daftandbarmy
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Personally, as a former sea going merchant marine civilian outsider, I think an 8 button tunic on nautical officers (Naval, Civil, Merchant) looks “better”. Canadian Coast Guard officers wear them, and now that they’re officially in the department of defense, perhaps RCN officers could adopt the form.
Keep the 3 button jackets to the senior NCM’s.
But my question is, what’s with the hate-on for square rig? Genuine curiosity.
Almost every allied naval force has a variation on it for junior ratings. So, from the Canadian perspective, what’s with the desire for everyone to dress like, well, officers?
Square rig, when fitted properly has a fair bit of swag to it.
It helps with singing/dancing too
