Have just read "RAF Harrier Ground Attack, Falklands" by Jerry Pook. Fascinating but deeply depressing. Puts the "Brussel Sprouts" RN Captain into focus.
The professionalism that our armed forces display on operations, particularly at unit level, seems to evaporate higher up the chain. Rivalry, snobbery and suspicion seem to breed and degrade our decision making and our ability to analyse and solve problems; not only inter-service but beween cap badges and even between units with the same cap badge. I've seen it throughout my own varied career and from what my son lets slip, it's still there in todays RAF.