When my husband went to ANOC he encountered a slew of E6s whose entire goal in life was to prove to everyone else that they were more deserving to be an E7 than everyone else. This is the attitude and behavior pattern that instantly marks someone out as a piece of shit. Let's face it: if you are a good NCO, you don't need to prove a fucking thing to anyone else. Your men already respect you and you just have a presence about you that exudes the power that being an NCO brings. A good NCO doesn't need to brag about himself--everyone he meets will do that for him.
After that fucking school was finally over (and I say fucking school because the man is always either deployed or at yet another fucking school), we went on leave to visit my folks where my husband spent a good portion of our first day there bitching about the asshole, piece of shit, worthless motherfuckers he had met in that shithole. And when the opportunity presented itself after my husband finally quit bitching long enough for anyone else to get a word in edgewise, my father spoke his piece. Now you must understand that my father, unlike me, is a master of eloquence without the need to curse every other fucking word. He rarely curses, generally maintains a good control over his temper, is infinitely patient, generous, and kind hearted. An all-around, good Christian man without any of the hypocrisy that many so-called Christians exhibit. Through my husband's tirade about bad NCOs, lack of integrity, and general shitstorm of f-bombs, my father patiently listened and calmly said at the first opportunity,
"Well, T. It's at times like these that you just need to whip them out and see whose is bigger. . . "
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