Que? Who's the 'brave' bit aimed at, Cap'n Ardross? I've always thought the old name, rank and serial number was a load of tosh. Think of the dreadful real tortures that men and women endured through any number of wars because of that Blimpishness. By the time you've been held a day or night, belted about a bit, not fed, not slept, your comrades have most times moved their positions and are nowhere near where you were found. Of course your mission is to destroy enemy installations and/or troops - what would any interrogator hope to find out that was different? You were a badly-disguised Girl Scout trying to sell cookies?
It's probably time that the public, though, were let in on all the changes to what the military tell their service people to do, so that we're not all assuming 'shock and awe' at the temerity of mere grunts to tell their stories, while, let's face it, any amount of relevant politicians, retired generals, squadron leaders, admirals, have made, and continue to make, a tidy bundle writing vast tomes on their brilliant careers - which usually included 'sacrificing' X number of 'gallant' service personnel in order to achieve them.
We don't use mangonels any more, and the Persians don't fire Parthian shots at us from the backs of their sturdy ponies, so why shouldn't ALL aspects of modern matters military alter to meet the changed world of warfare?
