Dear Cirrus, be a nice chap and pop over to Innsworth (or wherever clothing stores is nowadays), get some nice free clothes (unfortunately only one colour available) then jump on a plane to the sandpit. Then you can moan about civil servants getting paid less than their uniformed colleagues.
I'm not moaning about anything - just pointing out a fact. Military have stretched budgets, just like the rest of civil service. Slagging off some MOD spokesman because he doesn't get paid enough to buy decent clothing is not going to win the military any extra budget allocation. Have some respect for the people who support you - or they will not support you.
Unfortunately, the MOD civil servant probably does work for Swiss Des and will never get sacked. When was the last time any civil servant was sacked?
Err, about as often as military get sacked.