The three sat quietly as Florence spoke an invocation and sang a hymn? Staff Sergeant Domingo Chavez reporting as ordered, sir.
Okay, relax and sit down, Sergeant.  I know you've been on the go for a while.  There's coffee in the corner if you want.
No, thank you, sir. Chavez sat down and almost relaxed a bit until he saw his personnel jacket lying on the desk.  Colonel Smith picked it up and flipped it open.  Having someone rip through your personnel file was usually worrisome, but the colonel looked up with a relaxed smile.  Chavez noticed that Colonel Smith had no unit crest above his name tag, not even the hourglass-bayonet symbol of the 7th LID.  Where did he come from?  Who was this guy.