"I also regularly asked him for advice and just as regularly followed it. Worked out well that way."
I wish you'd talk to some of these goofball 0-4/5/6's where I work, 'cause they sure think they know more than us civilians. Too bad they can't prove it.
I've got a bunch of Marine O-3's who are that way. The difference is that when I was an 0-4 and 0-5 I did know everything.