Do you think a General or Admiral is still considered a servicemember in the eyes of their subordinates?

SSG(P) (Join to see) FLASH BACK. in the early part of my Career I remember Warrant Officers could only be punish by a recommendation from and Command Officer To Congress. That did not make them politicians. That made them a power piece to get things in the TECH. feild done with out the red tape interferance. Those individuals (Warrents) were so far from politics That they would put themselves and Career in danger to get things done to save Soldiers.

IMO your SGT have a Large misconception on what it is to be a Flag Officer. How ever we have seen from time to time LT. Col and above Become Highly Political because that is where they set career goals to go, However making a Generalized grouping of Officer becoming Political as a certain rank is like saying that career Soldiers are LIFER'S (lazy ignorant F%&$*!@ expecting retirement). Your statement resembles a Lack of experience, and may just be something you heard somewhere else by someone else. MTC

I consider them servicemembers. You don't have to be a general officer to be a political beast. You should see the way many CPTs & MAJs behave below the zone and especially in the zone.

In US Army, NCOs above E7 are promoted vua Congress, no?

News flash there high speed.. every Regular officer, O4 and above, is appointed with the "advice and consent" of the Senate.

More alarming is that you, as a soon to be/new NCO actually have this opinion and are trying to solicit others to agree. IMO this just shows your immaturity to your soon to be role as an NCO.

SPC Voye, you need to brush up on your military history. Regardless of country General officers set the pace for every engagement and was directly responsible for the success and failure of evry one. Erwin Rommel, George Patton, Douglas MaCarthur, General Montgomery...Yamamoto... All of these men, enemy or not have seen just as much death than any SPC in the US Army now. Clearly, you are not that stupid.

Well, the last 5 star was General of the Army Omar Bradley... He died in 1981... Last one... and Chester Nimitz was the last Fleet Admiral of the Navy. I think he died in the mid 60's.

I think you’re way off base with that comment. There’s a difference between being a politician and having to be political. I have never met one General Officer who did not have the well being of his soldiers in mind. You listen to any of them speak from Gen(R) Powell to Gen(R) Mattis and they always had the well being of their Soldiers and Marines first! I think as someone who may be an NCO soon you may want to reconsider your view and open your mind further.

ANOTHER no time wonder who thinks they "know" something after a few hours on duty. Go figure!lol! "yes, please SN...tell me about how life at sea REALLY works after your two weeks of arduous sea duty"!lol!

Ah, the bliss of the ignorantly uniformed.

What do you think a service member is? Leading up to that promotion to BG there is about 25-30 years of service to our country and a good number of promotions.
Those stars look the same walking back and forth to a chow hall in Afghanistan.
Just because they serve in a different capacity doesn’t diminish their service or the respect they deserve.