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Originally Posted by johnG
My scant knowledge of this subject dates from the 1950's when I met a NAAFI Canteen Assistant in Devonport who had been aboard a ship on a trooping run to Korea. He told me that when NAAFI personnel were in a war zone they wore uniform so as not to be regarded as spies. On the strength of this, then perhaps the cap badge depicted here was for a NAAFI canteen manager afloat, possibly a senior one.
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All NAAFI personnel serving aboard ships are part of the Naval Canteen Service (NCS), they wear naval uniform at sea and have action stations.
NAAFI personnel also serve in the Expeditionary Force Institutes (EFI), which provides NAAFI facilities in land war zones. EFI personnel are members of the RLC Army Reserve serving on special engagements, bear ranks and wear Army MTP combat uniform.