One time, on a Sondy trip, I remember that the navigator
was Jerry "Headwind" Harris, and the FM was Sgt. Bernard
Coyne. We'd had a particularly busy day, so the FM and LM invited
the rest of us including Tom Sommerville, over to the Caribou
(NCO) Club for a few beers. Lucky Coyne had a few more than the
rest of us and at one time, was engaged in animated conversation
with Jerry Harris at the bar. He found out that Harris was prior
"enlisted" and had gone through OCS. Lucky looked him
blearily in the face and said, "Harris, I can understand
how you made Captain, but I'll be damned if I can figure out how
you made Staff Sergeant!" (Story occurring circa 1967, courtesy
of John Root, Firebird Pilot.)