"Brett" wrote in message
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"Michael Wise" wrote:
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"Brett" wrote:


He trapped aboard on one of VS-33's Hoovers, and a red carpet was
rolled
out for him (literally). He wore an olive drab uniform bedecked with
ribbons and pins (despite the fact that he was non-military

I believe you might find that the Sultan attended, and is a graduate of
the
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

Great, so he attended an academy. What military did he ever actually
serve in? And how did he get all those ribbons* and such in this
mystical military?

On graduation he was commissioned a Captain - at the time Brunei was a
British protectorate, independence came in 1984, so how about the British
Army (I'm not sure if British protectorate status gave him UK citizenship,
but it probably did).



Any service was pretty dammed brief , his official bio says

"he later qualified for admission as an officer cadet at the
Sandhurst Royal Military Academy and was commissioned
as a Captain in 1967. He left Sandhurst in October of the
same year to ascend the throne."

Keith



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