Recent content by markppcli

I don’t think anyone was suggesting square rig for working dress. Maybe if the Navy thought of the hull techs you’d still have some.

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...

Is that really true ? The civilian bit I mean. I think they think of “sailor outfits” as square rig but mostly for kids / costumes. The association of our Navy and Square Rig is probably just an assume association, or one that exists in people interested in the topic.

Dress not operational? So we’d have two sets of insignia? I feel the same way I did about the change to pips: in a CAF where purple trades are “element neutral” a single set of rank insignia makes a lot of sense. No because the Army isn’t changing just to change, the material is no longer...

I stand by saying this is silly, as we have a perfectly serviceable general service beret. Not that I don’t believe you guys but where can I find this BN?

Not really to what? That’s precisely my point. We’ve been in our current uniforms since unification? That’s as long as anyone was wearing Square Rig in the RCN. No one currently serving wore it, and very few people have any kind of sentimental attachment to most of these premonition dress items...

I can suppress an objective until troops enter, and indeed while troops are in it, with direct fire. I can’t do that with indirect fire. If we look at Ukraine most mechanized attacks involve disgorging troops on or very near the objective and suppressing it with direct fire. Of course in the...

Casually just chiming in to remind everyone that more time has elapsed since unification than existed before for most of actual dress. Berets (in any colour) are a WW1/2 decisions, and the RCN despite its claims as a senior service was 57 years old at unification. So if we’re talking about...

Where do you arrive at 34 from?

The blue hats will go over badly, if the Sigs and Arty guys are any example. The people who held an affinity for those blue berets are very detached from the people manning guns and working radios. The artillery NCOs I know took the change more as a slap to the face than on the back. Oh well...

Three, but more use green. Light infantry by tradition or by role lol. It seems like a weird thing to connect to the new service dress given that berets are worn in all orders of dress.

Is it? Or is just up to corps to determine? I’ll take a gander around acims tomorrow maybe.

You’re probably right

The regimental kit shop can’t wait for new collar dogs. The images are all black shoes, so were the demos shown off.

Great points, I for one think the black boots will go well with the new service khaki.