Andy Stumpf's first salute ends in laughter

A new officer's awkward moment at the gate brings Cleared Hot an unusually fast-moving Short and viewers' own salute stories.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 182,771 views a day, 9.4 times a normal first day on this channel (19,356).

The First time Getting Saluted 🤣

Andy Stumpf had updated his military ID, but apparently needed a little longer to adjust to what came with it. Arriving at the SEAL teams' front gate after becoming a commissioned officer, he handed over the card. The guard checked it and snapped a salute. Stumpf cracked up.

"I remember the first time I got saluted, I laughed so hard," he says in the Cleared Hot excerpt. He recounts moving from enlisted status to an officer commission, with a stop at the administration office to get the paperwork reflected on his ID. The gate guard's response made the change suddenly tangible.

The Short has drawn roughly 111,000 views in ten hours, already well beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for the format. It's a small, personal military story rather than an account of a mission: the unfamiliar experience of being treated differently while still feeling like yourself.

That adjustment is also what viewers are discussing. One recalls moving from senior enlisted rank to warrant officer and still identifying with the people now saluting him. Another remembers receiving salutes because Marines didn't recognize the medical insignia on his collar. Other viewers have a simpler question: which full podcast episode does this clip come from?

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I remember when I was first stationed with the Marines, I was constantly getting saluted because nobody knew what the caduceus on my collar meant. 😂
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From E-7 to W-1 was a trip. For 8 yrs I was you and I’m still you.
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