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131 sats \ 6 replies \ @Public_N_M_E 8 Mar \ parent \ on: Why do the British salute differently to the Americans? (2019) history
Oh yeah for sure. Id pop a salute to officers I didn't like at all. Infact more often than not I made sure I saluted the ones that were assholes over the ones that weren't, the ones that weren't didn't mind if you forgot or it was dark and you couldn't see their rank slide. The assholes would make it more difficult for you if you didn't, so it was in your best interest to just do it. So yeah absolutely. And also you're not saluting the rank per se. You're actually saluting the monarch, who commission is held by the officer. So you're not saluting the person, not really their rank, but more saluting the monarch via them, if that makes sense.
I’m glad we knew what we were doing… not so sure about the Rupert’s at times
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I kinda felt bad for some of them... Some of them recognised that they'd done their degree, some time at Sandhurst and now were responsible for the lives of a bunch of people. It can be pretty overwhelming I'd expect. But the good ones recognised that and treated that position with the care it demanded. Others went off on power trips and probably got people killed unnecessarily.
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Bloody right. When the subbies turned up they would usually come for a chat in the Sgts Mess so they knew who made their mad ideas work. I have known some bloody good officers and some damn liabilities…. Can’t recall any that went from one to the other thinking about it though..
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I think that's the sad truth of it. Either you're a leader people want to follow or you're a leader people have to follow. There didn't seem to be many tigers who changed their stripes.
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‘Sgt, do you think the men will follow me in battle?’
‘No Sir. I think they would rather stay and fight….’
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🤣
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