CSMs and RSMs are scary creatures in training courses. However,
in unit, I had the fortunes of having very nice-guys BSM and RSM.
The RSM was like the father figure in our battalion. Sometimes, I
think that he was bullied by the CO simply because he is good
towards the men. He was almost charged when something went wrong
during a 155 life firing (he was acting safety officer).
When I was acting-BSM, I realised that I do not have to be as nasty
as when I was a detachment commander (more than 80 percent of my
men were gangster-like Hokkien peng) - I could relax a little
having other NCOs doing the dirty work 
