Good for him. At least one European politician appreciates the need for strategic autonomy and will say so. The calculation is a little different for SKS as he has much more to lose in the shape of T… (View Post)

Yes, until recently. It was primarily used as a pension bumping bribe to get people out with no fuss. I got promoted to Commander on my very last day of service to get rid of me because they were con… (View Post)

OF-3 and above can use their rank titles after retirement if they've got 15 years in. Apart from cavalry regiments who have their own mad rules that nobody understands but involves horses. (View Post)

Gen. Nathan Twining was promoted 22 times from 1916 to 1953. He went from being a Private in the Oregon Nation Guard to a USAF 4 Star and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (View Post)

My father was one of the last do it. He was in the RAF Education Branch in Aden and, like all of his other interactions with the working class, hated it. The did hand out promotions like crab ointmen… (View Post)