Uniform Information Shirts There are two types of shirt issued to cadets, the Working blue shirt and the Wedgwood blue shirt. The Working blue shirt is the darker blue shirt and is worn on most ‘blues’ nights at cadets. This shirt is worn without a tie and with the top button undone. In the summer months, ‘shirtsleeves order’ is usually given, in which the sleeves of this shirt are to be rolled smartly up so that they are equal in length and above the elbow, and a jumper is not worn. Your brassard is to be outside of your rolled up sleeves. If a jumper is worn, then the collar should be outside the jumper. The Wedgwood blue shirt is the lighter of the two shirts and is worn mostly for parades. It is worn with the issued black tie and so your top button must be done up. If this shirt is to be worn in ‘shirtsleeves order’, then although a jumper is not worn, do not roll up your sleeves. If you are wearing your shirt when it is not shirtsleeves order, then the collar must be kept inside the jumper. To iron your shirts, just iron in the normal places, and make sure that no creases lie where there should not be. A common way to see a cadet that does not iron is to look for the marks where the shirt has been taken out of the packet, and has not ironed out these creases before wearing the shirt. Iron the shirt along the collar, the main body of the shirt and the sleeves, ensuring that a crease runs from the middle of the base of the epaulette to the cuff. To store your shirts, hang up the shirts, do not fold them up. This makes it easier to iron your shirts, as there will be fewer creases, and those which should be there will be stronger to see.
Wedgwood Blue Shirt
Working Blue Shirt
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