@ forget ... a different era, and my apologies for imposing 1980's on the 1960's.
A certain OC 50 Sqn whinged at a PXR after a callout, because he was unaware of whether it was an Exercise or real. A certain "Big John" Stn Cdr observed ... "What difference should that make, Chris?".
The horn goes, you move. Perhaps the 60's were different.