What do you think Johnny learned from his experience of being flogged?
To read his fiddly little displays properly before letting a nuke off the leash.
There wasn't much higher meaning to it, he got a little cocky and stupid after that march and the letter, and needed to have it beat into him that when you're launching a fukking nuke you do it by the book.
He knew it, his superiors knew it, and the whole mood of it is: "Seriously? You've been here this long and you're still this dumb?"
To read his fiddly little displays properly before letting a nuke off the leash.
There wasn't much higher meaning to it, he got a little cocky and stupid after that march and the letter, and needed to have it beat into him that when you're launching a fukking nuke you do it by the book.
He knew it, his superiors knew it, and the whole mood of it is: "Seriously? You've been here this long and you're still this dumb?"
"Sir, yes, sir!"
I choose not to elaborate because it would be tainted by knowing about Ace's conversation with Rico over R&R on Sanctuary.