No more blue berets at Remembrance Day

[nastysasky]

  It has come to my attention that members on the Canadian Forces Army Reserve have been ordered NOT to wear their blue UN beret on Remembrance Day.   Members of the CF that have served on United Nations Peace Keeping missions are able to wear the world recognized BLUE Beret on November 11 (Remembrance Day) as a symbol of there contribution to world peace keeping.  
  I myself have served as a Canadian peacekeeper in Bosnia on a NATO mission so I do not wear the blue beret but a few of my friends do, so this is how I have heard about it.   I am attempting to get my hands of the original email stating that Canadian Forces 38 Brigade Head Quarters has ordered this.   Remembrance day is the only day of the year that these still serving members of the Canadian Forces army reserve are allowed to wear there Blue Berets and to be told that it is no longer deemed proper dress is a slap in the face.   Canada is known throughout the world as the country that created Peace Keeping and now for members of our military to be told they can not display with pride that they have indeed represented Canada in one of it's greatest world contributions is a horrible over site on someone's part.
  I am hoping you can help with this in letting everyday average Canadians that once again another piece of Canada's pride and tradition is being pushed aside because it is deemed â Å“not worth the effortâ ?.
 

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Already covered here:

http://army.ca/forums/threads/21935.0.html

Moving yours there.

 

[bossi]

...   Remembrance day is the only day of the year that these still serving members of the Canadian Forces army reserve are allowed to wear there Blue Berets and to be told that it is no longer deemed proper dress is a slap in the face.

NOT TRUE.  Apparently there is going to be a "Peacekeeping/Peacekeeper Day".

...  I am hoping you can help with this in letting everyday average Canadians that once again another piece of Canada's pride and tradition is being pushed aside because it is deemed â Å“not worth the effortâ ?.

NOT TRUE.  Much effort is being expended in order to ensure Canada's pride and tradition of Remembrance is NOT pushed aside.  Equally, much effort is also being expended in order to ensure Canada properly understands and is proud of our tradition of being soldiers first, peacekeepers second.