KItbag. Fair enough but whenever has Information Flow been a strong point in the military? I have been on a total of 5 tours in the sand over the last 16 tears and I have come back from various jobs furious with the gaping holes in the initial brief I was given. My reaction was to find out where the mistakes were made and endeavour to make sure they did not happen again.
I'm afraid, and I will get flamed for this, that some of the recruits we are getting today come from a very different society. They know all about their rights and precious little about their responsibilities. Thus, I fear that in the future we may well end up with a timid leadership that is incapable of getting the job through fear of retribution. They are aided and abetted by a lousy media who just love a public hanging.
As an example, my last Unit banned running in the rain in case anyone slipped over. Running on grass was forbidden, full stop. There are Officers legally chalenging being forced to pay Mess Subscriptions. I do not wish to belittle the very serious injuries of those men mentioned but this is, as I said, a very dangerous path to take.