".......There is no doubt that ordering the men under your command to go and play football is perfectly legal........"
What a pity the RSM forgot to order them not to get injured otherwise they might have judgement passed on them by unsympathetic lardar$es like Spheroid who of course would have told the RSM what he could do with his "reasonable order" ....(oops - legal order).
It has clearly slipped the mind of some of the posters here that adventure and sport are amongst the reasons young people join up. Are you saying that we should just scrap squadron/regiment and representative sport?
Our people can risk their lives in Afghanistan on an hourly basis but heaven help them if they twist an ankle in the gym.