Flashback to the late 1990s, when this IT pilot fish is a civilian working for the U.S. Army — and he’s responsible for a very specific user.

“I worked for an Army rotary wing — which means helicopter — program management office,” says fish. “All my other co-workers from my company worked in another building, including my new supervisor, a retired major.

“My task was to directly support the colonel in the corner office with database and software support. We were on a first name basis — of course, his first name was Colonel.

“Every week I had to report to my supervisor’s building to sign my timesheet. Most weeks he wasn’t in the timekeeping office, so I signed and then went home. But one week he was in the office and immediately wanted to know why I was working in the other building, which was about three miles away.

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