Just like to say thanks for all the replies and some pretty good discussions on the subject of leadership; two different worlds between military leadership and the civvy version. Just glad that I had the honour and privilege to spend 30 years of my life in an environment where leadership actually existed.
Ironically and quite unexpectedly, I spent the night and the next two days of my 5th anniversary of leaving the RAF at a NATO base in Brunssum, right next to Geilenkirchen (different country) and a mere 25 miles ish from Roermond and Bruggen. How sweet was that for me