Was an E2 forced with my division to participate in a retirement ceremony. Before we started we were assembled and went over our responsibilities etc.
In came walking a full bird Colonel he looked left at the line of young men and then looked right at the line of young men. He was walking past me then he suddenly stopped, turned to me, said nothing and looked at my 2 lonely badges, I looked up at his chest, one side was completely full and the other side halfway full.
He pointed to one of my two lonely badges and asked, how did you get that?
Everyone in the there was then staring at me and my badge.