Originally Posted by
Cyberhacker
Just imagine if the Armed Forces allowed Direct Entry officers? Errr......
Are you implying that the system has never worked? Perhaps it Is different for the Police because the role, save for specialization such as Murder investigation, diving, ARU etc, is generic. Everybody joins the police to be police officers. When you join the Armed Forces, there are a variety of disciplines in the same uniform by service. Should pilots start at the rank of Aircraftman? I know many did before, during and after the war, however, pilots are commissioned officers because even at the most junior level their professional position demands such a rank. This was one of the reasons why NCO pilots and navigators were discontinued in the 1950s, another being the contraction of numbers.
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