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Good question, and that has probably not been decided yet. If so will that mean that there will be 2 styles of badges in the system? For example I know many soldiers who were employed as door gunners on the helicopters in Afghanistan, will they still wear gold aircrew badges while the RCAF switch to a new colour? Will that mean the army and RCN will switch to the RCAF style, or will we produce 2 or 3 types of the same badge, different for each service? It will be interesting to see the long term effects.
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Thanks - great primary source information
Thank you for posting this thread, with original source documentation for us all to cut, paste, and file.
Shootemup, Servie Pub, and Michael Dorosh have all effectively summarised the arguments in favour of these changes, and the arguments against the "but-why-don't-they-buy-bullets-instead" camp. A fairly substantial percentage of the military make noises about how they "hate" medals and ribbons and ceremony, yet secretly appreciate and value such things, particularly after they are retired. A good indication of this is how the crappy chrome versions of cap badges my unit made in the 1990s all seemed to get "accidentally" broken when a new and much more attractive version were purchased by the regiment in the early 2000s. |
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RCAF GUIDANCE ON NEW UNIFORM AND RANK TITLE
UNCLASSIFIED AS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA S ONGOING RESTORATION OF THE DISTINCTIVE SERVICE CULTURES THAT MAKE UP THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (RCAF) HAS BEEN GRANTED A NEW UNIFORM AND RANK TITLE ENHANCING THE IDENTITY OF CANADA S YOUNGEST MILITARY BRANCH THE AIM OF THIS CANFORGEN IS TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL OF THE RCAF ON THE ROLL OUT OF THE NEW UNIFORM AND RANK TITLE ON 21 SEPTEMBER, THE MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENCE INTRODUCED A NEW RANK TITLE CALLED AVIATOR. THIS TERM REPLACES PRIVATE AND SHALL BE USED AS OF 1 APRIL 2015 IN THE DAILY DUTY LANGUAGE OF ALL RCAF PERSONNEL ADDRESSING THIS RANK NO ADDITIONAL CHANGES WILL BE MADE TO THE CURRENT RANK STRUCTURE TITLES OF THE RCAF. RANK NAMES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PRIVATE, WILL REMAIN THE SAME IN RECOGNITION OF THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE RCAF, RANK INSIGNIA BUTTONS AND NATIONAL SHOULDER TITLES FOR BOTH OFFICERS AND NON COMMISSIONED MEMBERS WILL RETURN TO A DISTINCTIVE PEARL GREY STITCHING, THE ORIGINAL COLOUR WORN BY RCAF NON COMMISSIONED MEMBERS UNTIL 1968 GENERAL OFFICERS HEADDRESS PIPING (EMBROIDERY) WILL CHANGE FROM GOLD COLOURED TO PEARL GREY. TUNIC AND WEDGE CAP BUTTONS, AS WELL AS BELT BUCKLES WILL CHANGE FROM GOLD TO SILVER NEW RANK AND INSIGNIA ITEMS WILL ENTER THE SUPPLY SYSTEM COMMENCING MARCH 2015. IT IS PLANNED THAT PEARL GREY EPAULETTES, ALONG WITH A NEW SILVER BELT AND SILVER WEDGE CAP BUTTONS FOR SUMMER WEAR, WILL BE MAILED TO EACH MEMBER BY LOGISTIC UNICORPS. AT THE SAME TIME, TUNIC INSIGNIA WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BY LOGISTIC UNICORPS TO SUPPLY DEPOTS AND TAILORING SHOPS. TAILORING OF TUNICS WILL COMMENCE IN APRIL 2015. MORE DETAILS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF RANK AND INSIGNIA WILL FOLLOW IT IS EXPECTED THAT ALL RCAF MEMBERS WILL BE DRESSED IN NEW PATTERN INSIGNIA COLOURS BY THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN IN SEPTEMBER 2015 RANK AND INSIGNIA HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO MATCH THE PRESENT RANK THUS ENABLING THE CONTINUED USE OF EXISTING TUNICS. MEMBERS WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO UTILIZE THEIR CLOTHING POINTS FOR INITIAL ISSUE OF THESE NEW ITEMS (IE BELT, GO WEDGE) |
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As an outsider who saw the Canadian Army tear itself to pieces when the common uniform was first introduced I can only watch all this in wonder. To say that morale was low then is a major understatement. Of course the "buttons and bows" matter! And of course traditions are important - no make that vital - in making the machine work. The present nonsense has been 40 years in coming and could have been foreseen back whenever. Suck it up and rejoice that somebody has at last exhibited some common sense!
We had a Canadian exchange officer serving in our Air Troop when this was all going on and I remember how pleased he was that he at least could continue to wear his old army uniform for the balance of his three year tour! After which he resigned and joined the Army Air Corps. Eddie |
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