if they wanted to be fine leaders of men, they would have become officers
No offence chaps, but which of those little icons on the right is the 'guffaw' smiley?
My continued best wishes and utmost respect to those officers I consider myself fortunate to have met and/or served under over the years - probably about the same percentage of nco's who I stood in awe of over the same period.
As ever Pprune correspondents prefer to take the rip out of each other, instead of considering the significant question of how well a pipe smoking, slipper festooned crew with a big yellow cab is going to fit into Afgooliestan? Perhaps even wondering why there aren't enough camo'd alternatives (plus crews) given the several years our forces have now been in theatre.... how many years does it take to appreciate what force levels are actually required in theatre? Piss poor planning, etc, as ever... put the blame where it belongs, instead of feeding on each other.