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Current Dress Regs

We had a guy like that in CFRS Cornwallis. I was a recruit at the time.

Trust me, Gomer the Stinky showered after the session of counselling we had with him one evening.
lol, that idea crossed our minds a few times, but we were explicitly warned not to go that route. Apparently this guy had a fairy godfather somewhere that was tracking him in St. Jean so lot of stupid politics involved.

Glad he medicaled out though; aside from smelling like 2 week old road kill, he was lazy and not terribly bright. Why someone thought he'd be a good officer is beyond me.
 
lol, that idea crossed our minds a few times, but we were explicitly warned not to go that route. Apparently this guy had a fairy godfather somewhere that was tracking him in St. Jean so lot of stupid politics involved.

Glad he medicaled out though; aside from smelling like 2 week old road kill, he was lazy and not terribly bright. Why someone thought he'd be a good officer is beyond me.
Gomer IIRC was an oaf and a lout. DO I have some stories about him. Not a harmful person, just really stupid.
 
lol, that idea crossed our minds a few times, but we were explicitly warned not to go that route. Apparently this guy had a fairy godfather somewhere that was tracking him in St. Jean so lot of stupid politics involved.

Glad he medicaled out though; aside from smelling like 2 week old road kill, he was lazy and not terribly bright. Why someone thought he'd be a good officer is beyond me.
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I know this keeps getting circled back to, but something that isn't made of specialized fabric and built with complex pockets, knee pad pouches, and the like would be good for office, shop, company lines, and so on. Something with a buttonup shirt in the mix, if someone needs to play in that area, and otherwise a mix-and-match of comfortable stuff (steel toed and "office" footwear, skirt, shorts, and trousers, fleece, robust sweater, etc.) that'll work as well sitting at a desk as scrambling around a truck. Assume the member will be wearing some version of this most of the time.

Have a hard-over peacock order (Army full/undress, RCN and RCAF figure out whether that's effectively DEU or if there's interest in something more) for Royal and State occasions, dealing with Parliament, Remembrance Day and so on, an "80%" order, and specialist stuff: CADPAT, NECU, flight, sub, etc. Throw No. 3 out the window: either it's a workdress occasion or it's a peacock occasion, or you're doing a specific job and wearing the appropriate rig.
We had this once especially for that.

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I didn't mind it. It was basically comfortable, easy to care for and had a distinct military look to it.

I'd prefer something like this as "office dress"

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But lose the white T-shirt, same for all services except bloused trousers and high-topped boots for the army. Maybe a thicker belt.

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As an aside, I'm flashing back to basic where one of the guys had to be given the personal hygiene talk repeatedly by course staff and MIR, with a few briefings on how to have a shower, and we were supposed to report if he wasn't doing it properly (spoiler, he wasn't). It wasn't a time thing, he just didn't like washing anything other than his feet for some reason.

Thankfully he got punted anyway for other reasons, but it was brutal. He stunk bad enough that the course staff ignored the air freshners we had tucked away in our rooms.

I've never quite encountered anything like that. Was mind boggling that someone with regular and full access to showers, soap etc and plenty of time to use it, as well as order to wash himself just.... wouldn't. It was a reek you could taste and feel cloying at your eyeballs. Even after he was gone and we cleaned the hell out of his room (including washing the walls, mattress etc) it lingered for weeks.
Former child actor Daniel Cook was in the Quitters Of Ridgeway, and according to people who were on his course, he was that guy. They also played his theme song on a loop for the BFT.

He also was kicked out years ago for being a Nazi.
 
Royal Marine Commandos have the right idea.

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That does look good to me. I'd go with a tan pant so that it wouldn't look too "army" to the air force and navy. I'd drop the stable belt for a wide web or leather belt with square buckle.

That is basically what Army 3Bs looks like, minus the stable belt.
I really, really dislike the green in our uniform (not to mention the quality of the cloth). I was quite fond of our tan service dress (summer edition)

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That does look good to me. I'd go with a tan pant so that it wouldn't look too "army" to the air force and navy. I'd drop the stable belt for a wide web or leather belt with square buckle.


I really, really dislike the green in our uniform (not to mention the quality of the cloth). I was quite fond of our tan service dress (summer edition)

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I was quite fond of our tan service dress (summer edition)

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I liked it too. Unfortunately the CCA at the time didn't and it was cut.

The one issue was standing on parade in Winnipeg in 30C heat and some of the troops sweat right through it.
 
I liked it too. Unfortunately the CCA at the time didn't and it was cut.

The one issue was standing on parade in Winnipeg in 30C heat and some of the troops sweat right through it.
Which is when you don't wear jackets or ties or long sleeved shirts. Troops in India wear tans and they look mostly okay (there's always someone)

I lost track of the real reasons - there were too many myths - the CCA looking like ten pounds of * in a five pound bag in a uniform that wasn't dark and "slimming" was one. Another was oil stains from rifles - which always got me to wonder why they couldn't clean them better and/or do a case around the mechanism like the Brits.

Regardless, I thought it was a real step backwards when we had to hang them (and the garrison dress) up.

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I lost track of the real reasons - there were too many myths - the CCA looking like ten pounds of * in a five pound bag in a uniform that wasn't dark and "slimming" was one. Another was oil stains from rifles - which always got me to wonder why they couldn't clean them better and/or do a case around the mechanism like the Brits.

I recall on at least one occasion LGen Leach being "ruder and cruder" (as he remarked in his evidence at this Commons defence committee hearing) in describing what he looked like in tans. However, this is what he had to say about ditching the summer tan uniform on Thursday, December 11, 1997.
Mr. John Richardson (Perth—Middlesex, Lib.): General Leach, thank you very much for appearing before us.
I can remember that when I was a soldier . . .
One of the problems with the tan uniform—and I'll say this, you've probably all had the same—is that if you're not a model of Mr. Universe, you sure look like Humpty Dumpty. It's because the damned thing doesn't have a pleat in it to make it dress better and drop down better. The jacket's nice, but the pants and shirt.... To put it bluntly, if you're not the right shape, you can look like hell.
. . . Take a good look at the walk-out dress as well.

LGen W.C. Leach: Do I have an opportunity to—

An hon. member: Sure.

The Chairman: And comment on the uniform.

LGen W.C. Leach: I have every intention to comment on the uniform.

You might notice that my body is shaped the way it is. It's not long and thin; it's a little bit shorter and a little bit broader, and I've been in some of those situations myself.

However, if I want to go back a couple of years and look at what our soldiers said about uniforms, our soldiers said quit screwing us around, we don't need a lot of different uniforms, we just need the basic uniforms and let's make some decisions and get on with life. The soldiers said there are two uniforms that are important if you're a soldier, and one is combat clothing; get it for us, get the right amount, get the right type, because when we're on the battlefield we want to feel comfortable operationally, comfortable personally, and then morale will be okay. We're addressing that.

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The second issue from the soldiers is why is it that we have this green uniform, which is technically called rifle green and which the soldiers like, and the tan uniform, which you described quite well—I would probably be a little ruder and cruder—what people look like in it. So we made a decision. I've made a decision. I've been led to believe by the Chief of the Defence Staff that he agrees with my decision and would be making it happen. The army is going to give the soldiers what they want. There are going to be two uniforms in the army in the future, and they're going to be combat and this uniform, the green. We are going to stop swapping back and forth. We are going to stop wearing a uniform in the summer that doesn't breathe and makes you like a bag of you know what and is just all-round uncomfortable.​
 
As an aside, I'm flashing back to basic where one of the guys had to be given the personal hygiene talk repeatedly by course staff and MIR, with a few briefings on how to have a shower, and we were supposed to report if he wasn't doing it properly (spoiler, he wasn't). It wasn't a time thing, he just didn't like washing anything other than his feet for some reason.

Thankfully he got punted anyway for other reasons, but it was brutal. He stunk bad enough that the course staff ignored the air freshners we had tucked away in our rooms.

I've never quite encountered anything like that. Was mind boggling that someone with regular and full access to showers, soap etc and plenty of time to use it, as well as order to wash himself just.... wouldn't. It was a reek you could taste and feel cloying at your eyeballs. Even after he was gone and we cleaned the hell out of his room (including washing the walls, mattress etc) it lingered for weeks.
My father did RCAF officer training at the Officer Selection Unit (OSU) at RCAF Station London in 1952. He recalled the Corporal discip demonstrating the proper use of a flush toilet in the barrack washrooms in a very entertaining way. He said that at the time this was important as many men joining the Armed Forces at that time came from backgrounds where indoor plumbing was a rarity, and they only knew about pots and outhouses.
 
Nowadays, it seems people who have only used indoor plumbing and have never seen an outhouse in their life could still stand to take a lesson on how to operate a flush toilet.
 
Nowadays, it seems people who have only used indoor plumbing and have never seen an outhouse in their life could still stand to take a lesson on how to operate a flush toilet.

Showers at Carling enter the conversation.
 
Nowadays, it seems people who have only used indoor plumbing and have never seen an outhouse in their life could still stand to take a lesson on how to operate a flush toilet.
As an ET on a CPF in the 90's I took my turn cleaning the Chief & PO's Lounge Heads and often wondered if their anatomy changed when they were promoted. "Product" seemed to find its way halfway up the bulkhead on many occasions...
 
As an ET on a CPF in the 90's I took my turn cleaning the Chief & PO's Lounge Heads and often wondered if their anatomy changed when they were promoted. "Product" seemed to find its way halfway up the bulkhead on many occasions...
I remember wandering around with the XO taking notes during rounds (which may have been a bit early?) and some ignorant prick ran in and exploded all over the stall (and left it) just before we walked in, but and walked out with a pissed off XO staring at him. It went poorly for him.

Was pretty funny to see a PO1 on the cleaning rotation for a while and standing to for the inspection a few weeks afterwards.

That was sweet, sweet karma, as I guess he had done it a few times and they had to scramble to re-clean it before rounds. What an absolute prick, I don't get people like that. At least it never happened again (during that posting cycle anyway), but I miss 'head-iquette'.
 
If we’re going to use “civilian professional” as a yardstick then CAF members should only wear DEU unless actively in the field/sea/flightline. If you aren’t scheduled to fly that day, you wear DEU and keep a flight suit in the office/crew spaces.
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