Who else is going to be?? A number of panels included commanders and those running the forthcoming drill squad.
People can't have it both ways. You can't on one hand complain that the interview process is to rigid, not personable enough and doesn't give the opportunity to weed out potential spuds and then on the other complain that it is too personal and gets to know you on a deeper level.
Given you have not sat in an interview beater, i'd pipe down. There has been a major overhaul of the application process and what you've seen this year is here for the foreseeable future. Figurw out a way to make it work for you rather than whinge.