A batman is not a servant you blockhead. A batman is a companion, whether in peace or in war, trained to be a personal companion providing personal help and services to support the officer in carrying out his duties. He mends and prepares his dress, and provides all personal services as needed by the officer so that the officers carry out their war related duties. In the peace stations, they are trained to do such duties. Not all officers get a batman. It all depends on the nature of their duties in the field or in peace time. Officers and men sacrifice their lives for each other(mercenaries like you will never understand that); their relationship is of service to each other in their respective duties, not the relation of a servant to a master, as in civil life. There is no parallel in civil services to that unique and noble relationship. Whatever you think you know is a figment of your own distorted values. Most civilians in whatever service including the police are essentially corrupt and shirk even their simple duties of attending office in peace time, and living with their families comfortably. Even then they keep on demanding more pay, serve much longer in their service, go on leave whenever they want to, live with their families, and their lives are rarely in danger. Just go the front line and the anti-terror operations sometimes, and examine your pants on return. Most in civil life only hoodwink their bosses and colleages, extort as much money as they can from the pub
