I challenge myself every morning just getting out of bed knowing that my work for the MIC gives far too many of the self-absorbed the opportunity to make complete arseholes of themselves.

Merit? Too funny. Go crawl back to your safe space. Meritocracy died in Silicon Valley long before you were old enough to post.

I have his record beat. I was awake 5 days straight during an ORSE. And then I was up and on watch after 6 hours of sleep. And I was there when they painted the side of the USS Ticonderoga with the words “Target Ship” in four foot high letters...