PQO's passing out in C95
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Once again, I can't speak fir the PQOs but I know that the TA Officers get an allowance (possibly 5 to 7 hundred pounds though I am not sure yet) for Mess dress and Service dress. However you don't get this until after passing TACC.
What normally happens is they get a set of 2s from the stores and then have them tailored, just to hand them back afterwards.
What normally happens is they get a set of 2s from the stores and then have them tailored, just to hand them back afterwards.
haggishacker said:
Who really cares what uniform someone 'passes out' in. Lets face it when do we wear SD or No2s........? Remembrance Parade!
" The uniform maketh not the man"!
Personally i feel they should be a loan pool item and with the money they save give everyone (except PQOs) a pay rise!....
" The uniform maketh not the man"!
Personally i feel they should be a loan pool item and with the money they save give everyone (except PQOs) a pay rise!....
Ballocks, the uniform is there for a reason and so is No2s or SD. Do away with 2s and SD and its another slippery descent into a moral vacuum for this sorry excuse for a Military, that this shower of shiit in power have debilitated us too
This is the first PQO course with TA and Reg PQOs passing out at the same time.
The tailors have been struggling for some time to produce good quality Service Dress in such a short period of time, and the TA PQOs were unlikely to even get a fitting by the time of the parade so rather than have two parades, one for TA and one for Reg it was decided to drop down to the lowest common denominator (CS95) and ensure that the service dress was crorrectly tailored in slow time.
Also RMAS are working under the assumption that most TA officers will buy mess kit rather than Service Dress with their allowance, as they are more likely to wear it.
Boots/shoes and sam brownes will however be up to standard before departure.
There is a uniform in the pipeline which will replace No2 and Service Dress, will be more durable and be a loan item or one time issue which will then be tailored to the soldier or officer.
The TACC parades will still be in soldiers' No 2s.
The tailors have been struggling for some time to produce good quality Service Dress in such a short period of time, and the TA PQOs were unlikely to even get a fitting by the time of the parade so rather than have two parades, one for TA and one for Reg it was decided to drop down to the lowest common denominator (CS95) and ensure that the service dress was crorrectly tailored in slow time.
Also RMAS are working under the assumption that most TA officers will buy mess kit rather than Service Dress with their allowance, as they are more likely to wear it.
Boots/shoes and sam brownes will however be up to standard before departure.
There is a uniform in the pipeline which will replace No2 and Service Dress, will be more durable and be a loan item or one time issue which will then be tailored to the soldier or officer.
The TACC parades will still be in soldiers' No 2s.
About time some sort of common sense prevailed about 2s/1s/SD
However, I am all for this, as long as it is not the start of the demise of parades/functions in the equivalent to 2s etc. and a march to tacky CS95.....christ next we'll be taught to march like some third world dictatorship......now haven't I heard that somewhere before
However, I am all for this, as long as it is not the start of the demise of parades/functions in the equivalent to 2s etc. and a march to tacky CS95.....christ next we'll be taught to march like some third world dictatorship......now haven't I heard that somewhere before
Is it just me who thinks that by setting the precedent of Regular PQOs and TA PQOs training together (and therefore emplying that there is no difference) may be creating a hostage to fortune?
As most of the Regular Army PQOs (via DMETA) work in the NHS, the question can be asked why not make some form of true part-time service the norm for all these people (TA and Reg). Only PQOs who want to enter the Comd & Staff stream would then be required to be in the Regular Army. This would allow us to pick those with real "officer" qualities and allow them to compete with MSOs etc on a level playing field.
The arguement also extends to PQ ORs such as BMSs and Radiographers.
As most of the Regular Army PQOs (via DMETA) work in the NHS, the question can be asked why not make some form of true part-time service the norm for all these people (TA and Reg). Only PQOs who want to enter the Comd & Staff stream would then be required to be in the Regular Army. This would allow us to pick those with real "officer" qualities and allow them to compete with MSOs etc on a level playing field.
The arguement also extends to PQ ORs such as BMSs and Radiographers.
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