"Captain Nathan, in this mid-air collision, you bravely flew a plane with half of its wings broken, flew nearly two hundred kilometers, returned to the base and landed, saved valuable warplanes, saved taxpayers' property, and in recognition of your heroic deeds, it was decided to award you the Distinguished Service Medal of the Navy."

Brigadier General James Watkins, the commander of the base, held a medal in his hand, which was an honor for all American servicemen.

The Navy's Distinguished Service Medal is the third highest among all Medals of Honor.

The first is the Medal of Honor, which can only be awarded by the President of the United States and belongs to the highest rank.

The second was the Naval Cross, which was originally inferior to the Navy's Distinguished Service Medal, as it could then be awarded for acts of valor in battle and "other distinguished service." On August 7, 1942, the U.S. Congress made an adjustment that the Navy Cross could only be awarded for combat conduct, and placed it above the Navy's Distinguished Service Medal, second only to the Medal of Honor.

In other words, as long as it's not a battle, you can't win it.

The Navy's Distinguished Service Medal, the third-ranked Distinguished Service Medal, is awarded to members of the U.S. Navy or Marine Corps who have served in positions of great responsibility and have made outstanding contributions to the U.S. government during their service.

Generally, this medal is awarded only to senior admirals or Marine Corps officers, and only the most senior noncommissioned officers, such as the U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer, have the opportunity to receive this honor.

Now, Nathan is just a captain, and he has received such a high-level honor, which makes Nathan feel surprised.

After getting off the plane, Nathan was still waiting for an investigation, who knows, after getting off the plane, he was regarded as a hero, and countless ground crews lifted him up and threw him into the sky, which made Nathan simply flattered.

Then, the third medal of the Navy actually arrived.

Nathan's face was not surprised, but confused.

As if seeing Nathan's doubts, James, the base commander who came to present him with the award, said, "This can be regarded as making up for you." The Navy has decided to elevate your rank to Major. Congratulations, Major Nathan. ”

This time the award and promotion of the military rank are to make up for it, James is also full of emotion in his heart, since the founding of the United States, there have been countless heroes, and a small person like Nathan is rare.

Not to mention the experience on the battlefield in Vietnam, after returning from Vietnam, saving the passenger plane and intercepting the Soviet bomber in Alaska are quite a lot of credit.

It's a pity that for some unspeakable reasons, Nathan didn't receive any rewards, Nathan is still unknown, squandering his sweat and youth in the flying post, so the reward he got this time is a matter of course!

When Nathan heard this, he reacted, so it was so, all the credit was rewarded together.

"In the service of America." Nathan stood up and watched Brigadier James solemnly wear the medal around his neck.

The Navy Distinguished Service Medal is very beautiful and has essentially the same design as the Army Distinguished Service Medal.

The main body of the medal is round and made of bronze. In the center is a bald eagle, the national bird of the United States, with two claws clutching olives and arrows. THE SEA EAGLE IS SURROUNDED BY A BLUE ENAMEL RING WITH THE WORDS "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NAVY" IN THE RING, AND THE NAVY IS LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE BOTTOM OF THE RING. On the gold edge outside the blue ring there is a pattern of ocean waves.

The body of the medal and the ribbon are connected by a white five-star with an anchor in the center and a golden ray behind the five-star.

Somehow, Nathan always felt a little strange, as if it was a natural instinct of man, although he received the medal, it seemed that nothing good happened, and that old saying doesn't it say, blessings and misfortunes depend on them, and misfortunes and blessings lurk?

Moreover, it is actually useless to promote a military rank, for the army, the military rank is corresponding to the position, and if you promote the rank, the position will follow, but the navy is different, and there are even colonel pilots, yes, it is a pilot, a big soldier, but the military rank is colonel.

Sure enough, just after the solemn award ceremony, Nathan listened to James' chatter.

"Nathan, after this flight, it has been confirmed that your control of the Tomcat fighter has reached the highest level, and you have also completed various flight modification training, so the superior decided to transfer you, leave the gunner team, and go to the US Navy Fighter Weapons School to report, I believe that your joining will allow our naval pilots to quickly and efficiently improve their combat level after changing to fly the Tomcat fighter."

"No, I want to serve on an aircraft carrier!" Hearing this, Nathan immediately spoke. Sure enough, nothing good, my premonition was too good.

What is to compensate yourself! Give yourself some benefits, and then, you can squeeze yourself!

Of course, the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School is good, it is a place that many people want to go, but Nathan doesn't like to be an instructor there, if he goes there, it will be difficult to have a combat deployment mission, it is difficult to go to sea with an aircraft carrier, Nathan likes the feeling of catapulting and taking off, and now, he actually wants to deprive himself of this right!

Being an instructor and fighting against rookies every day is too boring! Think about how refreshing it is to launch an immortal bird in an air battle and kill the opponent at a distance of more than 100 kilometers!

"Major Nathan, be careful, you belong to the Navy, unless you call to be discharged, otherwise, you have to follow orders." James said.

It is difficult to find excellent pilots, but James has seen through Nathan, loves fighters more than himself, and will never leave the navy, even if Nathan is relatively short of money, he has already had the opportunity to go to civil aviation, and still stay in the army and carry out dangerous combat missions.

Sure enough, hearing Brigadier James' words, Nathan gave in: "Okay, I'll obey the order." ”

"Also, at the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School, you also need to cooperate with the filming of our promotional video." Brigadier General James said.

"What promo?" At this point, Nathan had forgotten something in the back of his mind.

"It's Top Gun, you've been identified as the number one protagonist."

Hearing this, in an instant, Nathan's face turned pale, damn it, how could he forget this!

Even if Nathan is allowed to fly another plane with broken wings, Nathan definitely doesn't want to face the current situation, what kind of male number one! What a bad idea I had in the first place!