Melchett,
I have to say it showed me the sort of officer I didn't want to be once I'd graduated.'
Quite profound. I remember several by name and met two post IOT. One was a completely different character. There was however a nav, David St John Court-Smith, from whom I learnt much, a fine officer whose technique was light guidance rather than 'sheer terror'.
We had one cadet who accumulated more restrictions than the course length; he didn't graduate. Why did they persevere? Another, a particularly fine sprinter but as a cadet a complete wasock. He volunteered to be duty marcher as his blue webbing needed cleaning. When his white webbing turned green he reverted to blue. He was kept on until the inter-command athletics at White City. He didn't win and was chopped. Now THAT was an example of leadership
