Is it possible to find out how far someone got in the military by just knowing their name?

[TheBigFatMermaid]

Just that really. A lad has bullied my DD, among many others, him and his Dad, who reported me to the police for threatening them by just knocking on their door to talk to them about the bullying, are involved in the Army cadets. DD is involve in another arm of the forces cadets.

They are doing something joint soon and I am concerned about the treatment of my DD on that day.

So, is it possible to find out if this leader, who has been very offensive about my DDs branch in the past, actually is a part of the army or has worked up through cadets........ ?

Speak to the leader?

What rank is he in the army cadets?
When you are a commissioned officer in the cadets it’s a TA commission you have. When I was an adult instructor in the army cadets about 20 years ago the ones who were commissioned officers were all ex regular military. The ones who weren’t had been promoted but were all NCO’s. Not saying it couldn’t happen with tune they could get the commission but starting from there might help.

Why? Why do want to find this out?

As for going around to have a chat, that was a bad idea

You need to tell your DD's cadet leader who needs to discuss the situation with the other cadet leader. ASAP. The leaders can probably jiggle things to avoid the 2 personalities being around each other more than tiny bit.

You could write to the CEO at their HQ if you're worried. Happy to help if you want to DM me.

You don't need to have been in the military at all to be a Cadet leader.

I'm wondering why you want to know. As the issue is with cadets and a specific leader, that needs to be taken up with the cadets hierarchy.

Background elsewhere in the Forces doesn't strike me as remotely relevant in the circs you describe

Whether they have previously served or for how long shouldn't be a factor here, bullying is wrong full stop. I would take your concerns to your DD's own cadet leader so they can keep an eye on things on the camp. I would if I was in their position.

Try the Cadets board on the Army Rumour Service.

As for going around to have a chat, that was a bad idea

Well, as I was on reasonable good terms with the mum, I didn't think it was. The boy actually admitted to it, as in said 'So many others do it too, so why are you knocking on our door?'. If that had been a child of mine saying that, they would have been in serious trouble at home.

They rang the police saying I had threatened them. Not quite sure what a woman half her size who is disabled could have threatened, but there you go..

The event has taken place and the different cadets seems to have been kept pretty separate, so I should not have worried so much. It is a mums job though, I guess, especially after all DD has been through already!

Jeeves, I agree, it is just DP was fixating on this a bit. He tend to focus on the minor details rather than the suffering DD has undergone and I get why he does that.

I am more of a pragmatist, so she was badly bullied at school, so I de-regged her and am now HE. If he had said or done anything on the night, I would have dealt with that...