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** There's also that as doctors directly commissioned (and apparently conscripted) from civilian practice, most of the cast of ''M*A*S*H'' can ''afford'' to be utterly indifferent about damage to their military careers—they don't have any careers to damage. So long as they can actually avoid being caught in a major felony or committing ''medical'' malpractice, there's really not much they need to worry about in the long run. It's instructive to note that the one regular army doctor on the cast, Colonel Potter, is ''not'' a maverick. Much.
** [[Truth in Television]] to a large degree, even today; the US armed services have enough of a need for medical personnel that they are given more leeway about their (lack of) military bearing than would be tolerated in combat soldiers/sailors/airmen. Crystallized in a saying going back to Korea if not earlier: "There is nobody as un-military as a military doctor."
=== Tabletop Games ===
* ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'', as noted above. The Imperium is big and naturally has all sorts, including this. Every tradition got its own way to do things, and many are unwilling to change it just because someone else has his own ideas. More rough-and-tumble units are infamous for having probability of "unfortunate accidents" correlate with high-handedness among the [[Political Officer|Commissars]] as much as among the management of [[Bastard Operator From Hell]].
** ''[[Only War]]'' also have "Maverick" as one of possible commander personalities - the commander who acts as "one of the men", considered something of a loose cannon by other brass, but the troops follow him anywhere (mechanically, the whole regiment gets resistance to Fear).
=== Video Games ===
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