[LonePalm]

Yep, and if you needed something sketchy done. The officer makes an oblique reference about what needs to be done to the Chief. The Chief does the same to the 1st class/LPO who speaks to the E-3 mafia and the sketchy operation gets done without any way to connect it back up the chain of command.

WWG1WGA

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[HippyLoggerBiker]

Midnight Commissary...🥸

[Unrepentant VN Vet]

...1st class/LPO who speaks to the E-3 mafia and the sketchy operation gets done without any way to connect it back up the chain of command...

LOL

Long after I'd left, I was told that "My" Department Head referred to us as his personal Dirty Tricks Detail.

...oops, did I say "us"? Blew cover again, I guess.

(Sort of a good thing that so many of my generation seem to be dying off. Sure cuts down on loose lips.)