El Presidente:
The sooner we loose our infatuation with willy waving (I'm more important than you) the better...morale is low enough as it is without the addition of unchecked ego...
People work hard for certain things. Very hard. Allowing random wannabees to swan around wearing insignia they haven't earned is a far bigger detriment to morale and discipline than your perceived "willy waving".
Your post smacks of someone that has never done anything worthwhile or difficult in their life. As I said before, the training/selection that takes place before Brize makes a man Airborne, Brize merely confirms it. But Brize does not replace the training/selection and it never can. Lot's of people can jump from an aircraft, it's really rather easy and fun if you are of the right frame of mind. There is nothing "fun" about the prior training/selection. You can trust me on that.
As for the TSW chap... I'm sure he's a spiffing chap... Respect and all that... But he's a REMF that was needed where he went and was well protected by others... People who had gone through the training/selection and passed it... I'm sure he felt quite safe. I'm not being disrespectful to him, I'm merely pointing out the realities...