Presume though, this was all part of the grand Govt plan of changing the running the armed forces to be just like the civilian corporate world where fiddling while Rome burns is an art form among the upper echelons of pretty much every major large corporate organisation I've had the displeasure of working in during the last 15+ years.
yes but all those VSOs wait until their knighthoods and pensions are secure before speaking out once they have retired.