Can Wigston survive the onslaught?
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The exchange of feel good fripperies are the lubricant for nation to nation engagement at the senior levels. Everyone knows they are a polite but meaningless way to demonstrate support to the institution.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsha...oyal_Air_Force
The option still exists, it would seem.
Marshal of the Royal Air Force (MRAF) is the highest rank in the Royal Air Force (RAF).[1] In peacetime it was granted to RAF officers in the appointment of Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), and to retired Chiefs of the Air Staff (CAS), who were promoted to it on their last day of service. While surviving Marshals of the RAF retain the rank for life,[2] the highest rank to which officers on active service are promoted is now air chief marshal. Although general promotions to Marshal of the Royal Air Force have been discontinued since the British defence cuts of the 1990s, further promotions to the rank may still be made in wartime, for members of the Royal Family and certain very senior RAF air officers in peacetime at the discretion of the monarch; all such promotions in peacetime are only honorary, however.
Legion of Merit from USAF, I am amazed that he has the temerity to think he deserves anything from our allies. Emasculated transport fleet, Illegal discrimination policies, failed pilot training programme, continued run down of size of the RAF throughout his term of office, loss of confidence in the leadership of the RAF by the service itself at record levels (AFCAS). Smallest combat fleet in the history of the Air Force. Merit! What am I missing here?
it was recognised that there were two ways to skin a cat - ground based promotion wise. 1. Command 2. Technician
neither route had (generally) access to the higher echelons - Pilots only.
I did the ‘command’ route whilst continuing to exercise my technical skills. But I always felt that it was a big mistake to do it the other way round. At one unit I served (High on a hill) scheduled maintenance teams of 4 technicians were allocated to a single airframe. Quite often there were 3 Chf Techs and one JT. The 3 Chiefs would argue amongst themselves as to whose turn it was to order the JT about…..
happy days!😉
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Unlike my contemporaries in ATC, I staggered up the ladder without being either an Instructor at the School or the Examining Board. Out of Branch employment or Staff jobs seemed to suffice! I was once told that getting away from ‘incestuous reporting’ was beneficial at promotion boards.
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"number of serving male personnel have their hair in a fashion which staggers belief that its allowed."
they're paid to do a job - not look good or to fit into some 1950's idea of same.
they're paid to do a job - not look good or to fit into some 1950's idea of same.
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Useful handhold for some of the people the police have to deal with, even more so these days. In my time forbidden for this reason.
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All part of ASTRA and Wiggo's Diversity policies. 'However, whatever style is chosen, it must still allow Service issue headdress to be worn correctly'. I am suprised the cultural appropriation police haven't clamped down on this one unless he can prove Lacedaemonian origins.
We dinosaurs may be subconciously jealous, I remember paying for what I thought was a ridiculously short haircut the day before joining, the BRNC authorities disagreed and I was sent straight to the barber.
We dinosaurs may be subconciously jealous, I remember paying for what I thought was a ridiculously short haircut the day before joining, the BRNC authorities disagreed and I was sent straight to the barber.
Or even a 1990s or noughties idea of just looking realistic, the old they're paid to do a job, bare functionary, attitude has been around since before the 1950s and has been used to excuse the constant erosion of everything. Tell me does the Sergeant with the corn rows, or whatever, take part in ceremonial parades like Remembrance Sunday like that. What an awful presentation. Bare function alone isn't enough, never has been.
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That's another thing, that Sergeant could do with skipping a few meals, his shirt looks like an over full bin bag. But would he be a first choise as a poster boy image for the the modern RAF?
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