Where to get Airborne apparell

[NEW GUY]

I searched the site to try and get some info on this but the only hits I got were about five years old so...does anyone know where I can buy a 'plain' Airborne t-shirt. That is the maroon t-shirt with the blue wings on the left chest. There are a lot of places that sell the Regimental or Pegasus t-shirts but I can't wear those as I was never in the CAR.
    On that note, I recently joined the military but earned my wings in '86. I don't have a problem with wearing the above mentioned t-shirt while on runs or out and about because as far as I can recall those t-shirts were permissible to wear after just your basic para (just don't get caught dead wearing a Regimental t-shirt because basic para does not make you an Airborne soldier). Any comments?

 

[paracowboy]

try the Parachute Center Kitshop in Trenton.

 

[cadettrooper]

well your best bet are the RCR kitshop, or the Airborne Regiment kitshop............

http://www.thercrkitshop.com/index.php

http://www.joedrouin.com/abe_clothing.htm

i know there's some others out there but can't find them right now................

 

[GO!!!]

Your profile says you live in Edmonton, so I'd swing by the 1PPCLI kit shop, as well, Supply Sergeant at the WEM and MilArm in Chinatown both carry Airborne stuff.

 

[NEW GUY]

Thanks for the tips. I do live in Edmonton but the PPCLI shop only carries Regimental or jump company kit, the same with Supply Sgt.. I will try Mil arm though as well as the CPC.

 

[Journeyman]

The Joe Druin link is a safe bet. http://www.joedrouin.com/abe_clothing.htm

He supplies several different Airborne-asociated groups, and I've never heard of any mail-order problems (even converting Alberta petro-dollars into Quebec dinars  )

 

[ryanmann356]

Your profile says you live in Edmonton, so I'd swing by the 1PPCLI kit shop, as well, Supply Sergeant at the WEM and MilArm in Chinatown both carry Airborne stuff.

Crown Surplus in Calgary is also an excellent place to go.  Good service and lots of clothing/apparel for everything.

 

[orange.paint]

Queens Own Rifles may be worth looking at also.I  know they all wore their airborne shirts on last roto.

 

[The_Falcon]

Queens Own Rifles may be worth looking at also.I  know they all wore their airborne shirts on last roto.

I "think" they get the maroon stuff when they are in Trenton (since they are there about a once a month anyway for some kind of jump).  They have thier own regimental jump t-shirt that is olive green with the jump wings, however the maple leaf is replaced with thier cap badge.  You can call them and ask.

 

[ryanmann356]

Daves Surplus in New Westminster is an excellent place.  They have the shirts, wings and other apparel for cheap, discounts too if your in the military

 

[big bad john]

Try Joe Drouin and the Airborne Regiment Association Kit shop, as JM said.  This is the direct link.  http://www.joedrouin.com/Airborne-ARAC.htm  They also sell the T shirts at the RCR and PPCLI kitshops.

 

[Journeyman]

...and may I subtly recommend you not buy an Airborne Regiment shirt if you weren't.
I've heard that some former members are not...subtle. 

 

[Yeoman]

anybody know where I can get a maroon beret with a leather band?
I can get them with cloth no problem, but I'm not exactly and officer of this fine army.
it's always good to have a spare ya know?
Greg

 

[Infanteer]

Who says you need to be an officer to have a cloth band?

 

[Yeoman]

Who says you need to be an officer to have a cloth band?

the guy with a wreath with a crown around it
I've actually been jacked for it before, I had to wear one with cloth till I could find a leather one.
Greg

 

[riggermade]

I wore a maroon beret for over twenty years from Pte to Sgt and it was always a cloth band, one of the reasons I got out was the pettiness of alot of officers and Sr NCO's

 

[riggermade]

Forgot to add that 5 years of that was with 3 RCR as a Sgt

 

[Sig_Des]

the guy with a wreath with a crown around it
I've actually been jacked for it before, I had to wear one with cloth till I could find a leather one.
Greg

I've heard that before as well, though I've been wearing cloth band since my QL3's, and I've never gotten jacked up for it.

In retrospect, I think it's a unit thing. Both times I've heard about it were pers from 1 RCR.

 

[GO!!!]

the guy with a wreath with a crown around it
I've actually been jacked for it before, I had to wear one with cloth till I could find a leather one.
Greg

The leather band beret is issued. The cloth ones are "aftermarket".

 

[Yeoman]

well at least the three battalions I've been in. each one was strictly leather for nco's, cloth for officers.
apparently parkhurst or whomever it is that makes our aftermarket berets, is going to stop making them the style that us Canadian paratroops want. at least that's what the guys in the kitshop in 3RCR told me.
Greg