Its simple:
Squaddies moan....a lot!
Usually its the best way to get rid of any tension borne during a patrol.
I know this is of no real satisfaction to your once again dissed Force, but trust me the vast majority of those presently deployed will moan about you one minute but by God soon give you the praise that you deserve in another. Unfortunately the press were involved with this little rant and I only hope the indvidual concerned has got his satisfaction from it and moves onto something else.
We "Pongoes" on here do not deserve the endless taunting about eductaion and such piffle every time somebody says something without thinking of its consequences. Yes I am a soldier just as he, but please just call the chap a tw*t and move on. We are all of us involved in a common theme and thats things that go up tiddly up up as well as down tiddly down down, so please let us do it with the same grace as our forefathers.
Happy Christmas one & all.
Muttley Out!