Seldom
Hey - I agree with you! Pushing it a bit was how we learned where the limits were
On so many occasions in active theatres how the hell do you get an authorisation that covers all eventualities? Are the righteous amongst you saying that if tasked to lift six men from a mountain ledge and you arrive and find seven you leave one behind because you are not authorised? Yes - this used to happen in Borneo amongst the light blue and it did not make them hugely popular with the customers.
The ability to think outside the box and push the limits without endangering life is surely a prerequisite for military SH ops?
Two views of rules.
1. A book of rules that tells you what you can do.
2. A book of rules that tells you what you cannot do.
I know which one my lot operated under and it surely worked.
So often when a "Catterick" happens, instead of learning from mistakes even more rules are put in place, and they won't make a jot of difference.
See you here again when it happens again, as it surely will.