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Steady on,Fine if you consider the point petty but others may not.
The initial enquiry was made on this post to establish the members last held rank and yes a dedicated thread regarding civvies using mil ranks etc would be better.
At no stage was any post used to have a swipe at Mr R in fact I was very impressed with his skills as incident officer some years ago when I had contact with him concerning a tragedy and he has had a distinguished career as a naval line officer and would have commanded most of the current NS assets save poss the P50s and as a diver would hve the composure to handle T4s and UXBs.
Back to the main point,the military do not have sole preserve on unifoms etc civvies can wear what they like so long as they do not contravene certain laws and \or use uniforms to commit offences.If hotel porters want to look like generalissimos etc fine let them live in their own world.
Replys on the basis of "so what everybody does it" do not answer the matter.The main point arises where the officeholder deals with the heads of the mil on a one to one basis or sits with the heads on statutory committees etc. I might suggest the tiltle\rank on the civvy uniform gives the officeholder a parity of esteem or signifies the amount of personnel commanded by the officeholder and perhaps some of the more seasoned posters may be able to explore\clarify this.
Speaking t/c maybe not so sure on the dail ushers afterall they run the dail and poss have more savvy than the Tds.With all the civvy uniform examples posted I wont be surprised if I see Dublin Bus manager decked out like director of Cav.:(tongue in cheek)
Steady on,Fine if you consider the point petty but others may not.
The initial enquiry was made on this post to establish the members last held rank and yes a dedicated thread regarding civvies using mil ranks etc would be better.
At no stage was any post used to have a swipe at Mr R in fact I was very impressed with his skills as incident officer some years ago when I had contact with him concerning a tragedy and he has had a distinguished career as a naval line officer and would have commanded most of the current NS assets save poss the P50s and as a diver would hve the composure to handle T4s and UXBs.
Back to the main point,the military do not have sole preserve on unifoms etc civvies can wear what they like so long as they do not contravene certain laws and \or use uniforms to commit offences.If hotel porters want to look like generalissimos etc fine let them live in their own world.
Replys on the basis of "so what everybody does it" do not answer the matter.The main point arises where the officeholder deals with the heads of the mil on a one to one basis or sits with the heads on statutory committees etc. I might suggest the tiltle\rank on the civvy uniform gives the officeholder a parity of esteem or signifies the amount of personnel commanded by the officeholder and perhaps some of the more seasoned posters may be able to explore\clarify this.
Speaking t/c maybe not so sure on the dail ushers afterall they run the dail and poss have more savvy than the Tds.With all the civvy uniform examples posted I wont be surprised if I see Dublin Bus manager decked out like director of Cav.:(tongue in cheek)
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