when will service to the crown become a risk too great to bear?
When applicants sign on the dotted line are they made familiar with all of the potential pitfalls of the job? I suspect not.
You have got it in a nutshell
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"Are you prepared to go to war, on the instructions of your government, on pain of Courts Martial and severe punishment if you refuse and are you prepared to stand trial up to fifty years after any life threatening encounter, with a recognised enemy, when, in the heat of the battle, an incident may occur that is without the pertaining ROE, even though you managed to save not only your life but those of your colleagues and win the encounter to the advantage of the government that sent you to war in the first place?
A simple YES or NO will suffice."