I bet that went over about as well a babyruth in a swimming pool. This is off topic, one of the uh-oh moments I ever saw was in basic training. After we ate chow we would have stand out in formation and wait for the rest of the flight to finish eating before we could go back to our barracks. My flight would stand in one location and our brother flight would stand next to us.
One evening after eating chow standing there waiting on there on the rest of my flight with our brother flight next us, out walks our squadron commander, and my flight leader salutes and greets, and my brother flights flight leader gave the sharpest salute I've ever seen and greets the commander. His main downfall was he saluted with he left hand...