If I were treated like this when I was in, then I'd be out ASAP, if you see what I mean. The lack of leadership, of moral responsibility, of loyalty to those who are below as well as those who are above, is in stark contrast to the experience that I had while serving (1959-1973).
Does no-one in command assume the responsibility of command these days? Does no-one in command when faced with such arbitrary diktat not resign in protest when those that they command are so unjustly treated? Or is no-one in command any longer?
I see on another thread that those who serve in the UK Armed Forces are not even considered to be employed anyway:-
http://www.pprune.org/military-aviat...-firth-20.html