CV and mad panic behaviour

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Chain of command Baggers ... they were swarming in Orbost during our bushfires and they were ALL seriously good.  Even my American wife was seriously impressed 

Spot on, CC and well summarised with those words - chain of command. There are times serious regimentation is exactly what is needed, people who take charge and take responsibility and are accountable. And don't take sh1te. It is a known fact in international military circles that the Aussies (and Kiwis) are among the best in the world.

I can't help myself... a little story from my military (R.A.N.) past. It's 1973, September (I remember the date clearly as the bloody Tiggers knocked us off in the GF) and we're on manoeuvres in Hawaii. It was us, HMAS Brisbane (a DDG class - guided missile destroyer), plus a Canadian surface ship, plus a Kiwi surface ship and one of our subs... might have been the Otway or Ovens. The Yanks were the other team and had about 7 surface ships (including an aircraft carrier) and a sub or two. Anyway, you pretend it's warfare and run around for a couple of days using electronic impact recordings which were silent, and then everything is tallied up at the end to see who got what. The Yanks reckon they wiped us all out... when the electronic 'hits' data came in, we'd wiped out every Yank ship before they got off one shot! We ended up being shouted some of the best food and drink at the officer's quarters at Pearl Harbour... what a feast and the Yanks were embarrassed but full of praise and really generous. A few of us had too much to drink and set about 'seducing' many of the American Naval Officer's wives - but that's another story for another day.