MJ: She was in Dress Whites at dinner but still in awe of a Detailer and company officer until she became one.
I remember being scared witless of anyone called "XO" as a junior officer. As I was detaching from an aide tour on a flag staff to head to my first XO tour, the admiral had a fireside chat with me. He reminded me not to look around for the XO, when I heard the XO being hailed. He warned me it would feel weird, but just walk the walk, and it would become a second skin in about a week. And it did. I got used to seeing people skitter away in the distance. [emoji6]