I f you think an E-4 gets to "send" officers anywhere you served in a different military than I did. I enlisted and followed orders as did every other enlisted man I served with. I volunteered to be a door gunner on a CH-53 but was turned down because my MOS was "critical".
I never disparage anyone's service although I do occasionally razz a Navy guy good naturedly.
I have to quit hanging around the AF Zoomies.