A related kind of funny story. I had one newly promoted goofy corporal. Cpl. Holloway. Apparently -- I only heard about this after the fact -- he was giving some PFC crap and ended up saying "lets step out back and settle this". The PFC was about 6'3 200, and I swear the corporal wasn't a shade over 5'8", maybe 155. And the PFC promptly whipped the crud out of the Cpl. The senior SNCO's basically said the Cpl. deserved it, so I let it go. But talk about ruining your credibility....
What a riot! You have to be smarter than your rank----and mouth.
Thanks for great war stories. I have only boring ones, although I still have a few years to go, if they let me continue to hang around this man's Army.
Have a great evening.