[Seahawk]

Years ago I was asked to brief the Head of the Navy International Program Office (NAVIPO) which was headed by a two star admiral.

He was pretty insistent that I brief him on a specific day, even though I would be returning from a foreign military sales (FMS) trip to Spain about an hour before the meeting. My head of FMS said he would get the brief put together, no worries. Pretty standard stuff.

I get to the meeting place about ten minutes prior to show time. I quickly run through the brief, looks good.

I do not notice, however, the we had misspelled the Admirals name - which, due to the fact that it was a bit of an odd spelling, was a pet peeve of his.

A paper copy of the brief is on the table in front of him. I am standing in front of the screen that the brief is being projected onto.

He enters, we snap off the old "attention on deck!" and he sits down.

First words out of his mouth, "You misspelled my name, Captain."

Without another word, he gets up and walks out.