The whole thing was sprung on him, if I understand correctly. I think his apology was pretty sincere, personally.

research to do! Wish to heck I could review that episode!

ONE piece of research:

What to wear? Republicans flag Vindman’s sartorial choice
As military officers do, the Army lieutenant colonel testified in his dress uniform

https://www.rollcall.com/2019/11/19/what-to-wear-republicans-flag-vindmans-sartorial-choice/

In fact, does it really matter? Trumps attempt to look strong backfired spectacularly, which is all good.

Gen. Milley gets the benefit of the doubt, in my opinion.

Get your work done! By the way, who was conducting Rhapsody in Blue? It was a nice performance.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) | Baltimore Symphony Orchestra | Marin Alsop (conductor)

She's an awesome talent and a lovely woman. I've met her three or four times when she conducted my friend's compositions.

Have you ever heard Michael Tilson Thomas's recording of Rhapsody In Blue? He took the piano rolls that George Gershwin recorded and removed the "overdubs" of the accompaniment leaving the solo piano part. (A tedious process that required filling in thousands of perforations in the piano rolls.) Then he conducted the LA Philharmonic accompanying the piano roll performance on a modern instrument. It's special, effective and fun!

is that the camo uniform is his daily wear for work and that he just didn't take the time to change into something else. But we don't know how he was summoned or what he was told, or how much time he was given, or when the meeting was scheduled. Given how T does things, it may have been a "get your butt over here right now" call. And Milley probably didn't know about the walk to the church.

As far as Sorkin and TV shows and movies, don't be too hard on them. Fiction is fiction.

It seems you're on the right track. General Milley probably didn't plan on going to the White House that day.

Aaron Sorkin is one of my favorite writers and my comment was really tongue-in-cheek. Unlike Trump, we know the difference between fact and fiction.

when a military superior visits subordinates, especially in a situation like General Milley was in, that superior or Commander will normally wear the same uniform as those he/she is looking over. It’s a sign of respect to subordinate troops. The camouflage uniform is simply a work uniform. It would have been inappropriate to traipse around in an office uniform while the troops were in Cammies.