PN & alemaobaiano,
I'm ex Army but we share similar experiences. Finally got my paperwork, the Annuals later on were a combination of the "orphan syndrome" (I trained as a pilot mid career but wasn't AAC) and plenty of comments written by officers who had never met me but felt able to pass judgement.
27 years after I left I'm in touch with a former OC by accident who was, to use the plum stones in the cheeks vernacular, a total nincompoop. He couldn't manage men, fly safely under combat conditions or even dress properly. But he's made a success of the security advisory business in East Africa. Maybe he learned late........
Water under the bridge I guess; too late to change anything and I didn't do too badly afterwards.
NEO