[Enten]

The Sergeant Major should have kept his nose out of it. A very bad precedent.

[CodeJockey]

The Sergeant Major should have kept his nose out of it.

That's what I first thought, too. There is no such thing as "off the record" when you wear the uniform AND are speaking to the press.

Let me correct that... There's not such thing as "off the record" when you're speaking to the press.