that does not change. If they're in uniform and not acting right, they aren't trained and led properly...

Even those that are well trained and led will still behave like nineteen year olds (or younger) given the slightest chance. All leaders can do is try their hardest and hope for the best; a few will still sneak by. That is not an endorsement or a boys will be boys effort, merely an acknowledgement of reality. We have to try to contain and channel all that, no question...

FWIW, I've seen the same behavior at that age and level in Brits, French, Australians, Canadians, Viet Namese, Iranians, Arabs, Koreans and Thais. Never been stationed in Europe but my son who was says the Germans are the same. People are people.