Agreed regarding badges. Some are even used to flog ice cream in the most unlikely places.....đš
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It was the only good thing about the first generation duds that weren't green. The shirt buttons fell off after every wash, and the blue pants (actual blue, not black) changed colour to a fetching shade of aubergine.
We did on the first post-CF work dress iteration of NCDs. Pic is â89-90 vintage. Trade badges lasted a few years only and then came off, never to reappear. I donât recall the reason why.
Pre 9/11, wasnât there a measure of perverse pride in having senior pers with a CD and bar only compared to our American cousins? âLook at us, we donât get a medal for completing basic/unit effectiveness/rolling out of bed in the morningâ.
Wasnât there a Heritage Moment on CBC a few years back around rememberance day about âhonouring our fallenâ where the troops in the footage were German?
Thatâs a massive drop in standards if true. The RCAF provided the Buckingham Palace guard for a spell only a few years ago. I had an ex-stoker colleague whoâd re-enlisted as an AVN tech and who was part of it. He gave me a rundown on being beasted by the nasty Guardsâ Colour Sergeants. đ
Canât say the same. I saw LS (oops, S1) Bag-o-shite Bloggins in the Colwood Thriftyâs a few weeks back. Submariner coveralls with the âmoraleâ patches (wtf is that about, we made do with a ships crest and name tag) scraggly hair to his mid shoulders and pooor imitation ZZ Top beard. It was...
Cutting steelâŚmaybe. But thereâs the 4 Dreadnougnt class SSBNâs first. I know the big assembly hall in Barrow has been enlarged recently, but I canât see Dreadnought and AUKUS SSNâs being built simultaneously.
Absolutely brutal. There's a reason the 'Regiments' 2 squadron is linked with other tier one units like the hooligans and those guys from Poole. They'd out perform those 1 Para bods any day...........(ducks for cover).
Definitely a RN inherited thing.
Remember Dirt on Op APOLLO? We had a whip around for him for presentable NCDâs for him to wear before x-polling to a Greek frigate for the day. I think he got a spare shirt from me. Next day, he comes back still looking like Mr. Bag-o-shite. Dan Riis just...
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