Where's Fincastle 84 when we need him.
Just to illustrate the point about Senior Army Officers, the venerable Shackleton had a secondary role of trooping. You have all heard the story about the Nav making coffee for the troops huddled down the back....
Well, there was a Staff College visit to the Northernmost reaches of Coastal Command, during which Future Field Officers were being shown around a Mark III Shack, which just happened to have two panniers in the bomb bay.
"What are those?' enquires Colonel Rupert.
"Panniers Sir. We can use them when we are trooping" replies the Sqn Ldr tour guide.
"Oh, splendid. How many twoops can you get into one of those?"
There's no answer to that!