Updated Army Service Dress project

[SeaKingTacco]

I dunno … Canada has earned the right to wear a uniquely Canadian uniform.

Not the horrible CF Green Bag, of course, but something that makes us unique in some way.

It wouldn’t be that difficult to figure out.

I was in the British Army, and the fact that we’re copying them down to the detail of the Officers wearing Sam Brownes (you fools!) and brown shoes (I still have a highly polished pair in my cupboard if anyone’s interested) shows a deeply worrying ‘lack of imagination’ IMHO.

I think we missed an opportunity to work either hockey jerseys or red and black plaid jackets into the new service dress…

 

[daftandbarmy]

I think we missed an opportunity to work either hockey jerseys or red and black plaid jackets into the new service dress…

We could learn a lot from Bangladesh

 

[McG]

We could learn a lot from Bangladesh

That's been done before.

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

Dammit! G.I. Joe gets a whole Tiger Force. All we ever get in Canada are Tiger Teams.

 

[Castus]

I dunno … Canada has earned the right to wear a uniquely Canadian uniform.

Not the horrible CF Green Bag, of course, but something that makes us unique in some way.

It wouldn’t be that difficult to figure out.

I was in the British Army, and the fact that we’re copying them down to the detail of the Officers wearing Sam Brownes (you fools!) and brown shoes (I still have a highly polished pair in my cupboard if anyone’s interested) shows a deeply worrying ‘lack of imagination’ IMHO.

Our inheritance is British. The uniform is Canadian: the colour is ours, the badging is ours, the regiments and corps are ours. That the cut and details restore a previous pattern does not diminish the Canadian - rather, I think, it grafts us back onto the tree that we came from, as a branch that is both a part of and unique. I do not believe that the suppression of inheritance is desirable.

Furthermore, this uniform has excellent aesthetics, which none since we abandoned traditional service dress at unification has had for the Army. I can't speak for the other services; that's their business.

 

[AmmoTech90]

Our inheritance is British

And we have plenty of reminders of that in unit names and crests across all the services.

Anecdotally, my last section had four people in it. Two white, one with a permanent light tan, and one named Singh. The other three had European names.
The only native born Canadian was the one named Singh.
Our demographics are changing. Maybe we should get inside that OODA loop.
Get something modern.
Just nothing like the space force abomination.

 

[dapaterson]

If I wanted to serve in a Canadian military completely culturally dominated by the British I would join the Navy, not the Army.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

If I wanted to serve in a Canadian military completely culturally dominated by the British I would join the Navy, not the Army.

I think you spelt “USN” wrong…

 

[lenaitch]

Seeing as just about every military on the planet, even the Chinese, have some variation of peaked cap and long tunic as a dress uniform, I'm not sure what we could do to 'set ourselves apart'. There's only so many colours and style tweaking to work with.

It seems everytime we try to make something 'uniquely Canadian' it turns out looking like some committee-derived abomination that speaks to no one and offends everyone.

Example of a horse designed by a Canadian government committee:

 

[Colin Parkinson]

And we have plenty of reminders of that in unit names and crests across all the services.

Anecdotally, my last section had four people in it. Two white, one with a permanent light tan, and one named Singh. The other three had European names.
The only native born Canadian was the one named Singh.
Our demographics are changing. Maybe we should get inside that OODA loop.
Get something modern.
Just nothing like the space force abomination.

You mean more funny hats? The Indians incorporate a lot of British traditions, despite blaming them for everything wrong in India(still)

 

[Brad Sallows]

I suppose standards depend on what you're used to. I was just really happy to move up from the bus driver suit to the duck hunting jacket, and from the old tri-service to the DEU. You young people...luxury.

 

[AmmoTech90]

You mean more funny hats? The Indians incorporate a lot of British traditions, despite blaming them for everything wrong in India(still)

Start with funny Canadian hats. More muskrat.

 

[FSTO]

I think you spelt “USN” wrong…

Pretty much every naval dress uniform has been influenced by the RN and USN post WWII