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Old 14-07-20, 06:02 PM
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Default Wearing of the Diving qualification badgr, Officers Royal Engineers.

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If a Royal Engineers Officer has one of the Diving qualifications, do they wear the diving helmet badge?
Or if an OR qualified diver was to be commissioned from the ranks, are they allowed to wear the diving helmet badge?
And finally, if a RE soldier was to transfer Corps are they still allowed to wear the badge?

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Old 14-07-20, 06:27 PM
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From Dress Regulations;
Army compressed air diver. May be worn in perpetuity.
Army advanced diver. May be worn in perpetuity.
Army diving supervisor. May be worn in perpetuity.

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Old 14-07-20, 08:30 PM
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Cheers Marc
So that's on all forms of dress both Officers and OR's, ones qualified you wear it for good, whateve unit, if transfer?

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Cheers Marc
So that's on all forms of dress both Officers and OR's, ones qualified you wear it for good, whateve unit, if transfer?

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That is my understanding, yes.

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Thanks for that Marc
Much appreciated
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In a similar vein, some years ago I served with a Light Infantry officer who had transferred in from the RLC (good move !), he had previously been a "Box Chucker" (Air Despatcher) and continued to wear his Air Despatcher "wings" which is another badge that can be worn "in perpetuity"

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During my time in Joint service units I worked with an RAF Gp Capt with Army AD brevet and para wings plus his RAF pilot wings. I also know an RAF officer with submariner dolphins on his mess kit lapel which does confuse the pilots!
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In a similar vein, some years ago I served with a Light Infantry officer who had transferred in from the RLC (good move !), he had previously been a "Box Chucker" (Air Despatcher) and continued to wear his Air Despatcher "wings" which is another badge that can be worn "in perpetuity"

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Did he wear standard AD wings or did he have some LI variants made up ?
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Did he wear standard AD wings or did he have some LI variants made up ?
He wore the standard (non LI) pattern wings

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He wore the standard (non LI) pattern wings

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Thanks Paul. At least that's one not added to the wants list.
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