In answer to the original post, I'm all for saluting. How else can a Royal Pioneer Corps/RLC officer feel like somebody special when in everyday life he would be saying "do want fries with that?". kbf1, steady boy, steady!
Definition of the above commissioned type= someone who has failed police dog selection.
The Army/Navy has traditions, the RAF merely have habits.
We are the armed forces of a great nation, not a corporate conglomerate that needs to advertise. That is an all-together different argument.
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