Oh dear, another Senior Officer headwear error...
Looks like L/Cpl Jones (RIP, got promoted for a `last parade).....
Is the caption:
(In a feable and quiet voice) "..and you've all done very well..."
(Young Mr Grace - 1980's)
(In a feable and quiet voice) "..and you've all done very well..."
(Young Mr Grace - 1980's)
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Nope, AP1358 Ch 2 quite clearly states:
I believe ACM is one of the "all ranks"? 
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0228. PCS CU Authorised Ensemble. When authorised to wear and except where a specific order of dress has been prescribed by the chain of command, only the approved PCS CU ensemble, as detailed below, is to be worn. Other items of operational clothing issued for specific operations outside the UK are not to be worn in the UK and NWE. Illustrations and relevant orders of dress are detailed at the end of this section. PCS CU ensemble comprises of:
a. Headdress. When there is no operational requirement to wear a helmet, the service issue beret, with appropriate hat badge, must be
worn by all ranks.
a. Headdress. When there is no operational requirement to wear a helmet, the service issue beret, with appropriate hat badge, must be
worn by all ranks.
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It looks like his head shrunk in the wash too.
You have got to feel sorry for the old duffer, his career prospects are nil, he'll never get promoted.
You have got to feel sorry for the old duffer, his career prospects are nil, he'll never get promoted.
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I believe ACM is one of the "all ranks"?
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Actually it people like that flaunting the standards that sets a bad precedent, how can you admonish someone else when all he has to say is well the CAS does.
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Isn't that what the Senior Enlisted person in each service is for
ie RSM Army and whatever the other services have ?
I knew one who was RSM of a Command and he said that one
of his functions was to advise the Commander of dress etc
for activities / functions.
ie RSM Army and whatever the other services have ?
I knew one who was RSM of a Command and he said that one
of his functions was to advise the Commander of dress etc
for activities / functions.
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Yes, a more senior person along the lines of "Mr Warwick" 
With all the changes of regulations re dress (we had the same here
at one time and again recently), my CO / OC's were always asking
the RSM / CSM the latest rules.
With all the changes of regulations re dress (we had the same here
at one time and again recently), my CO / OC's were always asking
the RSM / CSM the latest rules.
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Please spare us from that; it's an obsession! 
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A good RSM runs the whole place re dress etc. Walking along about ten paces behind a young Lieutenant one day, RSM coming in opposite direction, RSM bangs up an immaculate salute and calls across, "Mr.XXXX Sir, I have the barber booked for 11.00 hours, perhaps you would care to join me?!"
Best screen version of an RSM I can remember was Richard Attenborough in a film that I think was called, "The Hill" but may have been, "The Guns of Batasi"?
Best screen version of an RSM I can remember was Richard Attenborough in a film that I think was called, "The Hill" but may have been, "The Guns of Batasi"?
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RSM's - on the comedy side it had to be It Ain't Half Hot Mum" !
Have to think about the best one on the serious side.
In my first unit, the 2IC (Capt) was an ex Reg Army RSM,
by god he was good, knocked me into shape !!! and pushed m
to get a Commission.
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Have to think about the best one on the serious side.
In my first unit, the 2IC (Capt) was an ex Reg Army RSM,
by god he was good, knocked me into shape !!! and pushed m
to get a Commission.
.
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They just like to be different. When the forage cap was firt introduced gp capts were livid as they just looked like any other JO or wg cdr hence the permission to wear one with piping.
At least they didn't invent a two-tone floor mop.
Now who was Mr Warwick looking at?
hat, coat, scarf
At least they didn't invent a two-tone floor mop.
Now who was Mr Warwick looking at?
hat, coat, scarf