Updated Army Service Dress project

[Maxman1]

With the RCE, RCMS, RCLS, and "Land DEU" members of various branches (Legal, PA, PSEL, etc) all opting out and sticking with rifle green.

The BN I read earlier this month (dated 2025) stated the move to Army Blue was no longer optional for those organizations with the new uniform coming out.

All of which aren't mechanized infantry. Plus khaki is worn by the Foot Guards and Grenadier Guards.

 

[RangerRay]

The person who designed the female dress skirt and bowler hat in the 1980's must have hated women.

Must have been the same guy that designed the RCMP’s first female uniform.

I think it looks pretty sharp. I wish the RCN would do some retro tweaks, not a full scale change but some tweaks.

Square rigs for ratings?

 

[Halifax Tar]

Must have been the same guy that designed the RCMP’s first female uniform.



Square rigs for ratings?

More along the lines of 8 button tunics and proper Naval NCM rank badging.

*PS I couldn't find our old undoing of unification thread or I would have quoted this over there...

 

[markppcli]

Casually just chiming in to remind everyone that more time has elapsed since unification than existed before for most of actual dress. Berets (in any colour) are a WW1/2 decisions, and the RCN despite its claims as a senior service was 57 years old at unification. So if we’re talking about traditions we should remember that people have been dressed this way for longer as well as not forget uniforms changed fairly regularly back in the days of yore.

 

[Kilted]

The real question with regards to headdresses is how will the Yukon hat look with the new uniform?

The blue hats will go over badly, if the Sigs and Arty guys are any example. The people who held an affinity for those blue berets are very detached from the people manning guns and working radios. The artillery NCOs I know took the change more as a slap to the face than on the back. Oh well once everyone wears it’ll be the same as green in ten years… which of course just goes to the point if we already have a standard colour what’s gained by changing it.

 

[Rifleman62]

Rifle Regts wore Black puttees.

 

[FSTO]

Casually just chiming in to remind everyone that more time has elapsed since unification than existed before for most of actual dress. Berets (in any colour) are a WW1/2 decisions, and the RCN despite its claims as a senior service was 57 years old at unification. So if we’re talking about traditions we should remember that people have been dressed this way for longer as well as not forget uniforms changed fairly regularly back in the days of yore.

Was anyone happy with the Rifle Green unibag that was introduced in 1968?

Has anyone been happy with what we've been given since? DEU was a bit of a half assed attempt to right some wrongs.

Finally, uniforms have evolved over the centuries and will continue to evolve and the changes will never satisfy everyone, ever.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

Was anyone happy with the Rifle Green unibag that was introduced in 1968?

Has anyone been happy with what we've been given since? DEU was a bit of a half assed attempt to right some wrongs.

Finally, uniforms have evolved over the centuries and will continue to evolve and the changes will never satisfy everyone, ever.

I joined wearing it in 1985. It was ok. It actually fit me better and was of higher quality than the DEU stuff that followed, but I am a sample size of one.

 

[dapaterson]

If the RCN put half the effort it makes to complain about being a part of the CAF into reforming its leadership...

 

[Maxman1]

Rifle Regts wore Black puttees.

And only the Newfoundland Regiment wore blue puttees.

 

[Halifax Tar]

Casually just chiming in to remind everyone that more time has elapsed since unification than existed before for most of actual dress. Berets (in any colour) are a WW1/2 decisions, and the RCN despite its claims as a senior service was 57 years old at unification. So if we’re talking about traditions we should remember that people have been dressed this way for longer as well as not forget uniforms changed fairly regularly back in the days of yore.

Not really. The green bus driver uniform was only around for maybe 15 years. And then its been a slow undoing unification since DEUs were introduced in the mid 1980s.

And I will take lessons on the importance of tradition and service culture from the Army when it does away with the current regimental system.