Can't argue with that. Nothing homogeneous about today's young people.
But tell us more, Marshal. What did you have in mind? "They are less committed to a long-term career, more materialistic, more questioning, and therefore need a different type of leadership."
Hmm. While you ponder that, let's hear from Lieutenant General Anthony Palmer, deputy chief of defence staff responsible for personnel. He says a lot of young recruits to the forces "are very homesick and not used to discipline either at home or at school". They have, he says, little deference and no respect.
"If a corporal shouts at them, they say, 'stuff you. I'm on my way'. They get on the mobile and mum picks them up." Frankly this sounds far more like Dad's Army than anything drawn from real life. Isn't that more or less what young Pike used to say?
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