Joonrooj said:
Does this mean what I think it means?
Or would this just get me in a load of shit?
Like MCG pointed out, your Unit RSM (with an aside from the CO) will be the deciding factor for what dress is acceptable for Unit pers on a daily basis.
I highlighted that ref because it is one of the most requested references to policy that I receive here on the site. Some pers ask for it because at their home Unit, their own civ pattern purchased boots are allowed, but as soon as they wander away from Home Unit lines they have been questioned about their footwear -- and they wanted to have the ref handy.
I have also had an RSM ask me for the ref, so he'd have a ref to give all the "visitors" to his Unit who were spending "too much time bitching about their being 4 or 5 styles of boots being worn" (although all were black, most were issued styles and only 1 pair was individually procured) instead of the "important" stuff.
I have also had people ask for it because their RSM wasn't sure wheter or not it was actually "authorized" to wear civ pattern purchased footwear despite them having heard "rumours" of it. One of them passed the ref on to his RSM and it ended up being passed on to his pers "officially" at an O Gp.
But, I also know of at least one RSM who interpreted "and who do not accept service footwear" to mean that you'd better not have issued footwear on your docs.
You'll have to ask yours what your Unit policy is.
RSMs, they are a quirky bunch. >
Either way it works out for you, I've got the ref up here now so I don't have to tell everyone who asks ... "I'll send it to you from work tomorrow" anymore. Now -- I can just say "do a search!!" ;D
