Now it's...

[jamesjermain]

Now it\'s...

Lieutenant Commander Dame Ellen MacArthur - honorary commission just announced by RN.

What next? At this rate she'll be Admiral Her Grace The Duchess Ellen of B&Q OM PC KCG DSO before she's 30

 

[zefender]

Re: Now it\'s...

Surely just 'Able Seaman" would have done the job

 

[jimi]

Lieutenant Commander

Obviously Tone & Cherie have been given a bung by that weather lot to increase their brand visibility ...

 

[nicho]

Re: Now it\'s...

How stupid is that?!! Sorry, but you know my views on all this, and it's in danger of making her look daft, and THAT is not deserved. Bloomin' rediculous!

 

[Cobra]

Re: Now it\'s...

Thank God we are not in America...in 4 years time she would be the next President...perhaps that is why Cherie and Tone want her onside pdq?

 

[jerryat]

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Yes. Perhaps VERY able seaman though. It's all getting a little bit too much for me I'm afraid.

 

[Captain Haddock]

Re: Now it\'s...

Ummm sorry to show my ignorance here but...

What on earth would you do with an honorary commission?

Does it mean you could fly a blue ensign?

 

[Becky]

Re: Now it\'s...

Is the rank of Lientenant Commander good? I was told that this was the rank you could aspire to if you were still a nobody. And that would be seriously wrong in this situation.
I am a pacifist, so what do I know? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[jonjo]

Re: Now it\'s...

Think the rank is similar to an army major or squadron leader.

 

[machurley22]

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White one maybe?

Dave

 

[jamesjermain]

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Yes. Its as high as you can expect to get by serving your time and keeping your nose clean. As I understand it from my service relatives, Commander and above and Major and above require staff college exams and a bit of nouse

 

[Jacket]

Re: Now it\'s...

The "captains" of many of our warships are Lieutenant Commanders, so its pretty high up.

 

[Peppermint]

Re: Oh! Dear.

That'll teach her to get more popular than Tone & Cherry.

She'll be off to Iraq by next Thursday.

 

[Stingo]

Re: Oh! Dear.

[ QUOTE ]
That'll teach her to get more popular than Tone & Cherry.

[/ QUOTE ]
That's not difficult, even Jimi is more popluar than Tone & Cherry.

 

[TrueBlue]

Blue ensign....

She can fly / wear a Blue anyway - 'cos she's a member of Royal Southampton - at least that's what some bloke throwing around an awful lot of bubbly said last night on 't telly...

 

[ianwright]

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Fleet Chief PO for choice, Admirals are polite to them and you don't have to pretend to like Gin.

IanW

 

[Peppermint]

Re: Oh! Dear.

Are you sure?

 

[tcm]

Able Seaman series

Good idea. Then she could have been upgraded with every adventure, each time being slightly different plot although not much really, eventually winding up as admiral atfter a marathon of twenty seven bloody boring tales of er oops, sorry Mr o'brien....

 

[jonjo]

Re: Now it\'s...

Is it true that the Royal Navy employs more admirals and rear admirals than its total of commissioned warships?

 

[tcm]

Re: Now it\'s...

yep course it is. Cammden council employs 80,000 people of which 1,000 are teachers. More than 800,000 additional civil service staff have been hired in the last three years. It's all part of the modern and much loved govt with lots of computers and hence three times the real cost of a government er without computers and which if we don't vote back in - the other lot might impose argh draconian cuts, which would be awful.