All, About the uniform issue, I have noticed depending on where you are from, some people are more into it than others. The guys in So.Cal may be more into it than the guys in the other part of the country like maybe one of the districts in the NE region (no district in particular but only as an example now) Some wear it out of deference, some where because they want to. Some have to go through great pains just to get anyone to wear it. Some instances have occurrred when things like uniform sunday was supposed to happen only two people show up wearing it in an outpost over 70 people in it. I think that the whole idea behind the uniform is getting lost from certain aspects. The concept is not being distributed evenly across the board. There are so many different variations of it that I have seen that makes me wonder how we even look like a group at all. Where is our uniform? Our uniform is not only what we wear as an individual but how we wear it across the board as a group, an outpost, section, district, region and national entity. Not everyone is reading from the same pages in the Leader's manual. It is baffling, if not frustrating to me as to the way that people present boys in these so called uniforms that look like they got dredged out from some dumpster somwhere. O.K. now historically, I can think of an instance of where uniforms didn't match. During the Civil War, Many of the Confederate states didn't always have the finances available to furnish their soldiers in their traditional grey uniforms, during the battle of New Market, the Virginia Military Institute had sent their corps of cadets to fight for the side of the Confederacy all the way from Lexington. People were not able to distinguish who the cadets were because many had never seen a VMI uniform before and towns people didn't know which side they were fighting for, for a while. Then came the Zouaves. These uniforms almost made them look they were from the mid -east somewhere complete with feathers in their turbans and intricate designs on their apparel. The differences in uniform had caused a lot of confusion during the Civil War because no one knew who was supposed to be who or where. When I was in LTC, One of the commanders came up and said that you should be able to read what you have done in rangers by the insignia he wears. He walked up to a District official and said thet let's see you have had ANTC, You have gone on a maps trip, got your pathfinder, you have the silver cluster, you have your LMA for both courses, you have your LSA and your Outpost Cmdr award in addition to a hash, silver star and a gold star on your sleeve. The next question that was asked " You have been around for a long time have you?" The commander didn't have to say anything else because the commander's entire RR career was on the guy like a resume. Everything in it's place. If you show up at your next above outpost level function looking like slob, do you honestly think people will pay you any mind? Probably not. Been there done that and got a T- shirt to wear to the next one.
Just my thoughts, Iron Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Christiansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 10:48 PM Subject: Re: [RR] Rephased uniform question > When I was Senior Commander at my old outpost, that was the rule. > Full uniform: khaki pants & shirt, bolo, and all patches & insignia. > I cut them slack only on footwear because we went outside a lot. > > It was amazing how quickly boys began wearing their uniforms. > > Ed > > > Spirit Rider wrote: > > > > All, > > Let me rephase my question by playing the what if game. > > Let's say one evening before Rangers you get a letter from your pastor. In it > > he states he would like all Royal Ranger and Missionett leaders to be in full > > uniform every Wednesday night. Would this be asking to much? > > This has not happened at my church; but personaly I wish it would. > > > > Later, > > Noel"Spirit Rider"Bell > _______ > Let the Golden Rule be your daily rule. > > Please pray for your list sponsor: http://eBible.org/mpj/ > > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > or visit http://rangernet.org/subscribe.htm > http://rangernet.org > > _______ Let the Golden Rule be your daily rule. Please pray for your list sponsor: http://eBible.org/mpj/ To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://rangernet.org/subscribe.htm http://rangernet.org
