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Committee ends honorary promotion option for retired Georgia officers
Summary
House Bill 1184, sponsored to remove the option for retired Georgia officers to request honorary promotions, passed after testimony from the Georgia Department of Defense that the practice causes uniform-rank confusion and is not federally recognized.
The Defense & Veterans Affairs committee approved House Bill 1184 (LC461304), which removes an option in state code allowing certain retired officers to request honorary promotions.
Joe Farrar of the Georgia Department of Defense told the committee the honorary-promotion option has become a nuisance and creates confusion when retirees wear state honorary ranks on federal…
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