Respect
When in early commissioned life I was a flt cdr at Cranditz I used to tell my cadets that the SWO can be your ally during your first stn tours. I always made a point of paying a call on the SWO asap to introduce myself. I suggested they did the same thing.
I also slauted him/her as a mark of respect. This made my early tours much easier as I would receive a call saying "you might want to chat to me about Bloggs, Sir, before the stn cdr sends for you".
I carried on doing this for many years, until the SWO role became almost redundant and the the man/woman was no longer the spit and polished luker around the hangers looking for recalcitrant airmen (or I suppose theses days, airpersons).
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