Aubrey Newman - I hadn't yet realised that learning to be a staff officer is something like

I hadn't yet realised that learning to be a staff officer is something like learning to milk a cow. The novelty soon wears off, and the job becomes burdensome, and smelly. As a boy I learned the hard way that if you demonstrated skill at milking a cow, somebody would keep you milking one. It's the same way being a good staff officer.

- Aubrey Newman

topic: Jobs, Military, Boys, Smelly