dieseldog999:
you have mail
Seen it about to reply 
Grumpy_old_trucker:
Roymondo:
Grumpy_old_trucker:
I was sent a picture of soldiers from my old regiment working inside this mega-temporary hospital in London assembling the beds.
They are all wearing hi vis vests on top of combat jackets FFS.They are wearing their usual âworkwearâ and are also wearing hi-vis vests in the hope of making them a tiny bit more conspicuous to any co-worker operating forklifts or other MHE in the vicinity. Whatâs your issue?
They arenât wearing their usual âworkwearâ at all, usual âworkwearâ is either coveralls or barrack dress!
Yet another know it all that knows nowt!
I havenât seen soldiers in âbarrack dressâ for some years; every time I see them out and about itâs in DPM. As to coveralls, well, I wore them being ex-REME but then again that was because it was a dirty job. Wouldnât want to be wearing them if I was doing a lot of manual lifting, too bloody hot.
As an aside; so far as Iâm aware the terrorist threat in the UK is âsubstantialâ. Wearing DPM would therefore be an obvious choice as theyâre working in London and would effectively be dressed for something more serious if it happened.
Personally I wouldnât give a â â â â if they were wearing civvies; theyâre doing a bloody good job. Perhaps youâd care to make one of the deliveries there and instruct them in how a real soldier should dress. Youâre not an ex-Provost sergeant by any chance?
Edit; I just spoke to an old colleague of mine, recently retired as a Lieutenant-Colonel so I guess heâd know. Those DPMâs are now known as MTP (Multi Terrain Pattern) and yes they are standard working dress. Barrack dress has not been issued for many years.
So, Grumpy Old Trucker, how about you being big enough to withdraw the unnecessary insult?