To: SheLion
The one thing that galls me about the Surgeon General post is they allow these idiots to wear an Admirals uniform. These people have never been in the navy, yet they not only get to wear that uniform but they have all those ribbons. What the hell are those ribbons for if they never served!?
24 posted on
08/01/2006 5:01:29 AM PDT by
7thson
(I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
To: 7thson
The one thing that galls me about the Surgeon General post is they allow these idiots to wear an Admirals uniform. These people have never been in the navy, yet they not only get to wear that uniform but they have all those ribbons. What the hell are those ribbons for if they never served!?Like I said: most of them aren't even DOCTOR'S!!!!!
30 posted on
08/01/2006 5:10:41 AM PDT by
SheLion
("If you're legal, you can fly with the Eagle!" - Michael Anthony)
To: 7thson
Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona was sworn in as the 17th Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service on August 5, 2002.
Born and raised in New York City, Dr. Carmona dropped out of high school and enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1967. While enlisted he received his Army General Equivalency Diploma, joined the Army's Special Forces, ultimately becoming a combat-decorated Vietnam veteran, and began his career in medicine.
34 posted on
08/01/2006 5:25:55 AM PDT by
Raycpa
To: 7thson
***What the hell are those ribbons for if they never served!?***
FYI, Carmona has the SF tab, Combat Medical Badge, Purple Heart and Bronze Star, I believe with a V device. He was a SF medic in Vietnam.
Here is a good Jeopardy question: What are the seven uniformed services? (Now, can you name them? Googling is not allowed...) ;-)
57 posted on
08/01/2006 6:29:26 AM PDT by
Gamecock
("Jesus came to raise the dead. He did not come to teach the teachable." Robert Farrar Capon)
To: 7thson
The one thing that galls me about the Surgeon General post is they allow these idiots to wear an Admirals uniform. These people have never been in the navy, yet they not only get to wear that uniform but they have all those ribbons. What the hell are those ribbons for if they never served!? The Federal Public Health Service is a uniformed service. And the SG is a Vice Admiral.
(And he probably got his ribbons from his prior service in VN)
173 posted on
08/01/2006 1:09:10 PM PDT by
dread78645
(Evolution. A doomed theory since 1859.)
To: 7thson
The one thing that galls me about the Surgeon General post is they allow these idiots to wear an Admirals uniform.Honest to god, the first time I saw The Pirates of Penzance, I thought the Major General was Edward Koop.
189 posted on
08/01/2006 3:27:06 PM PDT by
HIDEK6
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