hmm either u hate officers alot, or u met some really shitty
officers back during your NS days.
I find it very curious how many ppl like to use the phrase "Rank is
what you wear, Respec is what u earn" and many ppl like the
character protrayed by Damien Lewis, MAJ Dick Winters. remember the
last episode when MAJ Winters saw CPT Sobel, he told him that "CPT,
you salute the rank, not the man"
Well it may seem rather contridicting at times, but ultimately
thats how an autocratic organisation like the SAF functions.
Sublaterns do have their fair share senior officers using their
rank to throw all sorts of work and shit to the sublaterns. well it
just doesn't happen in the SAF, but across the working world.
There are also managers supervisors who by means of balls carrying
do climb to senior or management position, and their lack of
working ethics has cast a blanket of misjudgement and mistrust by
those who has worked with them.
And junior officers ain't really the king in a Unit, not in my
case, as potraying such arragant behaviour usually have a bad
working relationship with his commanders and men. Throwing the bars
ard in camp might scare people off at certain time, but ultimately
the sublatern will stand to lose out more if the men choose to play
him out. And i am NOT saying that the officers has to be popular
among the men.
Being popular is easy, being a gd leader isn't. Unpoplular
decisions has to be made at times, for all these events may seem
unpopular with people, this how the world works, your not going to
tell me just because a Commanding officer likes so and so and send
the other companies to fight.
Lastly, my platoon sergeant onced told us back in BMT, "before you
start to comment on your superior decisions and actions, you these
CCBS better have earned his rank first before even saying that
out"
regards
