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How to Address an Military Officer with an Honorary Rank?
October 11, 2009 by Robert Hickey
It is not unusual for the various state national guards to give honorary promotions to worthy officers upon retirement. These promotions are not federally recognized and do not entitle the recipient to increased pay in retirement. How should one address anofficer who received an honorary promotion upon retirement?
-- BG Charles K. Hendershott
Dear General Hendershott:
If the promotion is honorary, not federally recognized, and does not entitle one to benefits . . . perhaps it something granted informally and internally? Protocol officers I spoke to (two at the Pentagon and two at bases) suggest use of such a honorary rank in address be limited to verbal use within the granting organization.
-- Robert Hickey www.formsofaddress.info
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