Originally Posted by
rlsbutler
Old hands, rather than 5-years-served: WOs I and II, majors and above, holders of one of the long-distance medals, officers who would have had a long-distance medal if there had been one for them.
At first I took issue with the phrase
'majors and above' as major seems to be a base rank in the Army whereas sqn ldrs and lt cdrs reach that rank much later.
As a long-distance award however you are really back to the
'5-years-served' criteria albeit for a longer time like 12 years or so.
Then the RAF does not have WO II. They also have WO fast-tracked commissioned to flt lt who will, I expect on that criteria, already have a LS medal.