CG,
I don't doubt that they were all well intentioned. But each were partly responsible for an enormous budget overspend of the last 2 decades, and did nothing about it.
Hence the brutal cuts we have just been through that have seen some 'good men and true' leave the 3 Services out of bitterness and despair.
In my book, they are all just as culpable as the politicians. Sorry if that doesn't fit with your point of view. It's purely my opinion...