Sir, I must disagree: “It wasn’t about the hat”! It was all about the hat!
Check out this man’s biography! I know this man by reputation and personally meeting him. This guy is consumed with a “Drill Instructor” image that is beyond belief. His every word is spoken in the phony dialect and voice of a Drill Instructor.
Note that he was a Admin Clerk! I’ve met hundreds of these guys who view their life through the prism of Parris Island. But this guy is in a “League of this Own” when it comes to glorification of the Drill Instructor image.
Had this SgtMaj encountered this protestor, without the campaign cover, he would have not gotten out of his car or commented. In Fact; I’d bet he could not even tell you any specifics about the issue this American Citizen was protesting.
Thanks for the link.
It seems that the Marines and the U.S. have lost a valuable and honorable asset. It needs to be noted that he wasn’t “fired” he resigned and retired. Because of, to me, a misguided sense of honor. He seems to believe that he violated the Marine code of honor. Maybe he did.
Sad. I’ll bet he is regretting his decision. It looks like to me his entire life was being a Marine.
I guess that’s one of the differences in being a Marine and being in one of the other Services.
I don’t know this man, but I draw my negative conclusions from the fact he aggressively confronted the man holding up that sign with the message it expressed.
That said, I can concede that some people can be caught up enough at any time in the small things, and they fail to see the bigger picture.
Could have been the case here.