Updated Army Service Dress project

[FSTO]

I didn’t say they were - I said that’s the civilian association. I don’t think the average Canada really thinks much about uniforms, maybe the red serge is a national symbol but the idea square rig is ever really thought of seems far fetched. I do t know that any of those uniforms are going to help keep hull techs around if they were told to adopt it though.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Modernized Square rig for ceremonial only. Somehow the UK manages it

 

[bick]

And only the Newfoundland Regiment wore blue puttees.

Not true, so did the 48th Highlanders

 

[markppcli]

Modernized Square rig for ceremonial only. Somehow the UK manages it

I don’t think anyone was suggesting square rig for working dress.

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Maybe if the Navy thought of the hull techs you’d still have some.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Forgot one.

Turnabout is fair play? The Bearskins of the Guards are French.

Made from Canadian black bears

 

[FSTO]

Maybe if the Navy thought of the hull techs you’d still have some.

Touché!

 

[Kirkhill]

Modernized Square rig for ceremonial only. Somehow the UK manages it

Modernized? What's modern? The only thing different I see is the daft buggers have pressed their pants.

 

[Blackadder1916]

And only the Newfoundland Regiment wore blue puttees.

Only the "First Five Hundred". (actually 537)

 

[dapaterson]

Only the "First Five Hundred". (actually 537)

And it's over the mountains and over the seas
Come brave Newfoundlanders and join the blue puttees
You'll fight the hun in Flanders
And at Gallipolli
Enlist you Newfoundlanders
And come follow me

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Modernized? What's modern? The only thing different I see is the daft buggers have pressed their pants.

Get rid of the silk scarf, pockets, better materials, maybe ditch the bellbottoms completely?

 

[Colin Parkinson]

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[Kirkhill]

Get rid of the silk scarf, pockets, better materials, maybe ditch the bellbottoms completely?

If the Aussies and the Bersaglieri ca run around with chickens on their head then the Navy can handle a silk scarf and lanyard under their collar.

As for pockets - keep the bell bottoms and put some in the seams. You could hide a footlong in there.

 

[McG]

We need the parade ponch

… or the bond vilain

 

[PrairieFella]

… or the bond vilain

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I mean I have a uniform with a mandarin collar in my closet at home - just add chainmail lol. They can hurt after a close shave.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Whatever happens, we must keep that Pith Helmet.

Nothing says 'Don't make me come down there you naughty chaps ...' quite like the good old solar topee

 

[FJAG]

Bring back the white lanyard

 

[OldSolduer]

Black for

Bring back the white lanyard

Rifle Regiments.

 

[Blackadder1916]

Bring back the white lanyard

Lanyards, okay. And ascots for shirt sleeve orders.

 

[markppcli]

Is tradition now defined as “existed before 1968”? It seems like we’ve had a longer period without most of these dress items, surely that makes it more traditional.

 

[KevinB]

Is tradition now defined as “existed before 1968”? It seems like we’ve had a longer period without most of these dress items, surely that makes it more traditional.

TBFH I don't understand why the scope of the project wasn't solely to get a new uniform (jacket, shirt, and pants).
While the brown boots look good, I am not sure why there needed to be separate colors for Officers/CWO's and the others.
Yes the white vinyl belt was a travesty - so pick a nice brown/black belt and call it a day.

I fail to see why a new beret needed to be acquired? Of course I am also one of the folks who can't fathom why the ranks changed from the common ranks that had been used since unification.