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<p>Okay, sorry, but I had to register an account just to reply to this message and raise the BS flag here. Let me tell you about my OPS experience last week…</p>
<p>I was walking from the gym back to my room and this A1C offered to give me a ride (it was cold and I had a long way to walk). After dropping me off he chatted for awhile and asked if I would like to drink. I guess the academy did something right because without hesitation I said, “Sorry, I’m still 19”. His reply was “aw come on, why did you tell me that…I don’t care”. Well, he ended up giving me a couple more rides throughout the week and when he offered me a beer one more time it felt like it would be rather rude or disrespectful to turn him down again because he had been very helpful and nice to me. Needless to say, one beer led to another and I ended up getting pretty drunk that night even though I had to go to work early the next morning. I easily avoided going overboard or getting in trouble because I’m smarter than that…but if you want to talk about “image” or “the enlisted side”, I was sure presented with an image of the enlisted side that week (and there’s other parts of the story that I’m not going to post publicly here).</p>