Setting a bad example?

[Jarnhamar]

This is carried over from a conversation/debate i‘ve heard this week while on a 10 day excersise where at many points the tempatures dropped below -40C with the windchill, just wanted some different opinions.

Next to everyone had scarfs, face masks and touques on because it was completly freezing. Initially the higher ups in one regiment who wore a different colour beret indicating a course that they all had chose not to remove there berets despite the tempatures. In time we watched the lower ranks, pte‘s and cpls‘s reluctantly take off their belaclavas and touques and put on there berets and simply freeze. To almost everyone in the conversation about it, it seemed like they were shamed into doing it for lack of a better word. Their higher ups were doing it and to save face they had to also.
Does anyone think this is setting a bad example or simply just pride over comfort.

 

[ArmyAl]

LMAO
maybe the higher ups forgot their bala‘s and had to save face by wearing their berets
or
not the tallest tree in the forest but the thickest
any dumba$$ can be cold!

 

[greeves]

It sounds to me like a combination of the two. The higher ups chose pride over comfort which, in turn, set a bad example for the rest of the troops. Curious to know if this was a regular or reserve unit...

 

[Jarnhamar]

Reserve

 

[Recce41]

Only a FOOL is uncomfortable. I even take my touque and a pair of LJs is summer. I have been out in the field when it was 30c and drop to 15 because the differance in temp and sweat you felt cold. There is no gung ho types when it gets cold. You are ether warm or a Dumb Dumb or may I say died.

 

[Harris]

I agree Recce41. I too take my touque to the field year around. It has helped me stay taosty warm on quite a few ocassions when my buddies were not as their head was cold.

 

[311]

I remember the first weekend of BMQ I didn‘t take my touque and I got frostbite on my whole left ear. Not a good experience.... Although, I alwas remember my touque now !

 

[muskrat89]

I know that July and August were pretty much the only months that I didn‘t take my parka, and sleeping bag (outer) with me...

 

[Doug VT]

Anyone can figure out who or what unit that the Ghost is talking about. Being a Paratrooper is more than having a maroon beret on your head, and you can be hard without being stupid. Sounds like they were being stupid, thinking they were hard...

 

[greeves]

Yeah Doug, I just wanted to double check by asking if it was a reg or res unit. Unfortunately, they‘re getting a bit of a reputation for this kind of thing...good unit, great history, but geez...show a little leadership!