"Good people sleep well in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to commit violence in their name." ...George Orwell

The Sergeant Major seems to have made his comments based on having been another one of the "rough men" stuck with the dirty jobs that politicans have a habit of creating. The "too many cocktails" comment was inappropriate to someone who has been in others' gunsights due to political ineptitude and self-serving grandstanding for votes and money.

I thank him for his service.....