Thak is going to a luncheon hosted by the General today. He's receiving an award (yes, from the General) for meeting his reenlistment quota so fast, and also for just doing a generally good job at it. It's crazy. All the things he's done, and the one thing that gets him a Commanding General's coin is the job he never wanted. Three tours in Iraq, pulling generator parts out of thin air practically, in the days following the invasion, launching the UAV that found Al Quaeda in Iraq's #1 guy, and running the most active UAV flight line in all of Iraq during the surge, and he gets recognized by a General for drawing up reenlistment contracts. It's so weird. It's cool and all, don't get me wrong, but after all the real things that he's done and that have gone unnoticed (or at least, under the radar) the most mundane thing he's done in years gets the highest praise.
Of course, the greatest irony of all is that the best reenlistment NCO on this post can't wait to get out of the Army!
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