[T-Bird45]

Those two large metal medallions represent significant time at the five-sided puzzle palace as a staff weenie, add in the time for the graduate degrees and there’s just no time left to engage an enemy beyond the advancing front of paperwork. Bet his various job descriptions included multiple references to “supporting the warfighter” to make it sound very martial.

[oh8eleven]

Bet his various job descriptions included multiple references to “supporting the warfighter”
Saw this on the other site ...

"In 2005, he was ready to deploy to Iraq, but a back injury he sustained in his 20s flared up and
required surgery instead. The next year after recovering, Freneire retired from the military"

Imagine that, he was "ready" to go war BUT a 30 year old injury just happened to flare up. How convenient.
I appreciate his service, but just how much combat does an AF officer see to begin with? Sounds like he bailed out every time the going got tough.