Do not get caught up in the country-centric thinking.
If you are feeling a little useless, offended, or depressed, just remember that you were once the fastest and most victorious little sperm out of millions.
Hartmann is my squaddie and he let's me die all the time. I'm gonna talk to him about that.
I think I read somewhere that Hartmann had lost one wingman, possibly his first. Just because he was a complete 2 weeker noobie...