the Sentencing Guidelines were silent on the subject, granted a downward departure based on the long history of respect that this nation has shown for the military and those with exemplary military records. Id. at 198. But Pipich was decided three years prior to the Sentencing Commission’s amendment of the guidelines to include military service as a discouraged feature. Jared has pointed us to no case authority supporting a downward departure for military service, even exemplary military service, a quarter of a century prior to the commission of the offense of conviction, and we have found none. We note, however, that a number of courts have held that military service is not a proper basis for a downward departure. See, e.g., United States v. Given, 164 F.3d 389, 395 (7th Cir.1999) (<HOLDING>); United States v. Winters, 105 F.3d 200, 209
holding that a defendants substance abuse or addiction does not justify a downward departure holding that distinguished service record including two purple hearts did not justify downward departure holding that military service although exemplary 25 years prior to offense did not justify downward departure holding that note 9 did not authorize downward departure based on drug purity holding that the district courts denial of a downward departure was an exercise of discretion and therefore not reviewable