Bah
Hey, thats a good idea....introduce a directive into the regs before anyone has any say in the matter and then issue a badge (which doesn't fit on a standard arm without disappearing up yr armpit) and then if anyone objects to the complete and utter waste of money, you can argue that "its in the regulations".
..complete tosh...as a tax payer I want my money back. If the RN are wasting my hard earned money on rubbish like this then I surrender.
Having just spent the last 6 months mulling over LEAN and trying to find ways to make this establishment more efficient, I then discover that its totally irrelevant as the money we have saved by streamling our core business has been squandered on a badge....
come on the Si Clik....whats next? Bright Blue flying boots? how about we embroider the White ensign on our visor covers...or perhaps we could paint the dome red, white and blue.