FWIW, we at Yeovilton are positively encouraged to wear uniform ashore - since the change in policy wrt NI - mess kit in the pubs in Sherborne before the JCP always goes down well. Keeping the RN and especially the FAA in the public eye is just one facet of the whole recruiting drive to ensure we get sufficient inflow through Raleigh and BRNC's doors.... Just like SiClik's Royal Navy badges for all FAA aircrew being another way of recruiting... We have (or had) a Lynx away as either a static or displaying as the Black Cats almost every weekend this summer, with as many maintainers and aircrew talking to the public as possible.
I cannot believe this policy as described above - did someone actually think it up to annoy us? It really is a fanastic retention measure
. Looking at the Busch Heroes site above reminded me of this:
Disney World - Golf Resort - don't see Tussaud's handing over the Alton Tower's Hotel to the NAAFI or SAFFA to run....
jk