STH,
Take it like a man, then buy OC Regt a beer or two and offer to take him flying. Copious application of opposite rudder and aileron will see him turn green with envy at your flying prowess. You can then explain that it all part of a very neccessary programme of annual bluntie desensitisation. After all, when you deploy the last thing you need is some bluntie becoming a casualty.
I've done CCS/GDT using the 'pear drops' stuff before as I was due to fly later the same day. The Regt had no objection at all. Most of them seen decent 'chaps' these days.