- Reaction score
- 5,692
- Points
- 1,060
CFL,
Go over to Michael Dorash's site. It's explained there.
Go over to Michael Dorash's site. It's explained there.
recceguy said:In '71 I had two berets. A green CF one for wear with my Greens and a black one for wear with combats. Our beloved black beret could only be worn when wearing combats. All other times we wore the green one, or the forage cap, or the fur hat, or.... :
Gunner98 said:An interesting history on the beret in the CF can be found at: http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/uniforms/berets.htm A long standing wish of many Gunners and some Engineers would be to return to the midnight blue berets of the past.
George Wallace said:My question is: if they are Posted out of the Bn, why do they still take part in Bn activities and pay Regimental Dues? Do the guys posted to the Schools have to pay Regimental Dues? It should be the same.
MikeL said:Everyone in the army wears a green beret, unless your 011 armour(or in a armoured unit) or in a jump coy.
c4th said:..... Your 'everyone' is getting thin.
Michael Dorosh said:Mmmm - having said that, I wasn't aware the black beret was "lost" after unification. Any details on that would be of interest to me. War stories and all!
In the early 1970s, dissatisfaction with the green (known as CF) service dress was growing. The only corps or regimental insignia worn were the cap and the collar badges, and once the cap and the tunic were removed no one could distinguish between a tanker, a submariner or an avionics technician. The first crack in the dam of such uniform uniforms was the re-introduction of regimental buttons, followed in 1976 by the officially sanctioned return of the black beret, which had never entirely gone away, whatever regulations may have stipulated! Prior to unification the black beret had been one of two choices of headdress. Officers generally wore the army service dress cap while in service dress; the berets were usually, but not exclusively worn in the field. In heartfelt relief at the return of the black beret, the Corps decreed it to be the only authorized headdress for all orders of dress.
The only corps or regimental insignia worn were the cap and the collar badges, and once the cap and the tunic were removed no one could distinguish between a tanker, a submariner or an avionics technician.
a_majoor said:Most people can and should suck it up