Former Admiral John Kirby spent the last year and a half looking for an opportunity to use the words sepia-toned and saccharine in the same sentence.
Proves you can have a good vocabulary and still be dumb.
What, no cyclamate?
I would suspect that many who are at or above ‘O-6’ are politicians moreso than defenders of their country. Kirby is a prime example, having held several PR positions in the Administration of pResident Ebola. Of course he is a dummicrat.