radar101. Similar time to you. I was put forward for secondment overseas to an International post one rank up, ( Following the RAF candidate above me failing his interview) . After interview I got the post for U.K. So " Acting Unpaid " . Four years later I was put forward again by UK MoD as our candidate to go for another yet more Senior Post equivalent , requiring another promotion on paper if I stayed in, So I then duly got that post for the U.K. Then came the problem....
The RAF seemingly couldn't handle another paper promotion, so it was suggested that I PVR.. , or return to U.K. in my substantive rank. (!!!) ( "Although we don't really know what we can do in your case"..)
So I PVR 'd and have never looked back since , having left the U.K. for good now 30 years ago . Not what I had originally presumed from the Service.I had joined.....
Last edited by Haraka; 6th Aug 2022 at 18:54.