Re: KNOCKING THE ARMY

At 9:08 PM -0800 3/31/02, John Atkinson wrote:
>
>Because in the United States Army, we have 1
>regulation, AR 670-1, which covers uniforms.  As near
>as I can figure, each Brit regiment just sort of makes
>it up as they go along.

It depends on the prevailing conditions. During WWII, there were 
standing orders stating that unit, brigade, battalion and division 
flashes/signs/insignia/badges weren't to be worn. Pretty much over 
the course of WWII various units ignored the orders to a larger or 
lesser degree. Such that re-enactors have their own little fields of 
study when it comes to identifying a particular soldier in a photo as 
belonging to say, the 51st Highland division, 153rd Infantry Brigade, 
5th Bn Black Watch just from little bits of felt on his BD shoulders. 
Due to the amount of road signage that the 51st HD left, some people 
took to calling them the 51st Road Decorators...

Still, one has to find some humor in the whole attitude. The current 
trend in British units that have resisted being amalgamated or 
disbanded would give congress, the Joint Chiefs fits and most of the 
brass not working in _that_ formation.
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