Having just turned 48 yesterday, I like this slide mostly for my hairline.
The backstory here is kind of funny: the Indian commodore who invited me knew who I was, but in presenting me to his superiors, he sort of let slide their impression that they were getting Roger Barnett, another older and then better known Naval War College prof (but about as far from my thinking ideologically as you can get). They were all happy in the end, as was I. I described the trip in the book, The Pentagon's New Map.