XO's Uniform Tips

It's Thursday night and you are down at FRASER with your friends having dsome fun learning some sort of cadet related goodness.  Then, out of nowhere, it's 21:00, the band is playing God Save the Queen and you are out the door on your way home!  (Ok, it is more like 21:20 and you are in the duty division, but someone has to keep our home clean!)

You walk in the front door of your house; you take your boots off, maybe throw them over by the other shoes or perhaps you toss them into the closet.  Off with the tunic!  Struggle to get out of that gunshirt that doesn't fit!  (Which reminds you that you forgot to fill out that request form that you will turn into your DPO who gives it to your DivO who gives it to the Supply Officers (yes, this is a shameless plug for the Chain of Command) so that our wonderful Supply Officers, ASLt Englouen & Lt(N) Parent can order you a new one!  Now that you've got your uniform off, you crumple it into a ball and give it a little toss.  It lands somewhere behind your bed forgotten until next Thursday... Sound somewhat familiar??? (Here's hoping that it doesn't!!)

Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to my most favorite piece of kit ever!  It's... The Coat hanger!!  That's right!  All you have to do to save yourself a lot of time doing uniform preparation each week is to Hang your uniform up at the end of the day!  It really is that simple! 

Next Thursday, simply remove your uniform from your coat hangar; zap the iron quickly over a few spots, and Voila!  You too can be getting the award for Best Dressed Cadet!  Let‘s not forget about those boots either!  Once you get them to that gorgeous shine the first time, a quick touch up coat on a Thursday night is all you need to fix those fly away hairs in the mirror like finish on your toes!  Uniform maintenance really is that easy once you get it started on a regular basis.  15 minutes each week is all it takes to have the other cadets in envy of your amazing uniform!

Written by Lt(N) B. Watson