Should be there for everyone. I have it!
Try going directly to this link and use the MOD login
Iâm sure there isâŚ
The usage issue is just like the use of crest instead of badge. Itâs just in peopleâs bones.
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Oh! Itâs labelled on the app list as Defence Connect so I didnât make the connection - Cheers
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Having found an older copy of it on there, surely a forum to share copies of documents is very much bad practice and just going to lead to outdated copies flying around Vs a clear MODNET library that may or may not exist?
Very much useful for me so I shouldnât complain too heavily, it just seems strange for an org with so much focus on controlling access to documents (both in the security sense and the âthis is a [version] controlled documentâ sense?
I also very much might just be misunderstanding how an org as large as the MOD tends to operate, thatâs always a possibilityâŚ
Nope. I taught officer cadets reeding & righting in the late 1970âs; using PO or P/O earned the author a scathing slash of red ink!
Same for general reference to a non-specific plt off (lower case), or, a named person, Plt Off Bloggs.
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Yes! People keep correcting my writing on various submissions to add capital letters everywhere and itâs so frustrating 
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Itâs one of the most common queries I get on SJAR narratives, âshouldnât cpl / sgt / flt / sqn / wg be capitalised?â No it shouldnât (except when it should, as per @MikeJenvey).
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Now Iâm intrigued.
What is the correct capitalisation?
Ranks (and rank abbreviations) are capitalised only when part of someoneâs name (except where the abbreviation is an initialism, like WO). In the same way, flt / sqn / wg are only capitalised when part of a particular flt / sqn / wgâs name, but not in general.
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Itâs the difference between a proper noun and just a word.
âThe squadronâ is just a normal word / noun.
â1324 Squadronâ is the actual name of a specific thing.
The rank of âflt ltâ is just an abbreviation of some words.
âFlt Lt Jonesâ is the recognised name of an individual.
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Maybe Iâm odd but I wouldnât use an abbreviation in a sentence routinely anyway, it looks wrong.
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Itâs also the same when people start using an alternative name for something.
Like if everyone refers to something as âthe brigadeâ because everyone knows what youâre talking about. If itâs not the actual name, it should remain lower case.
And some people just enjoy capitalising the whole abbreviation all the time!
SGT, CDT, FLT SGT (not even FS which is capitalised anyway!!!), etcâŚ
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Thereâs been times Iâve read it as something else before realising that would make no sense (such as reading CDT as C.D.T. / compulsory drugs testing).
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And should be abbreviated. 
That could be in the area for capitalisation depending on context. âTheâ is specific - if I was using that about our day to day activities/ parade night, etc, it would be âthe Sqn is opening early at 1830hrsâ for example. On the other hand, âa sqnâ is non-specific.
True or not, I was told yrs ago that numerous words were abbreviated to make it quicker for unit clerks / stn typing pool to write up notes / dictation, etc. There used to be a formal list - wonder if it is in Defence Writing guide?
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Thatâs true, but you donât have to abbreviate.
However, if itâs âtheâ squadron, you would not capitalise it.
âThe squadronâ is not the name of the squadron.
I wouldnât capitalise âThe Manâ if referring to âMike Jenveyâ
Iâd almost argue that it would be capitalised if youâre talking about a specific squadron. ââŚ.the Squadron in X townâŚâ (or even ââŚThe Squadron in
X townâŚâ but if you were more general it wouldnât be ââŚleading to 100 squadrons standing downâŚâ
But maybe this is my French learning coming in where grammar changes depending on if youâre talking about a specific know thing or a thing in general.
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Itâs a proper noun so it should be capitalised IMO
It isnât a proper noun, because thatâs not what itâs called⌠otherwise youâd capitalise every noun.
If youâre all talking about âthe chairâ your friend loves more than life, itâs still not capitalised.
If she loved her XBox, then itâs capitalised. If itâs her âgames consoleâ, it will never be capitalised.
But itâs being used as a proper noun - in place of its correct and full name.
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