Fireman, if you could be there that day, just be there, and represent us, that would be só good...
Whether in uniform or not... being there is what counts... in my opinion...
As far as I know, Jim never served... as I think he would've talked about it and I would've remembered... but of the latter, and so, of both ... I'm not sure, I'm a DD after all...
From a different point of view: I cannot imagine Jim taking orders from anyone...
(The two lines above are basically irrelevant, as I just don not know...)