I suppose. I just haven’t really had that issue since we lost the option of wearing a jersey in short sleeves. I find I either want a jersey or not. And have a GPJ of it gets chilly in short sleeves.
Outdoors only, of course…
But of course. (Another thing which really winds me up.)
If only the whole Corps thought like this.
Most do, but when it comes to things like uniform or what we are supposed / not supposed to wear we are surrounded by buffoons.
I cannot understand why some of the moustached and or shouty types can’t see beyond what is written down. Is it in case someone from the ‘regulars’ see them and then someone in need of a proper job at HQAC gets bent out of shape and writes a tedious email about cadets/CFAV wearing/not wearing something iaw chap x, para y, line z, which comes down with additional nonsense at each level. Which when those of us with common sense see it, despair.
Our current WWO is a prime example. We never heard anything from previous WWOs, but now he seems to need to have to let us constantly know he’s there with inane emails, which are normally deleted, unread by a large number of us, as they never have anything of note or importance.
IMO they should let us get on with the business of operating a youth organisation. We managed it for the best part of 70 years, before HQAC and the wider armed forces needed to justify jobs.
The vast majority of parents (for various reasons) don’t have the money to buy specific things just for cadets activities, and squadrons getting kit is hit and miss, so will apply common sense, which isn’t included in the dress regs.
It all boils down to there being a proper way of doing things and an expectation that people do what they are told to do.
It isn’t our uniform to do with as we please and problems do arise if we take liberties when out on public display and representing the RAF (whether we like to or not.) One of the best ways to avoid taking such liberties when in the public eye is not to take them when going about our normal business.
There are limitations to how easy it is to achieve this based on the ineptitude of the supply chain but there are some in the organisation who believe that rules are things that other people follow and who prefer to make things up as they go along.
I have a huge amount of sympathy when it comes to No3 dress. for one thing I won’t get bent out of shape if someone on a range or in a bush isn’t following the regs to the letter but I will be concerned when it is work as “barrack dress” , especially in public.
I do think that if the organisation wishes to be proscriptive in the use of No3 Dress then they should bloody well provide us all with the correct stuff. While it is still up to us to provide this “required” kit (and while there is no central place from which to acquire it) then a level of leniency needs to be written into the rules. If the RAF Dress Committee don’t like the idea then the RAF Dress Committee needs to have their heads knocked together.
I’ll not allow that degree of leniency with No1 and No2 dress, though we should be a little more forgiving on cadet footwear.
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Agree on the wearing of slightly non-kosher dress in the field, but I will say that one thing that annoys me is staff (normally on ranges) wearing softies as an outer layer.
For me, if it’s cold enough on the range for my softie, then it’s bloody well cold enough for my smock and probably a norgie as well.
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