Not sure what military you were in, but we were semi-rebellious, questioned everything and pushed the limits all the time. There was almost no system that could not be circumvented if it made sense to do so. We may not have had a choice what furniture was in our berthings but we were most certainly not infantilized. We pushed boundries, found solutions and took responsibility.
I have an eval that states, “__________ is an intelligent, hard charging individual characterized by a somewhat outspoken manner towards authority”. I was an E5 at that time and went on to make E6 not long thereafter.
I was the first female JAG at my duty station
The guys were effing babies
they would say things like “I am lawyer and I drive a Volvo (the “cool” military officer car of the day)’
? yeah? so the eff what?