Rant Nos 1:No, just stop it now, if my County commandant see`s this it will be the start of more madness, by his muppet the RSM! We have been told we cannot wear our RTR affiliated rank slides, even though they have ACF printed on them, we now have to wear DPM CS95 with our county initial and ACF on them when in combats, OG version for Jersey HW. But, this is nuts, when in barrack dress I wear a black guernsey, but I can wear the RTR affiliated rank slides as DPM and OG will not look right!!! WTF is going on.
Rant Nos 2:Mess dress, I decided to get one, because of the price aprrox £600.00 one quote, I was reluctant to get one at first, as I`d only wear it about twice a year, once at annual camp, the other time`s a mess dinner back at county, so I managed to acquire one secondhand from RHQ £70.00, good price, good condition.
At camp last year a quote from one of our mess knobbers "er Lt Clanker, your incorrectly dressed, you dont have any ACF titles, you need to get some"
"Ok, will do, when I get home" is my reply.
mess knobber " make sure you do"
Now this was a private purchase, not issued, so my uniform allowance should cover it.
The point is, its only worn on ACF occasions, when we are all together at mess functions, so is the ACF title that important, people who know me are not all of a sudden going to think I an TA or Reg, and guests are usually intoduced with "Lt Clanker, D##/* detachment" so they would not get confused.
So no to ACF cap badge, lets keep our Regimental identities, it gives us pride in our sponsor Regiment.
Hoorah and Huzzah to the RTR!