Headgear

4ensic15

How come members of the defence forces involved in searching for the mobile phone of Cameron Reilly are not wearing headgear? Is a cap not part of the uniform anymore?

Negative_G

4ensic15 wrote: »

How come members of the defence forces involved in searching for the mobile phone of Cameron Reilly are not wearing headgear? Is a cap not part of the uniform anymore?

Yes it is.

When engaging in manual tasks such as a search or ATCP troops can be directed to not wear head dress as it is not essential to the task. It's a practical decision, nothing more.

Quite simple really.

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Negative_G wrote: »

Yes it is.

When engaging in manual tasks such as a search or ATCP troops can be directed to not wear head dress as it is not essential to the task. It's a practical decision, nothing more.

Quite simple really.

^^^ This.

Manic Moran

I understand flexibility, and the fact that a beret is, generally speaking, an all but useless piece of kit, but how is it impractical/gets in the way and worthy of dispensing with?

Negative_G

Manic Moran wrote: »

I understand flexibility, and the fact that a beret is, generally speaking, an all but useless piece of kit, but how is it impractical/gets in the way and worthy of dispensing with?

What reason would you give to direct soldiers to wear a beret while engaging in manual tasks where head dress might constantly fall off, get snagged in something or just make a person sweat even more than they are already? What purpose does it serve?

AbusesToilets

Manic Moran wrote: »

I understand flexibility, and the fact that a beret is, generally speaking, an all but useless piece of kit, but how is it impractical/gets in the way and worthy of dispensing with?

I despise berets. If I had a choice of time traveling to take out Hitler, or the inventor of the beret, I'd be hard pressed.

Stovepipe

The reason why armies use berets is because they are cheap to make and buy, easy to maintain and easy to replace and some units place a huge amount of pride in them. Apart from berets, the sidecap is about the next best thing.

Negative_G

Stovepipe wrote: »

The reason why armies use berets is because they are cheap to make and buy, easy to maintain and easy to replace and some units place a huge amount of pride in them. Apart from berets, the sidecap is about the next best thing.

What does this have to do with the OP's question?

Stovepipe

The beret was mentioned. I don't know why they didn't have head gear, just some local operational order, I guess.