For the record, I was a pissed off grey Major who felt more than a little pissed on by the Army at the time of my retirement. I skipped the post retirement ceremony altogether (not that retiring Majors are invited to give speeches at those functions) and when I came back after my "permissive TDY" phase to sign out on terminal leave, I had a retirement lunch with a couple of co-workers. I probably would not have been able to deliver anything as classy as General McChrystal did. And knowing...