“Plus it was my experience that pilots were generally the most easy to get along with officers in the Farce”
I agree unless the base commander was also a pilot. Then you better have his special seat cushion and paint his tail letters with special paint.
My favorite was you need to scrub the plane because it helps the special radar absorbing paint.
I was Security Police humping birds on the flight line early in my career so most of my exposure to officers/pilots was when they allowed me to take a latrine/warmup break in the Alert shack as they played cards. It was funny to see them try to cheat each other all the time. The worst were the Admin types, especially the Second Louys. Did have one jump me for having no line badge once when I was TDY to Kunson. Bluffed my way through it by convincing him that my Security Police shield was the only badge I needed. Moron.