SP5 Lori Pong - No-- I have always been promoted above superior soldiers back in the day. Examine 3rd Armor Timmy Sabbas of Maui or Vic Leaman (facebook). I believe the system is often skewed toward promoting the lesser qualified individual in order to allow for internal unit Hegelian Dialectic conflict management. Many commanders love to play-off subordinates in order to be the PROBLEM SOLVER.

Maybe they saw something in you that you didn't see. I agree, there have bee times when the Army did something stupid...like promote a E6 to encourage him to re-enlist..in 18 months never saw that man sober. But I'd like to believe I earned every promotion and award, I worked my butt off and damned proud of it.

Good for you, Lori. I'm still trying to make-up for bad soldiering. I never left anyone twisting in the wind, but I should have done far better hunting Heliocentric Model sun god cult traitors violating legitimate Nuremberg Trial verdicts because the robotic SKY NET threat we face is unstoppable. traitors murdered Grissom, Chaffee, White, McCauliff (sp) Ian Ramon, and numerous others, but at least FRIENDLY FORCES terminated traitor PT109 JFK. We are heavily infiltrated by cowards in the Pentagon, JCS, JAG, all branches that Gus Grissom would rip the 'hatch off' so IAF Ian OPERATION OPERA Ramon could roll-in CAS by F-16. Mighty 8th lost 26,000 KIA. Harris Bomber Command lost 40,000 KIA. These modern neo-Nazi mock those sacrifices.

Albert is our best evidence nuclear fission is a HOAX. I have not seen him for about three years 512 Old Soldiers Home SAVAHCS Tucson. I hope he is still with us. May all patriots have some of what he had.