Quote Originally Posted by medicinal
Thank you, thank you very much. Maybe had I known you, I'd have known 7 good officers. Most of the ones I came in contact with were shitheads. I drove a sedan at 7th army headquarters for a while, so I got to drive a lot of officers. Mostly majors and colonels, with a few captains thrown in. I also drove a few 1 star generals and General Clark once. There were a couple of times that they treated me like an equal, but generally speaking it was the hey private thing, shut up and drive. I had one major thet was a good old boy, came up through the ranks in Korea. He respected EMs. He invited me to eat with him and hang out at the bars, that guy could drink. we'd both get in that sedan shitfaced to the max and head for the barracks. Of course he went to the officers quarters and I to the enlisted barracks, but he was a real character.

FWIW, the best officers I ever had the pleasure of working with/for were mustangs, or warrents. The best was a CWO4 that was my CO at a SAR station(search and rescue)... he had been in so long, that Admiral Gracey (then comdt of the coast guard) had worked for him as a seaman when the warrent was a 3rd class.
The worst officers were the snot nosed kids where mommy and daddy bought their way into the academy.