That was strange

You did the right thing, although Marine! would have also been a good flex maybe without the grab.

NO kid in a yellow Corvette cares the least little bit about how many MPGes you get.
That's like bragging to somebody with Truck Nutz about how quiet your car is.

Not a pro move.

Um.......I remember his grabbing something else, but that's a different topic for another forum.

One of the things I respect about P45 is his pick for veep - also a Marine which may have broken a nearly perfect streak of disastrous hires by the "You're FIRED!!!" dude.
You can fake a lot of things, but it's been my experience that you can't easily fake your way off the Island wearing a Globe and Anchor..........

 

That’s a lot of power over people.

 

If you can fake your way through Marine basic training - I need to change my opinion of Marine Basic Training!

Our Basic training was 10 weeks of he_ _.
No way to fake your way through.
Matter of fact the first chore was a burr haircut - followed by a complete strip down and standing naked with about 50 other guys and a Seargent shouting out our clothing size as we made our way through the military clothing line completely naked holding a duffel bag.

That was the easy part - then came the 10 weeks of he_ _.

Not to mention the two suicide attempts and a like number Desertion attempts - followed by jail. This was when you had the draft and every male 18 or above had to register for the draft and was expected to serve their Country.

That was during the early 1970's during the Viet Nam conflict.

 

Some ossifers manage to avoid the stench of another person's backside on their lips AND make O6 by being pretty good at a technical skill. Ship driving, Combat Aviation, Medical people out on the sharp end, stuff like that.
It works much the same way for enlisted folks at E8 (or 7, say some)
Most of the time, even in my beloved Navy once a servicemember puts on stars, either on their collars or above their anchors, they are more political animal than line animal.
The Army, being the more practical bunch just uses warrants.

I lost nearly 5 minutes of my life that I will never get back watching the clip above and wondering:

A Fat-A** four star?
Even our SecDef managed to stay close to fitness standards while he wore stars.
What the eff is a Major doing with a Colonel's hat?
What the crap am I watching, here and how is this remotely close to 'Best Scene Ever?'

Then?
I compounded my error with the Googles.......
Aliens?
Battle of Verdun?
Time Loop?


Wow.
Even MORE implausible is the movie's star.
Cruze hasn't made all THAT many bad flicks.....and they're doing it AGAIN?

um....
OK.