i don't know navy uniform regs but to me it looks like he is a senior chief (E8) with 20+ years of service and a surface warfare badge and a propensity to wear his medals. depends on the situation, but kinda douchy unless its a formal affair. note the guy on his right is not and he's an officer. but its been a long time since i wore a uniform so maybe people do that now.

Do enlisted men get saluted in the navy? He would I guess if wearing a MOH, but he's not....And yes I understand it's the medal, not the man that gets the salute.

i don't know navy uniform regs but to me it looks like he is a senior chief (E8) with 20+ years of service and a surface warfare badge and a propensity to wear his medals. depends on the situation, but kinda douchy unless its a formal affair. note the guy on his right is not and he's an officer. but its been a long time since i wore a uniform so maybe people do that now.

His uniform is correct. He's being "piped ashore" on his way to retirement. Nothing out of the ordinary.

His uniform is correct. He's being "piped ashore" on his way to retirement. Nothing out of the ordinary.

Do enlisted men get saluted in the navy? He would I guess if wearing a MOH, but he's not....And yes I understand it's the medal, not the man that gets the salute.

Is he related to this guy?

Wearing two of the same medals stacked on each other. Joke.....

Nance served in the U.S. Navy for 20 years, from 1981 to 2001, receiving several military decorations.[1][8] As a U.S. Navy specialist in Naval Cryptology, Nance was involved in numerous counter-terrorism, intelligence, and combat operations.[9][10][11] He garnered expertise within the fields of intelligence and counterterrorism.[12][13][14] He was also an instructor in wartime and peacetime Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE), training Navy and Marine Corps pilots and aircrew how to survive as a prisoner of war.[15][16] There Nance helped to initiate the Advanced Terrorism, Abduction and Hostage Survival course of instruction.[1]
Nance took part in combat operations that occurred after the 1983 Beirut barracks bombings, was peripherally involved with the 1986 United States bombing of Libya, served on USS Wainwright during Operation Praying Mantis and was aboard during the sinking of the Iranian missile boat Joshan, served on USS Tripoli during the Gulf War, and assisted during a Banja Luka, Bosnia air strike.[8]

After retiring from military service, Nance founded a consulting company based in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. where he provided advising services to United States Special Operations Command.[12] In early 2001, Nance founded Special Readiness Services International (SRSI), an intelligence support company. On the morning of 9/11, driving to Arlington he witnessed the crash of American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon.[1][12] He acted as a first responder at the helipad crash site where he helped organize the rescue and recovery of victims.[1][12] Nance served as an intelligence and security contractor in Iraq, Afghanistan, the UAE and North Africa.[15][16]
Nance created a training center called the Advanced Terrorism, Abduction and Hostage Survival School.[1] Nance manages a think tank analyzing counterterrorism called "Terror Asymmetrics Project on Strategy, Tactics and Radical Ideologies", consisting of Central Intelligence Agency and military intelligence officers with direct prior field experience.[1][11] Nance is a member of the advisory board of directors for the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.[12]
Between 2005–2007 Nance was a visiting lecturer on counterterrorism in Sydney, Australia at Macquarie University's Centre on Policing, Intelligence and Counter-terrorism (PICT) and at Victoria University of Wellington in Wellington, New Zealand.[17]

I'll wager we're talking stolen valor here.

I'll wager we're talking stolen valor here.

That's the president of Nigbawa!!

i don't know navy uniform regs but to me it looks like he is a senior chief (E8) with 20+ years of service and a surface warfare badge and a propensity to wear his medals. depends on the situation, but kinda douchy unless its a formal affair. note the guy on his right is not and he's an officer. but its been a long time since i wore a uniform so maybe people do that now.

They look like a couple of corksucking dimocraps to me.

And yet, they still served, which unfortunately is more than many conservative republicans can say.

I did not 'serve' I was, however, a US Federal Employee. The OATH that I took prior to employment was VERY much like the oath he took before serving, and I don't recall that either oath had an expiration date, or date of termination!!!

I did not 'serve' I was, however, a US Federal Employee. The OATH that I took prior to employment was VERY much like the oath he took before serving, and I don't recall that either oath had an expiration date, or date of termination!!!