We all know the stories of the young enlisted intentionally spacing themselves out along a sidewalk to force an officer to salute each of them individually. I, a lowly NCO, had the opposite happen.

I'm TDY on Fort Huachuca for a class and leaving from one building there were two options to get back to the building my class was in. The direct route along the sidewalk near the road or a sidewalk directly next to the building which cut through a large parking lot and then along a cross street. The direct route was occupied by a rather large formation of trainees marching and calling cadence. I opted to avoid them. Unfortunately the other route is the one preferred by people who work or learn in the building I was leaving. And there was a BOLC class is coming in for the day. Every 10 feet was a lonesome butterbar just waiting for me to salute them. Gave at least 20 salutes before getting back to my classroom.