At war, transition to war, in atrocious weather conditions, in far from ideal environmental conditions, and with no hotel in sight - then this is when the officer earns his money.
On Ex Rhino Replen a few years back we had a det commander who would regularly cry her little eyes out if confronted with a 'problem', everything from her sleeping bag being wet to a new site being inappropriate for the task in hand (which she had recce'd). Just the kind of leadership us poor unwashed OR's need from Cranwell's finest and thats on a nice, safe exercise in a friendly nation.