By the Editor – Lt Gen David Morrison (former Chief of the Australian Army) is famously quoted as saying “the standards you walk by are the standards you accept” – amongst the turmoil of higher concerns, details matters in a fighting force. One such detail is uniform. Uniform is key to the identity and ethos of the Royal Navy and it has always been uniquely different from other uniformed Services. Sadly, the author has noticed a steady decline in the standard of uniform, both the quality of the kit being issued and the way it is worn, prompting him to look back over the last five decades of ch…
