Zooker
Laurie Shields there on the left of your photo', we bumped into him on the beach in Penang in 1988 - it must have been the 'lightbulb moment' when our then 15 year old son thought ' Being in ATC must be a good career if 2 ATCOs are sunning it in Malaysia ! '. Senior moment, I can't recall the names of the other two in the photo'.
Said 15 year-old son, having now been an ATCO himself since 1996, echoes several of the comments made above, particular those about too many ex-military ATCOs being in senior positions without much knowledge of how civilian ATCOs work, think and like to be treated.