Name?
Had to look it up: José Franco. Just ask anyone 'What's the deal with that José guy', and they'll probably answer 'Big boom'.
A question for you folk that im surprised that I havent seen here. What is your opinion on rank? Do you guys hold ranks beyond private in your respective units? Do you enjoy it or would you rather be a private. Myself I know I wouldn't want to be anything above a private.
I've just a trooper and I like being that. Of course, we already have a sergeant and a corporal so we really don't need anymore ranks. Our corporal leads exercises and our sergeant commands in the field; Works perfectly. We'll never get an officer simply because we don't need one, it looks stupid and it's deadly. (Inside joke, right there
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Whether I would like to hold a rank is something entirely different. I find that wanting a rank because it's rank is the best reason to NOT be given a rank. That being said, I've been in sub-command one or two times before (when I was still a dirty peasant, aka infantryman) and I actually liked doing it. Important when someone is given a rank, is that he accepts the positive and negative aspects of it. What I see too often is people playing NCO with a sabre, playing important and telling everybody how NCO's were much more important then officers anyway. I'm sure you've all met these guys.
One time, I was invited to a small re-enactment with another infantrygroup and a few others guys were invited as well. One of those other invited guys managed to get a sorta MP-role, and from that he just went full officer. When we were marching, he would give command, while no-one asked him too. During our longest drills, he simply left the ranks and went to have a talk with someone, while the rest of us are marching. Cos he officer. Sigh.