You aren’t an “armchair general”?
Did you serve in NATO from the old country, or from this one?
Probably before you were out of diapers. After experiencing five (5) years of NAZI occupation, I enrolled in the Danish Royal Navy 1947. Was transferred to the Army/Airforce. Finally winded up in the new Danish Air Force until 1951. Went to Greenland of building Station NORD (via Blue West Eight and Thule Air Base), about 400 miles from the North Pole. Was there until 1953 when transferred to the Danish colony Dundas next to Thule Air Base until 1956. From then on served in the Merchant Marine until 1983, seeing/visit most countries in the world. probably more than you!!!
Any further questions???