Originally Posted by
langleybaston
How on earth can a soldier tell "acting" corporal or "acting" sergeant from substantive?
The badges are very similar ..........................
Any sergeant looking under 25 years of age would obviously be taken as ‘acting’. That would undermine the rank of their older substantive colleagues unless a scheme similar to NCA was adopted, with higher entry standards and an enhanced initial training package to justify the rank being worn. Which would be total overkill for a role which is perfectly adequately carried out by junior ranks under the supervision of a NCO (in the form of the purser).