Not so much Generals, although there was a time or two,

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but the Officers I did interact with were mostly Lt's, 2nd & 1st, Captains, Majors, along with all the other branches, especially the Naval Seabees, their version of Combat Engineers.

You are right, they are some of most professional military personal on the planet and recognize bullshit when they see it, and they saw it that day.