By popular demand, here is a picture of me in my four-star general's hat.
Here is the backstory: in my first blog posting, I mentioned that I needed a hat, and that I had asked my cancer buddy Frank to see if his daughter Natalie (who is an officer on an AWACS for the Air Force) to see if she could get me an unusal unit baseball cap. Natalie replied that the Air Force doesn't have unit hats, although she sent a very cool AWACS hat.
It turns out Frank's neighbor is a retired four star general. He was generous and gracious enough to order two fitted four-star general caps. The result is pictured above.
I must admit that I rarely wear these. I never served in the Armed Forces, and I am somewhat concerned that wearing the hats would be somehow disrespectful to those who did serve.
But it is an incredibly cool hat. Eat your hearts out!
Sweet picture!
ReplyDeleteI hear you on potentially mis-representing military service. I have a red t-shirt with three chevrons on left breast, and at a hotel in Texas, one of the other guests asked me if I was a Sargeant. I didn't know how to explain that it was a joke from the internet, and that the Sargeant in question was Sarge, of the Red Team, in Red vs. Blue.
Great hat - wear it. Anyone who has a problem with it is taking things way too seriously. Nobody who knows is going to mistake you for a 4-star anything - you don't wear that kind of a hat with civilian clothes. Hell, a 4-star gave you the hat. Wearing it is thanking him for the gift.
ReplyDeleteOne thing - fingers & thumb together when you salute ;-)
While doing some much needed maintenance on my old paddle boat the other day I slipped. Or maybe I tripped on the tie down rope. The bottom line, I fell head over heals into the lake that I swear was an ice cube just 30 seconds before.
ReplyDeleteYes, one perfectly good iphone bit the dust, and yes I was stripped out on my clothing even before I could finish the run up to the house so I could stand in the shower for 20 minutes to warm up and re-catch my breath.
And then it hit me... I'm Alive!!! And that sure feels good!!! I'm betting you know exactly what I mean too Peter!
Frank D.
PS: You look cool in that hat Pete!