FORT STEWART, Ga. — In the wake of his TikTok video that went viral for an anti-Semitic joke, 2nd Lt. Norton Friedheim has fallen under the spot light of every echelon of Army leadership, all the way up to Chief of Staff of the Army James McConville. Friedheim, however, is approaching the situation with blatantly unjustified optimism and is excited to meet the Chief of Staff of the Army (CSA) ahead of his peers.

"Who'd have thought when I graduated basic officer's course just four months ago, that I would be lucky enough to be hopping on a plane to go see the CSA so early in my career?" Friedheim told reporters. "All my buddies keep trying to tell me it's a bad thing, and to keep my head down and take it, but they're all just jealous that the CSA doesn't know their names by heart." he added.

"How cool is that? The dumb mick Chief of Staff guy knows my name!" said Friedheim.