Re: The boss owned up? Apologised, even?
A military leader doesn't want to find out that his / her people don't trust them at the time the bullets start flying all around the place..not because the troops may advance to the rear with haste, but because some of the bullets heading toward said office may originate from "friendly" weapons.
Not to mention that live grenades, minus their pins, make for lousy bedfellows.
Military troops can/will take a lot of grief, but if it gets to be too much, they tend to lodge their complaints ballistically.