SWO convert to Major

• lim li hao matthew

  8 Jan 07, 12:48

  which SWO converted to Major?
• mhcampboy

  8 Jan 07, 12:55

  The fella should have retired already.
  
  Don't think any SWO wanna be a Major anymore. He is the highest in the WOSE corp. Dun think they wanna be "demoted". Most likely they are given appointments as what a Major holds. But not the key appts though.
• ah-soh

  8 Jan 07, 13:48

  ever heard of the legendary RSMs WO1 Tiger Hong and WO1 Shamsuddin?
  
  they did converted from WO1 to LTA and in the end retired as CPT.
  
  but now i dun think any SWO would want to convert to MAJ as their pay might be lower and they will not be getting enough respect.
• anonymouse

  8 Jan 07, 23:29

  Is it true that for Regulars, Commisioned Officers have to retire earlier than NCOs?
  
  Whilst for NSmen, officers may have to serve up to 55y, wherease NCOs ROD by 40y.
  
  What's the logic?
• Gordonator

  9 Jan 07, 00:41

  Originally posted by ah-soh:

  but now i dun think any SWO would want to convert to MAJ as their pay might be lower and they will not be getting enough respect.

  i doubt that. junior ranks can salute them now.
• KoolKool

  9 Jan 07, 09:08

  Originally posted by anonymouse:

  Is it true that for Regulars, Commisioned Officers have to retire earlier than NCOs?
  
  Whilst for NSmen, officers may have to serve up to 55y, wherease NCOs ROD by 40y.
  
  What's the logic?

  Commissioned Officers retire as early as 40-42. I think there is a saturation of ranks at MAJs and LTCs. They have to make way for younger officers and therefore have to be retired.
  
  I too don't see a logic for Commissioned Officers to serve to 50 years old. After NSF, they would finish the same 10 years cycle at about the same time as everyone else. And if everything is smooth, one should MR before 35 years old. So, whether it is NS to 40 or 50 years of age does not appear to be relevant.
• Ponders

  9 Jan 07, 10:42

  I heard all this WO convert to Officer is just a big rumour going around.
  
  
• Fatshort

  9 Jan 07, 23:46

  i seldom see SWO around, only saw few MWO...
  
  imo, SWO deserve more respect then a MAJ, they start from a chao recruit all the way up there... long journey...
• LazerLordz

  9 Jan 07, 23:49

  Originally posted by Ponders:

  I heard all this WO convert to Officer is just a big rumour going around.
  
  

  Why would you say that?
• Ponders

  9 Jan 07, 23:51

  Originally posted by Fatshort:

  i seldom see SWO around, only saw few MWO...
  
  imo, SWO deserve more respect then a MAJ, they start from a chao recruit all the way up there... long journey...

  entire SAF only 42 SWO... this was 2005 figures.
  
  Dunno the latest.. but i dun think it will be very much different
• kts

  13 Jan 07, 02:52

  Originally posted by Fatshort:

  i seldom see SWO around, only saw few MWO...
  
  imo, SWO deserve more respect then a MAJ, they start from a chao recruit all the way up there... long journey...

  my Work place already got at least 4 SWO liew. And about majors, my place got dunno how many, like as many as how many fish in the underwater world. So ya SWO deserve more respect.
• detoxify

  17 Jan 07, 10:11

  swo.. woot.. see them legs become jelly.. or siam cos hair too long.. lol..
• KoolKool

  17 Jan 07, 13:08

  Originally posted by Ponders:

  entire SAF only 42 SWO... this was 2005 figures.
  
  Dunno the latest.. but i dun think it will be very much different

  Why does SAF need so many SWOs. It is a pinacle rank, just some deserving few should suffice. Imagine we have 42 LGs.
• kengkia

  18 Jan 07, 19:50

  Originally posted by KoolKool:
  
  Why does SAF need so many SWOs. It is a pinacle rank, just some deserving few should suffice. Imagine we have 42 LGs.

  erm....what does this term means??
• KoolKool

  18 Jan 07, 20:14

  Like that also kenna caught ..... should be pinnacle.