"Severe Reprimand !"
Paddy (if I may call you that),
That was outrageous! How much did you lose? (the difference x 365 between Sgt and F/Sgt). I ought to remember, was three weeks overdue for my Crown before I got my (backdated) commission. Never did get the money.
But for a trivial offence like that - I would give a first-offence chap no more than 7 days CB, would you? - (But, now I come to think of it, can you give a SNCO "CB"?). I'm very rusty on K.R.& A.C.I.s, can a Sergeant ask for a Court Martial if he feels himself hard done by, or is it just officers?
(Chugalug, Counsel's Opinion, please!)
In 1945 I was Officer under Instruction at a Court Martial where a W/O Flight Engineer had caused a Catalina on an anti-submarine patrol to RTB because of a foolish prank. He only got a "Severe Rep.", it was water off a duck's back for him.
Danny.