Berets worn with the CF dress uniform?

[Veteran`s son]

Do members of the CF(Army) wear berets with the CF dress uniform?

I believe members of the Canadian Navy have a different type of cap which has a white top (I don‘t know the correct name for it)and it seems like it might be worn with a dress uniform.

I don‘t know if this is worn by NCM or Officers(or both)!

Does the Army have a similar cap for their dress uniform? If not, when did they change to the beret?

Your opinions on this subject would be great!

 

[DnA]

for the Army

When I‘ve seen members wear their CF Green‘s(DEU‘s) I‘v only seen them wear their beret‘s


I could be wrong, so just wait for somone with more time in to comment on this

i‘m an FNG to the army

 

[Illucigen]

A very simple question:

In general practice:

Navy wear‘s forge caps. (The bus-driver esque things)
Air force wear wedge‘s.
Army wears berets.

For various reasons, some Army wear green forge caps, usually do to their regiment or for senior flag officers who were allowed to keep the cap after it was removed from general issue back some years ago.

 

[Veteran`s son]

Thanks for the replies and for letting me know that the correct name for the Canadian Navy cap is a forge cap, Illucigen!

So would both retired and serving Army members on this board prefer to wear the forge cap as opposed to a beret with the CF dress uniform?

 

[DnA]

dont some Highlander Reg‘s wear a "tak-o-shantern" or somthin

would that be worn with their DEU‘s ?

 

[Marti]

Highlanders usually wear balmorals or glengaries with their DEUs. i think the Governor General‘s Foot Guards still wear forage caps with their DEUs, maybe someone else could confirm/deny that. some Air Force personel wear the light blue berets with their DEUs.

 

[Michael Dorosh]

The Irish Regiment are supposed to wear the caubeen with CFs, but I understand that their Van Doo adjutant has withdrawn any "Irish" distinctions - is this true? I was on course with an Irish Regiment piper two summers ago, and he was wearing a beret. Sad sight that was.

Highlanders and Scottish regiments wear the glengarry. I do think one or two units wear the balmoral in CFs, but this is not the norm as far as I can tell.

The Army seems to have shied away from forage caps, especially out west. We had an RCR RSS who wore his while posted to his, I was under the impression his entire battalion wore them for dress. I think the regs have changed Army wide in the interim, though?

 

[RoyalHighlander]

Highlanders and Scottish regiments wear the glengarry. I do think one or two units wear the balmoral in CFs, but this is not the norm as far as I can tell.
Black watch wore Balmorals, khaki, or Blue

 

[Art Johnson]

Glengarys are not standard issue for Highland Regiments they are Regimental issue and are paid for out of Regimental funds. The last time I heard they were $32.00 a crack.

 

[portcullisguy]

I just recently came back from Meaford where I spent a weekend shooting the C6/C9 as part of my SQ (reserve) course.

In the dining hall/mess entrance area, there are pictures of the senior base officers/RSM and a Brigadier General (32CBG CO?). All were wearing DEUs with berets, in their portraits.

 

[combat_medic]

Art: I don‘t know about other Highland units, but for us the Glengarry is standard issue (not paid for) and is worn with all orders of dress above combats (DEUs, #1s etc.). The only exception to this is the drummers in the band who wear a Kilmarnoc with their dress uniform, and a feather bonnet with #1s.

 

[Michael Dorosh]

Check again, combat_medic - Art is saying the government didn‘t buy those glengarries for you. I believe Highland Regiments do get a kilt grant from which some government (public) funds are used, and some units buy glengarries with them, but AFAIK the regiments are mainly responsible for buying the glens themselves - and then issuing them to the troops. The troops would naturally have no idea or interest in who exactly paid for them, as in the end all they know is that it is issued to them.

 

[Zoomie]

The Forge Cap is gone from all branches of service except for the Navy and the Cadets.

Airforce personnel wear their Wedge Caps with DEUs, hardly ever the Beret. (I wear mine to P iss off the die-hards)

Army head-dress is Bush Cap (Floppy brim), Helmet, Beret and regimental dress (ie Glengarry).

 

[klumanth]

The forge cap is still used in some reserve units. well at least one anyways. Like mentioned before, the GGFG‘s still wear the forge cap. I seen them on Parliament Hill last summer and a couple of them on the side were wearing forge caps.

 

[Gunnar]

Not that it‘s gonna wreck the discussion, but I believe the hats are called "forage caps".

Forge caps makes me think they‘d be wearing them in a smithy.

Now return you to the regularly scheduled talk. What‘s a glengarry anyway, and how is that different from a balmoral or tam o shanter?

Gunnar

 

[Michael Dorosh]

Gunnar - apples and oranges. Try a google search, or check my website for Highland headdress - www.canadiansoldiers.com

 

[GGHG_Cadet]

Please forgive my ignorance but what is a kilmarnock and what does it look like? Whats the diference between a tam o shantern and a balmoral?

 

[combat_medic]

Yo the best of my knowledge, there is no difference between a TOS (Tam-o-Shanter) and a Balmoral. A Kilmarnoc looks similar to a Balmoral but is black in colour, with a red and white diced stripe around it, and a red touree in the center.

 

[GGHG_Cadet]

Thanks for ur reply. I didnt think there was a difference between the tam o shanter and the balmoral.

 

[trackratte]

I don‘t know about others but the Canadian Scottish Regiment wears balmorals and never berrets.