Likely nominated from outside of the military, perhaps for volunteer work, etc?They're wrong, of course as some HCols etc got them...
Brockville Rifles honorary officers get Coronation Medals
Honorary Colonel Anne Johnston and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel Mark Ross of the Brockville Rifles were recently awarded the King Charles III Coronationwww.recorder.ca
Because at the end of the day what the author of that rather strange diatribe doesn't realize is that maybe some honouraries deserve it, and others don't.
Rather unfair to poor Captain Mainwaring.I don't know the name. But we all know the type!
I don’t think I've read a narrative filled with so much self pity in a long time. Not sure if that putz in Honourary material or not. Sniveling about JRs getting the medal and not him. Maybe he's new, because if he thinks that a gimme provides him some sort of status, someone should tell him we don’t normally even give them a second look.
Where was that posted? Do you have a link?I don't know the name. But we all know the type!
I wouldn't oppose HCol, et al, automatically receiving them, as long as they weren't being taken away from someone else. There are probably 200-300 of them across the entire forces. HCol's open doors for units and individual members that might not have otherwise been open. I have been very fortunate in the ones that my unit has had. I'm sure that there have been a few Herbert Sobels.
I think he is a bit confused between HCol's and Colonel-in-Chief's. HCol are not representatives of the Crown. The reference to why we salute them is below, which in this case, I suppose that we are saluting the rank, as opposed to the King's Commission.
The only Google hit on the title is this thread. I suspect it's an email from a self-centered asshole... If buddy wants a medal, figure out a way to remain as an honorary for twelve years.
Please let us know where this was posted and by whom, so we can all have a laugh and personally chastise them
But we are no longer youth.
Ask your knees how young you are...Speak for yourself my PAR speaks volumes about my immaturity and youthful vigour.
In a different context, that could be a quote from a very valuable Honourary: someone with a totally different background, and access, clout, or visibility with groups not ordinarily aware of the CAF or [unit].
I wonder if this full email (including the person's name) could accidentally get leaked somewhere?
