PHB has come a long way though. I remember when Dilbert and Wally had him convinced he needed to periodically hold his "laptop" over his head and shake it to "clear it". (It was an Etch-a-sketch.) Maybe he's just talking to a hand calculator here...
Oh come on, that's not military stupid. People are that stupid everywhere.
Also, you only had one NCO? I find that hard to believe. Did you perhaps mean NCOIC (Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge)? In which case I truely weep for you.