Author Topic: "Royalizing" Canada's Navy, Army & Air Force Names (merged) (Read 159698 times)

Danjanou · « **Reply #1175 on:** October 27, 2011, 15:43:27 »

Quote from: Loachman on October 27, 2011, 15:09:35

I just want khaki, full-length brown riding boots, and spurs.

Yup and I think that falls under the Too Much Information clause.

jollyjacktar · « **Reply #1176 on:** October 27, 2011, 15:57:31 »

Quote from: E.R. Campbell on October 27, 2011, 14:54:52

And they are suggesting this for you lot:

I'll bet they were more water proof and comfortable than the frigg'n canary suits they have us wear now. While you're at it, I'll take a British Warm too and the Square Rig.

Good2Golf · « **Reply #1177 on:** October 27, 2011, 16:06:46 »

Quote from: E.R. Campbell on October 27, 2011, 14:54:52

No, but I understand that RCAF wants this:

That image is reversed...hat badge is on the left side of the wedge....and the wedge is worn at a "jaunty angle" to the right.

E.R. Campbell · « **Reply #1178 on:** October 27, 2011, 16:07:45 »

Quote from: jollyjacktar on October 27, 2011, 15:57:31

I'll bet they were more water proof and comfortable than the frigg'n canary suits they have us wear now. While you're at it, I'll take a British Warm too and the Square Rig.

The British Warm was a rather stylish, comfortable overcoat: neither as warm nor as utilitarian as a greatcoat.

British Warm Greatcoat

But it, the British Warm, had the advantage of being useful and very acceptable as a civilian overcoat (minus, of course, the rank badge slip ons).

FSTO · « **Reply #1179 on:** October 27, 2011, 16:21:18 »

Quote from: E.R. Campbell on October 27, 2011, 16:07:45

The British Warm was a rather stylish, comfortable overcoat: neither as warm nor as utilitarian as a greatcoat.

British Warm Greatcoat

But it, the British Warm, had the advantage of being useful and very acceptable as a civilian overcoat (minus, of course, the rank badge slip ons).

No way, much better to have our current burbury (how the hell do you spell that?) which makes us look like those indecent exposure freaks found in city parks.

jollyjacktar · « **Reply #1180 on:** October 27, 2011, 16:23:46 »

My mistake, a Duffel coat is more of what I was thinking of.

E.R. Campbell · « **Reply #1181 on:** October 27, 2011, 16:28:39 »

Quote from: FSTO on October 27, 2011, 16:21:18

No way, much better to have our current burbury (how the hell do you spell that?) which makes us look like those indecent exposure freaks found in city parks.

Burberry's is a well known, and overpriced, British outerwear vendor.

E.R. Campbell · « **Reply #1182 on:** October 27, 2011, 16:31:40 »

Quote from: jollyjacktar on October 27, 2011, 16:23:46

My mistake, a Duffel coat is more of what I was thinking of.

Your image didn't work.

This is the sort of duffle coat my father wore at sea circa 1940-43.

jollyjacktar · « **Reply #1183 on:** October 27, 2011, 18:40:44 »

Yes, my image did not work worth a damn. That's the coat.

AirForceMonkey · « **Reply #1184 on:** November 29, 2011, 19:18:00 »

I need some wisdom here, this is what the news choose to put out concerning the CF when we have people that are doing a fine job in Afghanistan and we barely see anything about that, but the below is worth the "Top Stories" on my google news feed? Am I missing something?

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OTTAWA — When the Conservative government renamed the Royal Canadian Air Force to great fanfare this past summer, it forgot to designate a French acronym to go alongside the English RCAF, emails between senior air force officers show.

As a result, the officers were sent scrambling, initially going with the same acronym as Colombia's most notorious guerrilla force, known as FARC, before deciding to usurp the French acronym of a Canadian army unit.

According to the emails, which were obtained by Postmedia News under access to information law, the problem emerged on Aug. 16 when the air force officers examined the order signed by Defence Minister Peter MacKay authorizing the name change.
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The documents also indicate air force officers had wanted to pull the branch's original regimental flags out of retirement, only to find they had deteriorated too far while being stored in a museum in Winnipeg.

"This is not the best news," a civilian contractor wrote in an email on July 20 to Deschamps, Malo and other officers. "The colours truly are being consumed 'until they turn to dust.' We could, however, bring them out in their present display case if necessary since there is absolutely no way that new colours will be ready by mid-Sept (2012)."

Deschamps responded by asking officials to look at ways to put them on display if possible.

The response from Malo is blacked out, but later talking points prepared for the media and public don't mention that the air force tried to bring the flags back. Rather, they say that "as Canada has adopted the British tradition of laying up colours 'until they turn to dust,' these particular colours should not be re-activated."

Read more: http://www.canada.com/force+name+lost+translation+documents+show/5785810/story.html#ixzz1f9fhF8IP

CDN Aviator · « **Reply #1185 on:** November 29, 2011, 19:31:39 »

Quote from: AirForceMonkey on November 29, 2011, 19:18:00

I need some wisdom .............. Am I missing something?

Wisdom : Slow news day

Missing : Slow news day

In the end : It was "ARC" back then. The problem was what again ?

AirForceMonkey · « **Reply #1186 on:** November 29, 2011, 19:35:06 »

Quote from: CDN Aviator on November 29, 2011, 19:31:39

The problem was what again ?

Why is that making news, but the great work done in Afghanistan barely gets mentioned?

CDN Aviator · « **Reply #1187 on:** November 29, 2011, 19:37:25 »

Quote from: AirForceMonkey on November 29, 2011, 19:35:06

Why is that making news, but the great work done in Afghanistan barely gets mentioned?

Again, "Slow News Day"

AirForceMonkey · « **Reply #1188 on:** November 29, 2011, 19:42:53 »

CDN Aviator, I knew I could count on you to clarify things

CDN Aviator · « **Reply #1189 on:** November 29, 2011, 19:45:17 »

Quote from: AirForceMonkey on November 29, 2011, 19:42:53

CDN Aviator, I knew I could count on you to clarify things

I'm not sure what you were expecting. A slow news days is when nothing is going and news has to be "made up" because space has to be taken up on websites and papers.

You are 37 years old according to your profile so, surely, you have seen this before.

AirForceMonkey · « **Reply #1190 on:** November 29, 2011, 19:57:00 »

It would just be great to see those spaces filled with news from the front and the great work being done there if they absolutely want to fill them with something concerning the CF, just saying.

cupper · « **Reply #1191 on:** November 29, 2011, 20:25:53 »

I suppose saying it with a heavy french accent wouldn't suffice?

recceguy · « **Reply #1192 on:** November 29, 2011, 23:40:47 »

Quote from: cupper on November 29, 2011, 20:25:53

I suppose saying it with a heavy french accent wouldn't suffice?

Royal Canajin Hair Force?

Robert0288 · « **Reply #1193 on:** November 30, 2011, 00:42:59 »

If I had coffee in my mouth it would now be all over my desk. Well done to you.

cupper · « **Reply #1194 on:** November 30, 2011, 21:34:06 »

Quote from: recceguy on November 29, 2011, 23:40:47

Royal Canajin Hair Force?

Taptrick · « **Reply #1195 on:** March 22, 2012, 11:58:30 »

A tailor in Quebec City specialized in CF mess dress told me that new regulations were coming for the RCAF mess dress. I think we all heard some rumors since the reintroduction of the RCAF. Anyone knows anything?

CDN Aviator · « **Reply #1196 on:** March 22, 2012, 12:00:44 »

Quote from: Taptrick on March 22, 2012, 11:58:30

Anyone knows anything?

The RCAF CWO circulated a PPT not that long ago, for distribution to all RCAF members, showing different options for a new mess dress pattern. We were told to submit our choice up the CoC.

So it is not a rumour.

Taptrick · « **Reply #1197 on:** March 22, 2012, 12:06:11 »

Interresting... If anyone could share that PPT I'de be curious to see that.

CDN Aviator · « **Reply #1198 on:** March 22, 2012, 12:07:03 »

Quote from: Taptrick on March 22, 2012, 12:06:11

Interresting... If anyone could share that PPT I'de be curious to see that.

Sorry, i deleted it right after i sent my response.

Eye In The Sky · « **Reply #1199 on:** March 22, 2012, 12:25:03 »

Checked the CWOAF DIN site, nothing on it there.

News:

Poll

Should we bring back the RCN and RCAF?

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