Yes, I was quite astonished when I found out about it on wikipedia. I knew something was in the works from talks with Swedish corvette crews during BOST 2006 and some Swedish Army drummers late in '07 but didn't think they'd move so fast.
This system of an unified officer coprs and enlisted non-nco draftees was awkward both in "frontline" operation and especially in personnel management. Don't let yourself be fooled by the wikipedia tables, the "old" rank tables which show a "sergeant" rank already incorporate a pre-reform Army model program.
Tag, you're it.
BTW - The Sweden report on the Daily show was hilarious.
This system of an unified officer coprs and enlisted non-nco draftees was awkward both in "frontline" operation and especially in personnel management. Don't let yourself be fooled by the wikipedia tables, the "old" rank tables which show a "sergeant" rank already incorporate a pre-reform Army model program.
Tag, you're it.
BTW - The Sweden report on the Daily show was hilarious.