Updated Army Service Dress project

[lenaitch]

if worn with a little style, they doo look sharp and actually help protect from sun.......but - pain to maintain in wet weather or during long term storage ie) the brim will develop waves in it over time. can't just tuck them away anywhere, or risk crushing the crown and or brim. if worn incorrectly, look like a dogs breakfast, but i guess that can go with any lid

The OPP had 'campaign hats' for a few years, not counting 'way back'. Not particularly practical for working out of a car; although many US agencies manage. They could have been retained for dress order but weren't. Many members bought or made hat presses. Of course, they weren't real 'Stetsons' or any other quality manufacturer, they were some kind of plastic resin.

 

[Furniture]

I totally understand your point.
Such is the results of our unification.
Which ironically isn't very unified.

The problem with going down the road of excluding people based on fancy suit colour, is it starts down the road of excluding people based on hat badges, or trade badges. There is never a problem finding a new way to create an "out" group...

 

[BrianWL]

all of you who aren’t fond of mixed DEU parades will have to report yourself to your CODE coordinators to have an appropriate FN placed on your PAcE profile…DLN course to follow.

whoa, way outside my jargon lane. in lay terms "you're gonna git it!"

 

[KevinB]

Hats, we don’t need no stinking hats…



Hats mess with your hair…

 

[daftandbarmy]

Hats, we don’t need no stinking hats…


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Hats mess with your hair…

Especially crap hats....

https://twitter.com/x/status/1430840916735107076

 

[OldSolduer]

Why don’t all of you adopt the same person uniform and hats? Then no one is excluded.

I’ll show myself out now….

 

[lenaitch]

Hats mess with your hair…

Mandatory shaved to the wood for all then.

In all seriousness, when I was still working, I can't remember the number of times I heard that.

 

[FSTO]

Why don’t all of you adopt the same person uniform and hats? Then no one is excluded.

I’ll show myself out now….

You infantry types would look good in a version like this.

I'll show myself out as well.

 

[OldSolduer]

You infantry types would look good in a version like this.

I'll show myself out as well.

Da Comrade!!!

 

[torg003]

That reminds me, bring back the square rig uniform for the RCN NCOs!!

 

[Spencer100]

Hats, we don’t need no stinking hats…


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Hats mess with your hair…

HAIR! Braggard!

 

[rmc_wannabe]

That reminds me, bring back the square rig uniform for the RCN NCOs!!

NCMs.

Square rig was worn by lower ratings. POs wore similar to what they have now.

 

[Halifax Tar]

NCMs.

Square rig was worn by lower ratings. POs wore similar to what they have now.

It's a bit more complicated. PO2s were considered Jr Rates and as such wore square rig.

PO1s and CPOs wore peaked caps and jackets.

 

[rmc_wannabe]

It's a bit more complicated. PO2s were considered Jr Rates and as such wore square rig.

PO1s and CPOs wore peaked caps and jackets.

Interesting. Thanks for the clarification

 

[Halifax Tar]

Interesting. Thanks for the clarification

I'm a wealth of useless knowledge.

If you want to go further back we didn't have a PO2.

We went:

OS
AB
LS
PO
CPO

Starting in 1950 we adopted the 1st and 2nd classes for POs and CPOs.

 

[rmc_wannabe]

I'm a wealth of useless knowledge.

If you want to go further back we didn't have a PO2.

We went:

OS
AB
LS
PO
CPO

Starting in 1950 we adopted the 1st and 2nd classes for POs and CPOs.

Was that to bring everyone into line across the RCN, RCAF, and CA? Or some other reason?

 

[Halifax Tar]

Was that to bring everyone into line across the RCN, RCAF, and CA? Or some other reason?

Ya it was part of a harmonized pay system for the whole the CAF and one of the first steps of unification.

@FJAG can correct me if I'm wrong. He was there lol

 

[dimsum]

@FJAG can correct me if I'm wrong. He was there lol

There? He probably made it.

 

[FJAG]

Ya it was part of a harmonized pay system for the whole the CAF and one of the first steps of unification.

@FJAG can correct me if I'm wrong. He was there lol

Hey! I was just a young punk gunner learning how to count to seven so that I could get the right number of charge bags in a casing. I was in awe when a sergeant talked to (or yelled at) me.

The first time I learned about this whole unification/integration thing was four years later when I went from cadet to lieutenant and they took my brown uniform away and gave me a green one. I never got over that.

 

[torg003]

NCMs.

Square rig was worn by lower ratings. POs wore similar to what they have now.

Yes sorry, brain fart. Typed NCO when I meant NCMs.

Though the square rig looks sharp and definitely more navy-like, it would cost a lot more to go back to that. I don't expect that to happen.