Clapper was an Air Force General...he was not a pilot but had “Basic Officer Aircrew” wings. Not too impressed with that background. He is not the first Officer to make Flag rank that bewildered those who had seen him in action and wondered who was pulling him up the Chain of command to be a General?
Yet another loser.
Precisely! He’s an unfortunately all-too-typical example of an officer who rises to flag rank because he punches all the right tickets, i.e., never staying in an assignment long enough to do anything of note, never making any major mistakes, never pissing off any superior officers and doing what is politically expedient and good for his “career” (Read: next promotion). Rest assured that the soldiers, airmen, sailors and marines who served with officers like Clapper know very well who they are and what they are about.