Schlomo Lipchitz wrote:
There is something missing here. I talked to a guy who was in his
squadrod or knew him very well. A great pilot, but not so great an
Naval officer. He was in the process of being rifted after he got
turned down twice for a regular commission. After he got the 5th Mig,
he got a call from the CNO who told him that a special augmentation
board had just been held and he was happy to tell him that he had been
selected to the Regular Navy.

You have the correct story. The same facts apply to Driscoll, his RIO.