[Bloody Sam Roberts]

And if there is anything on earth more aristocratic in its mentality than a Navy officer, I’d like to know what it is.

That of an Air Force officer.

[TalonDJ]

“That of an Air Force officer.”

Go compare the inside (and menu) at an Air Force Officer’s Club and an Navy one and you will change your mind.

[niteowl77]

And if there is anything on earth more aristocratic in its mentality than a Navy officer, I’d like to know what it is.

That of an Air Force officer.

Most of the standouts in my personal pantheon of loathsome workplace martinets were either former junior officers or retired senior NCOs, and now that I think about it, the ex-Army ones were slightly less arrogant than the ex-Navy and ex-AF guys. As unpleasant as they were to work for/with in the civilian world, I felt sorry for any poor uniformed subordinate who was forced to take their crap.

I was in a service organization when a newly-retired AF E-8 came on board, and his insatiable demands for discipline and authority were only made bearable by the fact that we were under no obligation to pay attention to him (a fact which made him apoplectic).

Perhaps more germane to the "Republican" candidate in MO, all of the ex-mil leftists I have known had been in the Navy or Marines. That latter thing surprised me.

Mr. niteowl77