I never saw combat either. Does that make me a phony?
Anyone who flew jet aircraft when Rumsfeld did had large ones hanging. Dozens of pilots died when the technology of the time failed again and again. Flight instructors had an even tougher time of it. They had to train non-pilots and make them into top of the line stick jockeys. Alot of them died doing it.
To a lot of FReepers, only Delta Force are real soldiers. National Guardsmen certainly aren't.
"National Guardsmen certainly aren't..." in their worldview, I mean.