PETTY OFFICER ANDERSON'S DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE SERVICE IN SEVEN NAVAL COMMANDS WHERE HE HELD POSITIONS SUCH AS LEADING PETTY OFFICER, COLLATERAL DUTY INSPECTOR, QUALITY ASSURANCE REPRESENTATIVE, PHASE COORDINATOR, ORDNANCE BOARD MEMBER SENIOR SECTION LEADER AND COMMAND TRAINING COORDINATOR. HE C...
although those based on the British Royal Air Force use Air Marshal instead, with Air Officer being the generic title. In most navies of the world, the equivalent rank is Admiral and the generic term is Flag Officer; however a noteworthy historical exception was the Cromwellian naval rank Gene...
David Stirling and members of the Special Air ServiceBritish army officer David Stirling (right) with members of a Special Air Service desert group in North Africa, 1942. Special operations also must be distinguished from operations conducted by “specialized” conventional military forces—for instance...