupid, then there's this guy. A SgtMaj no less. Of all people he should know better even if he was originally Motor T He just went from E-9 to E-5 for wearing awards he doesn't rate. I can't say what an idiot enough. ON BASE. He wore the freakin' awards on base where anyone could question them. Matter of fact, have to wonder why his CO's didn't.

    He damned sure lost a lot of retirement pay to play big man on campus



    Senior Enlisted Marine Reduced to Sergeant for Wearing Unauthorized Awards, Including Purple Heart | Military.com
    Why? Why would he do something so stupid? As you said ... loss of major pension. I read the article but it didn't state why he thought he could get away with it. The military is very political .. especially in senior positions. All you have to do is piss off one person.

    My ex is retired E9. Good retirement pay. That's a lot of money to give up just for ego!
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    Quote Originally Posted by SassyLady View Post
    Why? Why would he do something so stupid? As you said ... loss of major pension. I read the article but it didn't state why he thought he could get away with it. The military is very political .. especially in senior positions. All you have to do is piss off one person.

    My ex is retired E9. Good retirement pay. That's a lot of money to give up just for ego!
    Best guess: inferiority complex in the age-old division between combat arms and support personnel. There IS a reason for that. In a dead heat, combat arms personnel get the tie breaker. This guy's need for relevance overrode any common sense and/or experience he ever gained, in violation of the rules.

    That's my best guess. He has 29 years in. He could have retired at any point after 20. Now he has to retire as a Sgt. In MY book? That's 30 wasted years of life. He threw them out the window for trinkets on his uniform that made him feel important but pay nothing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gunny View Post
    Best guess: inferiority complex in the age-old division between combat arms and support personnel. There IS a reason for that. In a dead heat, combat arms personnel get the tie breaker. This guy's need for relevance overrode any common sense and/or experience he ever gained, in violation of the rules.

    That's my best guess. He has 29 years in. He could have retired at any point after 20. Now he has to retire as a Sgt. In MY book? That's 30 wasted years of life. He threw them out the window for trinkets on his uniform that made him feel important but pay nothing.
    Agreed.
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