Posted on 01/28/2014 2:44:51 PM PST by naturalman1975
“As for Major Cates and Lieutenant Colonel Hickman, what else were they supposed to say? That two full Generals got it wrong?”
Fair point, maybe the CO had a reason for not giving him the stripe and as you say he could hardly tell his boss he was being a plonker promoting a man after only seeing his work for ten minutes.
Although in fairness Das was due to go on the JNCO training course. I can’t help thinking that alone symbolised the officious paper-pushing nature of contemporary British institutions where a policeman can’t climb a ladder on duty unless he’s “done a course” or an employee can’t change a lightbulb unless he’s been properly certified.
I would have thought in the heydey of the British armed forces if you wanted to promote a man to lance corporal you simply told his sergeant to give him the stripe. Am I being over harsh on the army here?
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