THE Defence Ministry’s (Mindef) announcement that it will no longer award honorary ranks to politicians and celebrities is most welcome. As a retiree from a regimented and uniformed force, I concur with this move.
Candidates have to undergo strenuous training before they don uniforms with pride. It is an insult to us that such a privilege is accorded to people who do not undergo training. More so, when those with honorary ranks of colonels and brigadier-generals sport long hair.
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