Maximum retirement age for a colonel?

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I know it's not the right forum but please bear with me.
I am writing a book, with a retired SAS Lt. Colonel as one the the characters. He joined young and remained in until he retired. I've googled but can't get a straight answer. It seems to be 20 - 22 years for a rating and 30 years for officers?
TIA
I am writing a book, with a retired SAS Lt. Colonel as one the the characters. He joined young and remained in until he retired. I've googled but can't get a straight answer. It seems to be 20 - 22 years for a rating and 30 years for officers?
TIA
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Service beyond that is possible at the discretion of the service eg if you have specialist skills they want to keep but could be via the reserves rather than regulars
If you go on to ARRSE.co.uk you'll find loads of really helpful people who can give you advice about writing your book...
A little concerned though that you mention ratings in your post - thats the navy. Army it's junior ranks.
Thanks.
SBS are bootnecks not matelots so they don't have ratings either. ARRSE will take the mickey out of you.
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I'd love to read this when it comes out!
More importantly, what colour is the boathouse at Hereford?
As asked by De Niro to Sean Bean in Ronin. A brilliant movie.
BTW the SAS moved base fairly recently, but still kept it in Hereford.
I'll publish it on Kindle in about two months:
The Internecine Conspiracy
No they didn't it's on the site of the old RAF Credenhill in Herefordshire.
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Just to clarify completely:- Royal Marines are part of the Royal Navy, not the Army (NEVER call a Royal/Booty a soldier !!) - but they use the Army rank structure.