Canadian armed forces regain their Royal status
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I am surely not alone in never being required to swear the Oath of Allegiance. Did my time until the 38 point when I ejected having never been shot at. No regrets, but sad to see the decline in numbers since 1988.
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I vaguely recall 'attestation' at College Hall as a Flt Cdt in 1968 with a brand new haircut (courtesy of that PoS 'Slasher').....
Maybe that slipped through the net when the GE scheme started, Ray?
Maybe that slipped through the net when the GE scheme started, Ray?
I never swore allegiance to the Queen with the Rhodesian Army or the Royal Air Force. I wasn't legally employed by the RAF for the first ten years. I had signed on at the Air Attache's office in Salisbury, Rhodesia, on the DC (B) scheme on about the 4th April 1960. They, and I, did not know that this scheme has been replaced by the DEC (B) scheme on the 1st April 1960. I found this out when I tried to exercise what I thought was, my 5 Year option so BOAC and Cathy Pacific missed out on a captain.
In the end I ended up on a PC and left at 38.
In the end I ended up on a PC and left at 38.
