What language are you actually fluent in? What is an “amateur artillery shell catcher?”
Unlike you, I have about 40 years in actual military experience, so you should translate your odd phraseology.
Dear Chainmail,
The Pentagon has lots of peeps with a similar record as you claim. Some of them have risen to very high levels. Lots of them are dopes. So your bonafides (or claims thereof) are just sawdust at the moment.