I was a 2LT SCUBA DET CDR in the 7th SFGA as an OCS grad and prior service SF NCO; another prior service SF NCO and 2LT OCS grad was the HALO DET CDR in the company next door.
As a 1LT, I was also the ODB XO with the ODAs all being led by CPTs, and during my second SCUBA DET command, I was a 1LT DET CDR with a 1LT DET XO for 3 months prepping him to take command before I left for IOAC.
I also knew quite a few SF NCOs who were going before administrative boards for Reserve Commissions in the late 70s-early 80s even though they remained on AD as NCOs; it was an Army initiative to identify and prepare for a wartime expansion of the force if a major conflict dictated such a move.
It happens.
And so it goes...
Richard
