Airports forcing troops to change on tarmac?
When I first joined Her Majesty's Forces, wearing civilian clothes ashore was a privilege which was not always granted, even in one's home port and almost never whilst visiting foreign ports. Indeed, even in 1974 I was given instructions to join a ship in Portsmouth and those instructions contained the phrase 'to travel in uniform'! There was no reason to own civilian clothes as you had a uniform for every occasion. Obviously, of course, everyone, or nearly everyone, did have civilian clothes. However, I do remember one chap being flown home from foreign climes demanding that the Navy purchase him a suit as he had only his uniform onboard. The Navy paid up!
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Just fly into an airport in Germany. They dont care what you wear. Saw a Brit Army in full desert DPM go through baggage at Frankfurt only a few weeks back. Its only the UK who are ashamed of their servicemen and women.
