Indeed. Pretty sure No1s will go. They seem to be pedalling very slowly on issuing to CFAV.
No2 supply is also more and more patchy.
3 years post-commission and Iām still waiting for mine.
Iād have thought theyād become a private purchase item: like No. 3 SD, greatcoats, etc. Isnāt that already the case with SNCOs?
Re allow the old olive green jumpers for barracks wear 
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Already a thing, at least among the regulars
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Army do it. Not sure itās a legit thing in the RAF though.
I still wear mine. AP 1358 doesnāt have much to say about what warm kit can be worn with No. 3 SD. Thereās been so many variations over the years I run with the theory that if you were issued it you can wear it, but that itās only designed to be worn as an outer layer if it has somewhere to display rank slides.
Annoyingly, people still get snippy if you wear the OG puffer jacket on top and that has a rank slide.
Iāve been wearing one for years.
What do ātheyā suppose the rank slide is for?
ADC braid, obviously.
Saw it a few weeks ago at our parent station. Deffo RAF not Army personnel.
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Had a cadet recently turn up to a course with an OG jumper, over their MTP shirt.
Complete with blue rank slides.
Looked very smart.
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Which raises the question if it became a thing, would CFC wear MTP or blue backed rank slides, or have to get green ones 
Green.
If your location is so exposed that you need everything to be in MTP, then you shouldnāt be wearing rank slides.
Green meets that happy pint of being low-viz and discreet from any kind of distance, while being āstand outā enough to show that the person wearing it has rank of some form.
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Of course the regularsā slides are that much smaller so not really an issue either way for them?
MTP backing for rank slides looks pretty cool with OG jumper.
Because they then match the trousers.
Seems a lot easier to go with green rank slides - matches the jumper, kind of matches the PCS softie jacket, and sits well on the windproof of shirt.
Why make work for yourself?
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Because the regs are that the slides should be on the same backing as the uniform that you are wearing. So if you are in MTP you should have blue braid on an MTP slide, if you are in a grow bag it should be blue braid on an OG slide).
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