He thought he was about the get promoted to civilian

In the Airforce: *you get promoted, people punch your newly stated rank* In school: *I get new shoes, classmates step on em*

After retiring from the military after 24 years of service myself and having been retired since 1998. It NEVER gets tiring to see young outstanding performers get recognized for superior performance. There is no privilege more gratifying than participation in these activities.

In the Marine infantry world, there's no such thing a "surprise" promotion. It's takes an act of God to even get promoted.

I see alot of chairs hmmm... must be airforce.

It's actually tradition, when the Soldier, or Airman in this case gets promoted, it's tradition to punch the newly instated rank tab as hard as they wish.

I sure miss the US Air Force! Did 20 years, been retired since 1991 and I still miss military life.

This is definitely the airforce because In the army they would’ve lit his chest up.

I got promoted to E-7, but the 1st Sgt came into my office and asked me what the hell I had done to get the Col all pissed off. Mind you, I had tested months before and forgot all about the promotions. I was busy as shit getting Logistics stuff done. Scared the living shit out of mne when the Col walked into my office and stared at me and then handed me my new stripes.

Chief called me first thing in the morning to his office. When I got there he was bouncing all around doing what Chiefs do. He started dragging me all over the building telling to tag alone and that he needed to talk with me. So I followed him for 15 minutes or so. He stop, looked his watch and realized he was late for Stand up with the Squadron Commander. So he drug me to Commander Office for the morning briefing. We all came to attention when the Major walked in. Before being at eased he started walking around the room passing out strips to those in the room who had made E-7. I being E-6 was excited thinking maybe I had made it. When he came my way he walked right passed me and my heart sank and I felt my face go flush. Talk about inner crying. He turned around to go back to his chair went passed me again and suddenly turned around and said "Oh yeah, these are for you. The Chief was laughing like crazy. Butthead! :-)

A deserving promotion indeed. Truthful calm and offered sound advice and never once tried to push the blame on anyone else. Commendable indeed. Congratulations mate. Ken Australia 🇦🇺

This brought a tear to my eye. I was never in the military, but my father was a former P51 Mustang pilot in WWII----this was what our interaction was like when I was a kid and was in trouble. The rest of the time it was more of a 'stand at ease' kind of thing... :)

As anyone who has served in the military will agree, being promoted & gaining that extra bit of respect, is the best feeling ever! This was a great moment in his life that he will remember always. Well done TSgt!

Priceless! I bet he thought the worst. We call them in field promotions (Army). To get one based on integrity and skill to solve a problem that could have endangered his crewmates is sweet. In our Navy we had a case where the Coxwain on the bridge of a frigate passed out in the middle of a very difficult manouvre in 30' seas. He had complained of nausia but did not want to risk the ship. The ship was hit by a large wave and all on the bridge were thrown to the deck. Before anyone could blink an eye a comms rating dived across the bridge and caught his head before it hit the deck. She (yes she) then manned the wheel and applied for more revs to turn the ship along the swell and then into the following sea bow on, this saving the ship and crew from a disaster. The Commander was summoned by the First Officer as he was off watch. He was told what happened and the tape from the CCTV showed it all. The Commander ordered her to stay on the wheel and he placed a sat call to Operations in Melbourne reporting the incident. 10 minutes later he returned and told the rating she was promoted to Leading Seaman (Coxwain) and to stay at the wheel as her norman duty. She was awarded the Navy Bravery Medal back at base.

Man, his face when he said “idk if that’s good enough” definitely got him ahah

Congrats T-Sgt!!!! My oldest sons stationed in Alaska with the Air Force, still only an E-3 (Airman first class) but hes only been out of training since January. He absolutely loves the military life and im very proud of him

ROTC kids reading the comments like: you’re disrespecting a future army soldier

Got to participate in something like this back in the 80s. Was visiting a Chief that was my buddy's dad while we were on leave in the area. Sitting in his office in civvies, he told us to just sit and look serious. A young enlisted troop was ushered in, and the Chief went through some papers on his desk, without looking up. When he did, he let out a sigh, greeted the airman, and introduced my buddy and me as agents with OSI, that had brought a serious matter to his attention, then proceeded to read the kid his rights. He then asked the kid if he knew what it was about, and the kid, his eyes as big as dinner plated, and by this time confused and scared as hell, quietly said he didn't. The Chief then handed him a piece of paper, telling him to read it and give his response. It was the order promoting the kid to Senior Airman. He looked up, at all three of us smiling at him, and we all busted out laughing.

His mind: I'm getting promoted, just backwards...

Very nice. It took me like 9 years to make Tech. In my specialty, it was the toughest rank to make. So good on this Airman for earning it through superior performance of his duties. Well done, sir!

Today I learned promotion hazing between branches is slightly different. In the Army I had one of the prongs of the insignia break off into my skin when it was pounded into my collar. Had to pull it out with a gerber. Good times.

man, I would've been sweating bullets that was intense!! I'm happy for him. he loves his job, and deserves that promotion

As A Naval Aviation Air Wing Veteran. It was always a great and heart moving emotional pleasure, watching an aviator or support crew member advance in rating. I served several tours onboard two of the finest aircraft carriers that are now decommissioned. Pilots were tested hard and the competition was fierce to make rank. It was a great time and moment in those briefing rooms and flight hangar. Roger that! Call the ball!

...promoted to Ssgt, after being accused of stealing a weapon from the armoury, which I had access to. The MP's, RSM ( highest ranking NCO in a Commonwealth country) and the CO, were all in on it. When my conduct sheet was produced, presto, a Ssgt brassard fell out. Kiwi tankies have a sense of humour too..!

Reminds of a skinny little Private in my units HQ who got promoted to PFC. when his weightlifting Sergeant punched the rank onto his chest he went flying 😂

My dad was Royal Australian Air Force and I remember a number of times when he was promoted. Sergeant to Flight Sergeant. Big party! Then we went to America for a few years, he was sent to the Australian Embassy in Washington D.C and we stayed a few years. Then promoted to Warrant Officer. The highest an enlisted man could achieve. Even bigger party!

Awesome and thank all of you who have served! God bless America!!!

How cool for someone to film this and let someone like myself get to enjoy the moment as well. Older video but first time seeing it. Thank you TSgt. Driver and all those that serve for our freedom!

I remember the 1st Sgt coming into my office while I was a Tsgt. He looked so serious saying the Commander was pissed and I was getting a warning to tell the Commander the truth when he comes into my office. In comes the Commander, grilling me about something. I was sweating bullets and damn near passed out when he handed me the Msgt stripes. I knew I had studied hard for that promotion but I was clueless as to the time of year when the stripes came out. They did that to about 5 of us in the building that day.

That was the toughest promotion ever. Now go out there and validate that trust that was just bestowed upon you Sgt.

Gratulations on the promotion and thank you for the men and women in our military and the ones that make it home God bless you all

GEN George Patton liked to tease the soldiers he was field promoting. He would ask their name and rank. After the reply, Patton would say, "You were so scared about meeting me that you forgot your rank. You aren't an X, you are an X+."

3:02 that was the highest ranking officer in the room that congratulated him.

ARMY and Marines have tents, Sailors have "racks" and the Air Force has Reinforced Concrete. AC, Cable and some say swimming pools. Takes me back, nothing like the 1st surprise promotion.... I was raked over the coals and told I was out of uniform.. Boom! Live hard, when it's over, you will miss it. 12-B SAPPER

Thank all of you for your service and God bless you all. Please continue to teach the traditions that are shared amongst the men and women of our Armed Forces.

Congrats to TSgt Driver and to you and everyone in that room - Thank you for your service.

After getting promoted to SSgt, I continued to work closely with my crew on whatever we were assigned to for the shift. One day, the Asst. Chief (we were fire dept.) saw me doing whatever it was I wasn't supposed to be doing and he explained how I was now a supervisor and expected to supervise the work, not participate. His quote to me was, "I'll make a lazy basterd out of you yet!"

I had a LT. Colonel tell me years ago "Remember, a pat on the back is only 18 inches from a kick in the ass." That was 35 years ago and I've never forgotten his words to me that day.

Congrats And well done. This structured hierarchy is what keeps us Great, Fantastic, and the humility you showed was amazing, God bless Tech Seargeant!]

Thank you for your service, Sir!

I simply LOVE the military! The only downside is that you are unable to see your family that often, especially when you have a long assignment abroad. But then again, you colleagues could be considered your 'family' as well as this video shows. LOVE the bond they all have. I just wanna say thank you to ALL men and women of the military across the globe for their sacrifices and service they provide to protect and keep the peace in their respective countries.

That's awesome and I don't think he'll ever forget that moment. I once had a civilian boss do something like that to me right before he gave me one of the biggest raises I've received in my entire career.

CONGRATS TSGT! and thank you for your service!

Thank you for keeping us safe 🙏

So grateful for their service. 👍

He should of know he wasn’t in trouble, when he didn’t see red carpet lol

It brings tears to my eye`s, I love all you guys. God bless you.

Thank you for your service, everyone.

Excellent performance by the commander as well as the recipient of the promotion you deserve every bit of the medal pinned on your chest- Hope you grant this form of promotions to many more deserving servicemen and women. There is still hope that the silly nasty politicians can see and learn from the dignity this chap had achieve for his fellow comrades and for the country as a whole. Long live American democracy- The world should be proud of what you have achieved.

That's awsome! Brought a smile to my face!

Thank you for your service.

Thank you for your service !!!

That was funny! Made him sweat! Hahahahaha! When I was promoted to SP4 (E-4) in the Army, someone had screwed up and I hadn’t even been promoted to PFC (E-3) yet. So when my promotion finally came through everyone at my Battery HQ was surprised because both sets of orders came at the same time. It turns out that I had been put in for a rapid promotion by my Battalion Commander! So I wasn’t aware of the promotion and showed up to work at a Command Post Exercise we were having. I walked in and my team leader looked at me and said that I was out of uniform and had me drop for push-ups! I did 50 and he had me recover. He handed me the PFC ranks and as I was about to put them on he said that I was still out of uniform! Now I was so happy with the PFC promotion that I thought maybe I was actually missing something of my uniform but before I could check it out he dropped me again! I cranked out about 25 push-ups and he told me to recover. As I got up everyone was laughing, about 50-70 people watching me! I laughed too although I didn’t know why. Then our Battery Commander stepped up and presented me with my SP4 ranks! I was shocked and speechless! Everyone was laughing and congratulating me. Those were my best two promotions ever. Even better than my Sgt (E-5) promotion. Hahahahaha.

When I was promoted to E4 with waver. I had 2 MPs show up and I was handcuffed and told CID was going to talk to me. I was scared as shit. My whole company was waiting behind a building where the MP cars were waiting. Before I got into the MP cars my company came racing out laughing. I then knew something was up. I was promoted and all of the E3 and under were told to stand by. My battalion commmader yelled at all of the E3 for not getting their licenses and working as hard as me. They all got smoked for 20 mins while I got to watch at attention lol

Being a recent BMT graduate, that rolled me right back in front of the Flight Office...I felt those highs of lows of accountability and cheered when he realized that this wasn’t an ass-chewing!

This was great! Reading all these comments reminds me of some silly facebook thing saying "what 3 words would you say to your 20 year old self"? My reply....."Join the Military" For 12 years I worked alongside a group that included every branch of the service. That was the best job I ever had. Just amazing folks. Even today, my job is calling them about problems with their badging systems. We supply all the gear for their ID cards. Calling overseas and helping soldiers get their systems running right. It's a privilege to help in even this small capacity. I love our Military, and I humbly thank you all for your service! God bless you, and keep you safe.

Congrats TSgt. These are times that I really miss being in uniform.

I had something similar to me happen when I was in the Army. I was a fairly new E-5 (Sergeant) and my platoon Sergeant pulled me aside and said I recently pissed hot when we had our unit urine test. I, of course, got really freaked out and told him that wasn't possible. He went on for a couple more minutes while I tried to tell him I was innocent. He then said, I'm just fucking with you. I want you to be our new squad leader which was typically reserved for E-6 (Staff Sergeant).

Beautiful!! thank you for your service. And thank Mom for doing such a great job teaching their son how to pin his Dad. Mom....u did a great job!!!

I know it's old, but it never GETS old.

Must be something new, when I was promoted to Signalman 2nd Class. The word was out that the promotion list was posted, I went to personnel and looked at the list and saw I was promoted, went to ships store and bought my cap badge and new sleeve insignia. Nothing was said by anyone not even the Division Chief or Officer. I do not think they even realized it. This was 1961 aboard ship

Even knowing he was about to be promoted, my heart sank a couple times as if he'd be "fired" /demoted (hey, I'm a civilian). Awesome job sir! And more importantly - thank you for your service.

Gotta love Military humour. Excellent. Thanks to ALL the serving personnel throughout the world that work so hard to keep us safe.

what an awesome way to receive a promotion! Gratz man.

The dislikes must be from people that never served in any branch of the U.S. Militay.

Damn! this just remind me when they promoto me to Class Monitor, i still remember that day as if it was yesterday.

Great job Port Dawgs, Congratulations TSgt Driver, continue to make us proud!

I had a good friend back while I lived in texas, best shotgun shooter I've seen in my life. He spent some good 15 years of his live in the army. He said that any one that doesn't miss the army has no heart but anybody that wants to go back has no brain. I remember him saying that in civil life you can make colleagues and acquitances and perhaps, just perhaps friends. In the army you make brothers and some friends. That you will never have such good friends like the ones you make in service.

I can imagine that he was shitting bricks the whole time. Hahaha

"Sergeant, it absolutely _disgusts_ me that..." (gulp) "Sir?" (sweats nervously) "... such excellence has gone unnoticed this long!"

I always admired the military, the way they do things and the camaraderie is always cool to see

It's nice to see how people love him. He is the right guy for this job, and he earned that promotion. ;)

That fly trap tho...

Issue the man some new underwear....that pair is permanently creased....lol Good stuff...congrats!!!

That just brought a huge smile to my face.

Congrats. I have been out for years but remember when I got TSgt. Got E6 then got out of the military shortly after. I miss the USMIL but not the pay. Not sure if it’s still the same but I remember singing “Off we go, into the wild blue yonder.....” at 5am every morning during basic.

They did something like that to me on my Petty Officer 2nd class promotion. I was beside myself until the mood changed! lol

I love how the whole tone made it seem like he was in trouble :D

My DI in Basic was Tsgt Driver, this video made me have some flash backs. Congrats !!

👏👏Thank you ALL for your service

I had several officers (including my own) tell me that i worked harder than most of the NCOs in my unit and that i deserved to be one, yet none would put their money where their mouths were and promote me. Really aggravated me because it would have saved my career instead of separating 14yrs earlier than i planned

These folks literally make the world go round. Thank you for your service.

That was a shocker, at first! Congratulations T SGT!

Great promo. I particularly liked the CO being so tough, and commanding respect, then changing to excellent humour and laughing with his people.

It's nice to stand before the man and not have your ass handed to you, good job! 😎

The hardest fucking promotion when you are grilled about an incident you had no control in. Rough!

This man went thru a worse emotional roller coaster in 4 minutes then most people ever feel in their whole lives.

Stay strong. Support from Poland. Never let them take what's Yours'.

All other branches: TF is a tech sarge

Come on when my Msgt pinned my Cpl chevrons on in the Marines I had to dig them out with a screwdriver. That was a love tap.

I am not American, or live in the USA, but I watch this particular promotion whenever I notice it on Ytube. I am proud of this guy, and I have no idea who he is.

thank you SSgt Driver for what you do.

Amazing. The only thing missing was a threat to fly rubber dog sh** out of Guam!

Pra mim que não falo inglês foi como assistir cinema mudo. Só deu pra entender, pelas cenas, respeito, camaradagem, companheirismo, reconhecimento e coisas do gênero.

My Grandpa was a Tech Sgt in The Thundering Herd, 8th Armored Division. Congrats!

Man stood tall and proud, hats off

that's about as tough as the airforce acts right there, is during promotion time lol

Serving in the RAF I got a call at home to come in early as the boss wanted to see me. So many thoughts going through my mind even though I's told not to worry. Get into work taken in to the boss's office to be told 'There aren't many perks to my rank (he was a Sqn Ldr, Major is the equivalent in US) But this is the best I've done. You're promoted to sergeant and you deserve it' Walk out in a daze and quietly had a coffee letting the shock set in. I'd only got my corporal up 4 years before and this was unheard of. Admin sergeant came in and said, 'Have you all met the new sergeant then?' opinion split between how the fuck did he get that? to nice one well done'

My section chief handed me my E4 stripes and said have these on your uniform at the one o'clock work formation. You are now a Spec 4, soldier! My reply was aww shit, do I have to? So I crazy glued them on my sleeves.

This happened to my daughter in the NAVY a year ago! Lol Awesome!!💕🇺🇸⚓️