![]() Lee is the kind of fellow who would knowingly dishonor the uniform of the USMC by breaking such a law. 702 if he were not truly authorized to wear the rank, and I doubt honorary "promotions" would count as "authorization". in the USMC base on Okinawa 4 years after his promotion would constitute a violation of 18 USC Sec. Furthermore, the picture of Ermey in his dress uniform present in the wikiarticle which shows him wearing the rank of Gunnery Sgt. Other former Marines have received so-called honorary "promotions" (Jim Nabors has received two honorary promotions, but these were not done by the Commandant, and so would not be comparable to a promotion from the CMC seems that Gomer Pyle is now a full corporal!), but I have never seen pictures of anyone wearing the full uniform after having received such a PR promotion. By the same standard, persons on active duty could not receive honorary promotions. (I wish I could remember where I read this!) An honorary "promotion" would not require a return to active duty, but a legal, formal promotion would require a return to active duty, as persons on the retired list are by law not promotable. I read somewhere that the Commandant actually called Ermey back to active duty for a single day to promote him. Jones, becoming the first retiree in the history of the Marines to be promoted. According to Ermey's website, which may or may not be written by Ermey: On he received an honorary promotion to Gunnery Sergeant (E-7) by Commandant James L. Windyjarhead ( talk) 04:59, 15 October 2008 (UTC) This is certainly an interesting point. Whether or not the promotion was approved by the Commandant, I'm not sure. Huly at the time that he was in command of MCRD San Diego. Now, I don't have a reference here (I need to research this) but I beleive that GySgt Ermey was promoted by LtGen (at the time MajGen) Jan C. Plain english: the Commandant can do what he wants, he could promote me to Sergeant Major tommorrow if he wanted to, there is nobody that can tell him "no," as far as enlisted promotions go. Basically, an MCO cannot overrule the Commandant, because the Commandant gives the MCO it's authority. A Marine Corps Order (MCO, as you cited above) derives its authority from the Commandant as well. NDM ( talk) 02:40, 14 October 2008 (UTC) Staff NCO promotions (Staff Sergeant through Sergeant Major) are executed at the discretion of the Commandant of the Marine Corps. ![]() There are no provisions to issue a temporary, honorary or probationary enlisted appointment. MARINE CORPS ORDER P1400.32C Subj: MARINE CORPS PROMOTION MANUAL, VOLUME 2, ENLISTED PROMOTIONS (SHORT TITLE: MARCORPROMMAN, VOL 2, ENLPROM) 1203 5. Wearing of the uniform without holding the rank would be a violation of both USMC regulations and federal law. Also note in the picture in the table, Ermey is wearing the full uniform and rank of a USMC GnySgt. If the Commandant promoted him (and I understand that Ermey was recalled to active duty for one day by the Commandant in order to be promoted), then he holds the ACTUAL permanent rank of Gunnery Sergeant. ![]()
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