"Captain Nathan, in this mid-air collision, you bravely drove a plane with half of its wing broken. You flew for nearly two hundred kilometers. You returned to the base and landed. You saved the precious fighter plane and the taxpayer’s trouble. Property, in recognition of your bravery, decided to award you the Navy Distinguished Service Medal."
The commander of the base, Brigadier General James Watkins, holds a medal in his hand. For all American soldiers, this is an honor.
The Navy's Distinguished Service Medal ranks third among all the Medals of Honor.
The second is the Navy Cross. Originally, this medal was lower than the Navy Outstanding Service Medal, because it could be awarded for combat bravery and "other outstanding service behaviors." The U.S. Congress made adjustments on August 7, 1942, so that the Naval Cross can only be awarded for combat behavior and placed its rank above the Naval Distinguished Service Medal, second only to the Medal of Honor.
In other words, as long as it is not a battle, it cannot be won.
The Navy’s Distinguished Service Medal, which ranks third, is awarded to those members of the US Navy or Marine Corps who have been in positions of heavy responsibility and have made outstanding contributions to the US government during their service.
Generally speaking, this medal is only awarded to senior naval officers or marine corps officers, and only the most senior non-commissioned officers have the opportunity to receive this honor, such as the US Navy's chief sergeant.
Now, Nathan is just a captain, and he has won such a high-level honor, which makes Nathan feel surprised.
After getting off the plane, Nathan was still waiting for some investigation. Who knows, after getting off the plane, he was regarded as a hero. Numerous ground crews lifted him up and threw him into the sky, which made Nathan flattered.
After that, the Navy’s third medal actually arrived.
On Nathan's face, it was not surprise, but confusion.
As if seeing Nathan’s doubts, the commander of the base, James, who came to give him the award, said: “This can be regarded as making up for you. The Navy has decided to promote your rank to major. Congratulations, Major Nathan. "
This time the awarding of honors and the promotion of military rank are to make up for it. James is also full of emotion in his heart. Since the founding of the United States, there have been countless heroes, and small people like Nathan are rare.
The experience on the battlefield in Vietnam will not be mentioned. After returning from Vietnam, saving the passenger plane and intercepting the Soviet bomber in Alaska was a considerable credit.
Unfortunately, for some unspeakable reasons, Nathan did not receive any rewards. Nathan is still unknown, swaying his sweat and youth in the flying position, so the rewards this time are taken for granted. !
When Nathan heard these words, he reacted, so it turned out that all the credits were rewarded together.
"Serve America." Nathan stood at attention, watching Brigadier James put the medal on his neck solemnly.
The Navy Distinguished Service Medal is very beautiful, basically the same design as the Army Distinguished Service Medal.
The body of the medal is round and made of copper. In the center is a bald eagle, the national bird of the United States, with two paws holding an olive and an arrow bundle. The sea eagle is surrounded by a blue enamel ring with the words "UNITEDSTATESOFAMERICAN**Y" in the ring, and N**Y is located at the center of the bottom of the ring. There is a pattern of sea waves on the golden edge outside the blue ring.
The body of the medal and the ribbon are connected by a white five-star, with an anchor in the center of the star, and a golden ray behind the five-star.
For some reason, Nathan always feels a little strange, as if it is a natural instinct. Although he won the medal, it seems to be nothing good. Doesn’t that old saying say that good fortune lies in misfortune, and misfortune lies in good fortune.
Moreover, raising a military rank is actually useless. For the Army, a military rank corresponds to a job. When a military rank is raised, the job will follow. But unlike the Navy, there is even a colonel pilot. Yes, it’s a pilot. Big head soldier, but the rank is colonel.
Sure enough, just after the solemn award ceremony, Nathan listened to Brigadier General James' continued nagging.
"Nathan, after this flight, it was confirmed that your control of the Tomcat fighter has reached the highest level, and you have also completed various flight modification training. Therefore, the superior decided to transfer you, leave the Gunners team, and go to the United States. The Naval Fighter Weapons School reported that I believe that your joining will enable our naval pilots to quickly and efficiently improve their combat skills after changing to flying Tomcat fighters."
"No, I want to serve on an aircraft carrier!" Hearing this, Nathan suddenly spoke. Sure enough, nothing good, my hunch was too efficacious.
What is to compensate yourself! Give yourself some benefits, and then you can squeeze yourself!
The U.S. Naval Fighter Weapons School is of course a good place. It is a place that many people want to go. However, Nathan does not like to be an instructor there. If he goes there, it will be difficult to have combat deployment tasks, and it is difficult to go to sea with the aircraft carrier. Nathan likes The feeling of catapult taking off, and now, I actually want to deprive myself of this right!
As an instructor, fighting against rookies every day is too boring! Think about how refreshing it is to launch a Phoenix and kill the opponent at a distance of more than 100 kilometers in an air battle!
"Major Nathan, pay attention, you belong to the navy, unless you report to discharge, otherwise, you have to obey orders." James said.
A good pilot is hard to find, but James has already seen through Nathan. He loves fighters more than he loves himself. He will never leave the Navy. Even if Nathan is short of money, he will have the opportunity to go to civil aviation and stay in the military. Here, perform dangerous combat missions.
Sure enough, Nathan succumbed to Brigadier General James' words: "Well, I obey the orders."
"Also, at the U.S. Naval Fighter Weapons School, you also need to cooperate with the shooting of our promotional film." Brigadier General James said.
"What promo?" Nathan had already forgotten something deep in his mind at this time.
"It's High Aspiration Lingyun, you have been identified as the No. 1 protagonist."
Hearing this, Nathan's face was pale instantly when he heard this, damn it, how could I forget this!
Even if Nathan were to fly a plane with broken wings again, Nathan definitely didn't want to face the current situation and be the number one man! What a sinner, what bad idea I had in the first place! (End of this chapter)