re: #276 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!

And your superiors would back you us, right? What if a visiting admiral wanted to enter?

I once was standing watch in the middle of the night at NAS Oceana, the back entrance to the avionics area of AIMD. Right next to my post was Production Control (the office which manages all maintenance in AIMD).

An officer (commander) I did not recognise wanted to come into the avionics area and I challenged him. My petty officer third class butt refused to let him pass.

The senior chief in Production Control challenged me: Don’t you know who he is? He’s the Executive Officer of the base.

I didn’t know him, and he didn’t have a security badge. The XO then went into Production Control and told the senior chief I was correct in challenging him and prohibiting him from entering the area.

Afterward, the senior chief escorted him on the premises.