In reply to supersteve:
> The military do use the Honorary Colonel title reasonably often, especially when bringing in outside civilian assistance and advice. Giving them a high rank gives them more of a voice in a rank based system.
Yes, but they aren't working with, there's no situation where grills needs to have authority over a major, or captain, or non commissioned ranked. With things like out sourced services, like JPA contracts, or other stuff EDS and ATLAS have, senior staff will be told they have an equivalent rank. This isn't for any kind of power, only so if a senior military officer rings up, they understand they are speaking to someone who can make decisions at the other end. Project managers, business lead, programme managers etc would mean little to them.
Giving him a rank and uniform is a PR stunt, potentially not wise, given the fact he's best buddies with Russell Brand, another grifter.