I take it a few of these comments are from individuals not having set foot in the desert for a while.
The only people who see to care about this stuff as opposed to doing a good job and providing the best op output are blunties, senior officers thrusting for promotion and RSMs.
Nothing worse for morale when you are putting your neck on the line for the lads than some shiney tw@ dressing you down for arb nonsense, especially after working your nuts off for months.
As long as the guys are getting the job done, what does it really matter? Really?