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Old 31st Oct 2019, 10:16
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Wrathmonk
 
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I think we were proud that we understood the definition of "uniform".
I'll bite! Army and "uniform". Now there's an oxymoron if ever there was one! Even within certain regiments no two officers are allowed to dress the same on any given day. Can't even decide on sleeves up or sleeves down on combat dress ffs! Cap badges, beret colours, DZ flashes, bits of string around your armpit, the number of buttons on your service dress - these define your role/specialisation and no different to trade badges in the RN and RAF (who at least have a standard uniform....don't get me started on red tunics, black tunics, shiny metal breast plates, big bushy hats, hankies on the mess dress dating back to when officers put tar in their pony tails etc. etc.).

If someone turned up in my workshop and saw me repairing a radio, they would recognise immediately that I was one of the various radio technician trades.
Awesome, I'll just pop down the road to Marham and jump in the cockpit of one of those nice shiny F35's. Every one will immediately recognise that I was one of the pilots. Good show.
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