All Things Richard Rohmer (merged)

[Ostrozac]

The only one that gets you promoted to General, of course  ;D

To be fair, while the higher echelons of the RCAF are dominated by pilots -- it's not necessarily a fighter pilots-only club.

As a totally unscientific sample, by my count of the last 5 Chiefs of Air Staff (AKA Officer Commanding RCAF/Officer Commanding Air Command) -- 2 were fighter pilots (Blondin, Deschamps), 1 was Sea King (Watt), 1 was transport (Lucas), and 1 was Tac Hel (Pennie).

 

[Spencer100]

http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/02/02/meet-the-most-interesting-canadian-from-fighting-nazis-to-chaperoning-the-queen-hes-done-it-all/

Richard Rohmer article. 

All I can say is that he has been a very good friend to my family. And a life well lived.

 

[Loachman]

I have nothing against him as a person, but he hardly qualifies for such a title.

His "uniform" in the photo has much in common with those of the Walt persuasion.

His books failed to impress me when they were published in the seventies.

 

[The Bread Guy]

This from the Info-machine:

General Tom Lawson, Canada’s Chief of the Defence, is proud to name Major-General (Retired) Richard Rohmer, OC, CMM, DFC, O.Ont., KStJ, CD, OL, QC, BA, LLB, JD, LLD, Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur, as the Honorary Advisor to the Chief of the Defence Staff.

The position of Honorary Advisor to the Chief of the Defence Staff was created to recognize MGen (Ret’d) Rohmer’s contributions to the Canadian Armed Forces, and the unique advice and guidance that he provides to the Chief of the Defence Staff, drawing from his wealth of experience in service to Canada ....

The latest ....

Recognizing his unparalleled record of service to the country, General Tom Lawson, Chief of the Defence Staff, is pleased to announce that the Honorary Advisor to the Chief of the Defence Staff, Major-General (Retired) Richard Rohmer, OC, CMM, DFC, O.Ont., KStJ, CD, OL, QC, BA, LLB, JD, LLD, Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur, has been granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant-General.

The position of Honorary Advisor to the Chief of the Defence Staff was created to recognize Honorary Lieutenant-General (Hon LGen) Rohmer’s contributions to the Canadian Armed Forces, and the unique advice and guidance that he provides to the Chief of the Defence Staff, drawing from his wealth of experience in service to Canada ....

 

[medicineman]

Wow, an honorary promotion...

On a pedantic sidebar, I find it annoying that people add their Order(s) of St John onto their official post nominal list when you're not actually allowed to use them outside of correspondence within The Order.  My SBStJ comes up on my CV only in brackets and not on any of my official calling cards, letterhead, etc.  Even when I was active as a member and officer in St John Ambulance, I could still only use those post nominals on official correspondence within Brigade and the Association...never outside.  It's supposed to be an order of humble chivalry, though I've noticed many have tried making it into an order of LCF.

MM

 

[daftandbarmy]

Wow, an honorary promotion...

On a pedantic sidebar, I find it annoying that people add their Order(s) of St John onto their official post nominal list when you're not actually allowed to use them outside of correspondence within The Order.  My SBStJ comes up on my CV only in brackets and not on any of my official calling cards, letterhead, etc.  Even when I was active as a member and officer in St John Ambulance, I could still only use those post nominals on official correspondence within Brigade and the Association...never outside.  It's supposed to be an order of humble chivalry, though I've noticed many have tried making it into an order of LCF.

MM

Thanks for that tid bit. I know at least two people who revel in the letters at every opportunity as if they were personally present at the battle in Malta.

One of them is probably old enough.  :

 

[medicineman]

Thanks for that tid bit. I know at least two people who revel in the letters at every opportunity as if they were personally present at the battle in Malta.

One of them is probably old enough.  :

When I want to set my Mother off (BA, MA, PhD), I note that all my official post nominals (SBStJ, CD, CCPA) have more letters than the 2 in front of and the 7 after her name...and I use the last one pretty much all the time as it's my professional designation.  If I really want to get her going on a rant, I'll tell her that if I graduated from medical school, the Dr in front of my name would mean more than her's  ;D. 

MM

 

[CougarKing]

Photos courtesy of the RCAF official facebook page:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Decorated Second World War pilot visits 430 Squadron

This week, members of 430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron had a unique opportunity to meet the last surviving Second World War pilot of 430 Squadron.
Honorary Lieutenant-General Richard Rohmer (92 years) is the pilot responsible for the ''Catching of field Marshal Erwin Rommel''. He completed 135 operational missions during the Second World War, flying the P51 Mustang. A legend of the RCAF still alive and well...

Photo: CAF