New RCN Fleece

[Stoker]

Clarification from the base Chiefs office in Halifax. It can be worn over the NCD jacket, as such toques and gloves allowed.

 

[Furniture]

I just found out they aren't being issued until next week in Esquimalt.

 

[QV]

Ah... the never ending saga of how a fleece jacket can be worn. I still recall with fond nostalgia the matter of the "goretex fleece" (as coined by a certain RSM) back around 2000ish and how if worn it was to be somehow crammed under your O.D. combat shirt, and only when in the field. It was a tough time; transitioning from the O.D. "jean" combat jacket to the gortex version... this crazy fleece fad really threw a wrench into all things dress and deportment back then.

 

[Stoker]

I just found out they aren't being issued until next week in Esquimalt.

I wonder now how that other fleece that many ships have been buying and worn at sea will be treated.