Jon nichol
Sorry John - having listened to what you said this morning on BBC, I must say you are wrong. Wrong because all of the people you quoted as writing books or stories either had, or will have left their job or in your case, the war was over. We have a situation here where these people are a: still in the Service; b: we are still operating in the area and c: it doesn't comply with the normal rules!
I wonder having told their story, how many will actually return to their ship!