Army Cadet Dress Regulations Summary 709 Toronto Signals Army Cadet Corps 28 Nov 2016 Table of Contents Foreword: 2 1) Royal Canadian Army Cadet Uniforms: Numbered Dress (C1/C2/C2A): 3 2) Headdress: 4 3) Hair: 4 i) Beret: 4 ii) Sikh Dress and Hijab: 4 i) Male Cadets: 4 ii) Female Cadets: 5 4) Shirt, Short Sleeve: 6 5) Undershirt: 6 6) Necktie: 6 7) Uniform Jacket (a.k.a. Tunic): 6 8) Jacket Belt: 6 9) Name Tag: 6 10) Trouser/Slacks Belt: 6 18) Sewing of Badges: 8 i) Cap Badge: 8 ii) Insignia Shoulder Title RCAC (Royal Canadian Signals): 8 iii) RCAC Insignia: 8 iv) Corps Training Level Badge (Star Level Badge): 8 v) Summer Training Badges: 8 vi) Rank Badges: 8 vii) Marksmanship Classification Badges: 9 viii) Fitness Badges: 9 19) Make-up: 9 20) Jewellery: 9 21) Eyeglasses/Sunglasses: 10 Afterword: 11 11) Trouser/Slacks: 7 12) Socks: 7 13) Boots: 7 14) Cadet Toque: 7 15) Jacket (a.k.a. Parka): 7 16) Black Gloves: 7 17) Cadet Slip-ons: 7 1
CATO 46-01: 5 Foreword: This document summarizes the dress regulations for the C1, C2, and C2A dress of the army cadet uniforms. CATO 46-01 is the national administrative training order that lays out how the army cadet uniform must be worn. This information is taken from CATO 46-01: a) Army Cadet Dress Regulations; b) CATO 46-01 Annex A - Numbered Dress; c) Annex D - Army Cadet Badges; and d) Annex F - Illustrated References. Most guidelines include an in-text citation for reference to CATO 46-01. However, this document does not include all information found in CATO 46-01 (e.g. regulations regarding the wear of cadet medals). Any information not listed in this document is found in CATO 46-01. The following components of CATO 46-01 should be referred to for visual and in-depth description: a) Army Cadet Dress Regulations; b) CATO 46-01 Annex A - Numbered Dress c) Annex C - Religious and Spiritual Accommodation; d) Annex D - Army Cadet Badges; and e) Annex F - Illustrated References. Questions of clarification shall be directed to your Troop Warrant Officer. 2
CATO 46-01: 3 1) Royal Canadian Army Cadet Uniforms: Numbered Dress (C1/C2/C2A) C1; Ceremonial Dress Beret; Shirt, Short Sleeve; Necktie; Uniform Jacket (a.k.a. Tunic); Belt; Trousers; Boots. Worn with medals on the jacket, and When medals are worn, no pin is worn on the pocket. C2; Routine Training Dress Beret; Shirt, Short Sleeve; Necktie; Uniform Jacket (a.k.a. Tunic); Belt; Trousers; Boots. May be worn with or without the tie. [The C2 dress will usually be worn without the tie.] Undress ribbons must be worn, Tie or open necked as directed. If open necked order of dress is worn, shirt collar will be outside and over jacket collar. C2A; Routine Training Dress (shirt) (a.k.a. Summer Dress) Beret; Shirt, Short Sleeve; Belt; Trousers; Boots. The following items must be worn on the shirt: -Rank slip-ons, -Undress ribbons, -Expedition pins, and -Cadet citation pin. The following are not to be worn on the shirt: -Medals, -Duke of Edinburgh pin, and -biathlon and marksmanship pins. Metal parachutist wings may be worn on the shirt if the cadet has them. Undershirt, if worn, shall not be visible at the neck opening and at the sleeves. (Annex A)
CATO 46-01: 4 2) Headdress: i) Beret: Shall be worn evenly on the head with the [cap] badge centred over the left eye. The crown of the beret shall be pulled downwards to the right and rear. Drawstrings shall be tucked inside the gap of the sweatband. (See Annex F, Appendix 1) (ACDR 53: c) -Instruction regarding the placement of the cap badge is found on page 8. ii) Sikh Dress and Hijab: (See Annex C) (Annex C) 3) Hair: Hair shall be neatly groomed and conservatively styled. The length, bulk, and style of hair shall not preclude the proper wear of the beret (bulk is the distance that the mass of hair extends from the skin, when groomed, as opposed to the length of hair). In particular, style and colour shall not be bizarre, bleached, exaggerated, or unusual in appearance. Unusual colours such as green, bright red, orange, purple, etc. are not permitted. Hair must be secured or styled back to reveal the face and any accessories used to secure or control hairstyles shall be as unobtrusive as possible. Hair ornaments shall not be worn, except for conservative barrettes, which blend with the hair colour. (See Annex F, Appendix 2) (ACDR 58) -Simplified: Hair must be conservative in style. i) Male Cadets: a) Taper trimmed at the back, sides, and above the ears to blend with the hairstyle; be no more than 15 cm in length and sufficiently short that, when the hair is groomed and beret is removed, no hair shall touch the ears or fall below the top of the eyebrows; be no more than 4 cm in bulk at the top of the head, gradually decreasing to blend with the taper trimmed sides and back; and be kept free from the neck to a distance of 2.5 cm above the permitted (See Annex F, Appendix 2) (ACDR 59: a)
CATO 46-01: 5 -Simplified: Hair must be taper trimmed at the back, sides, and above the ears; no hair shall touch the ears or fall below the top of the eyebrows. b) Sideburns shall not extend below a line horizontally bisecting the ear, and shall be squared off horizontally at the bottom edge and taper trimmed to conform to the overall hairstyle (ACDR 59: b) c) Beards shall not be worn except for those cadets who are adherent of the Sikh religion (see Annex C) or cadets experiencing recognized medical problems preventing them from shaving. In the latter case, a note from a medical practitioner is required. (ACDR 59: c) -Simplified: Facial hair (less sideburns) is not permitted unless for adherence to the Sikh religion or for medical reasons. ii) Female Cadets: [Hair must be put into a bun with a hairnet that matches the colour of the cadet s hair. Gel or hairspray must be used to hold any loose hair. The bun cannot touch the collar of the uniform.] Hair shall not extend below the lower edge of the shirt collar. Exaggerated styles, including those with excessive fullness, or extreme height, are not authorized. Multiple braids extending below the lower edge of the collar are to be gathered in a bun. Hairpieces and extensions are not permitted. (ACDR 60) -Simplified: Hair must be put into a bun with a hairnet that matches the colour of the cadet s hair. Gel or hairspray must be used to hold any loose hair. The bun cannot touch the collar of the uniform.
CATO 46-01: 6 4) Shirt, Short Sleeve: May be worn with tie or open neck [circumstances permitting (C1, C2, or C2A dress respectively)]. Rank slip-ons shall be worn with the short sleeve shirt. (ACDR 53: j) 5) Undershirt: May be worn with any order of dress. The undershirt shall not be visible at the neck opening [and at the sleeves]. (ACDR 33) 6) Necktie: Shall be knotted neatly using a Windsor knot and shall be kept tight. The illustrated reference on knotting of a tie is shown at Annex F, Appendix 3. Plain gold colour tie clips or pins may be used. When jacket is removed the tie shall not be tucked into the shirt except for safety reasons. [The necktie will usually only be worn with the C1 dress.] (ACDR 53: k) 7) Uniform Jacket (a.k.a. Tunic): The jacket shall be worn fully buttoned except the top button. Sleeves shall be roll pressed with no creases. (ACDR 53: f) -Instructions regarding the placement of badges on the jacket are found on page 8-9. 8) Jacket Belt: Shall be worn so as the excess of the belt, once attached, [is on the left side of the uniform jacket]. The buckle shall be adjusted so that the excess of the belt is not more than 8 cm. (ACDR 53: g) 9) Name Tag: The name tag is worn over the right pocket on all orders of dress on the shirt and/or jacket [and centred]. (See Annex F, Appendix 5) (ACDR 26) 10) Trouser/Slacks Belt: [The belt must be worn with the uniform.]
CATO 46-01: 7 11) Trousers/Slacks: The trousers/slacks shall be pressed so as to have creases down the centre of each leg in the front and the back. Creases shall extend from the top of the leg to the bottom. The length of the trousers should extend to the 3 rd eyelet of the ankle boot. (ACDR 53: h) 12) Socks: Must be worn with boots. A cadet may elect to wear his own personal socks, grey or black, wool, cotton or nylon, in lieu of the grey wool socks provided with the uniform (ACDR 53: o) 13) Boots: Only shoe polish can be used to shine the boots. The standard for boot polishing is that they must be clean and shone at all times. [The boots] shall be laced across horizontally from side to side (see Annex F, Appendix 10; straight across method). Boots shall not be modified with any type of metal cleats, hobnails or other metal attachments to heel or sole. (ACDR 53: m-n) 14) Cadet Toque: The cadet toque may be worn during training when weather conditions warrant with the embroidered RCAC cap badge centred on the forehead. (ACDR 53: e) 15) Jacket (a.k.a. Parka): The cadet all-season jacket must be worn year round, while in uniform, when weather conditions warrant. RCAC crest must be worn on the left breast of the all-season jacket. The liner and the exterior jacket may be worn separately or as a set. Rank slip-ons shall be worn on both. The wear of a civilian winter jacket is forbidden while in uniform. Exceptionally, a cadet may be authorized to wear a civilian coat if he has yet to receive the cadet winter coat. (ACDR 53: p) 16) Black Gloves: [Issued black gloves must be worn when weather conditions dictate.] 17) Cadet Slip-ons: Shall be worn with short sleeve orders of dress and overcoats at cadet corps. (ACDR 53: y)
CATO 46-01: 8 18) Sewing of Badges: Badges shall be sewn on the uniform neatly using a thread that blends with the badge and uniform. Badges shall not be glued. (ACDR 50) -Illustrated diagrams for sewing on badges on the uniform jacket are found in CATO 46-01: Appendix F: Annex 8-9. i) Cap Badge: [Sewn on beret and centred on the backboard. The RCAC cap badge must be removed prior to sewing on the Signals cap badge.] ii) Insignia Shoulder Title RCAC (Royal Canadian Signals): Worn on both sleeves of the jacket only. The top of the badge is to be sewn flush with the shoulder seam of the jacket. (Annex D: Appendix 2) iii) RCAC Insignia: Worn on both sleeves of the jacket only. The bottom edge of the badge is to be sewn 12 cm below the shoulder seam of the jacket. (Annex D: Appendix 2) iv) Corps Training Level Badge (Star Level Badge): Centred on the right sleeve of the jacket, the bottom of the badge 6 cm above the bottom of the cuff. (Annex D, Appendix 3) v) Summer Training Badges: All summer training badges shall be worn on the right sleeve in their order of precedence, 1 cm above the Star Level badge. (See Annex F, Appendix 8) (Annex D, Appendix 4) vi) Rank Badges: Rank CWO MWO WO Position on Uniform Worn centred on the right sleeve with the lower edge of the badge 20 cm above the bottom edge of the sleeve.
CATO 46-01: 9 Rank Sgt MCpl Rank Cpl Sig (Annex F, Appendix 8) Position on Uniform Worn centred on the right sleeve with the top of the maple leaf 1 cm below the RCAC badge. Position on Uniform Worn centred on the right sleeve with the leading edge of the badge 1 cm below the RCAC badge. vii) Marksmanship Classification Badges: Badge Marksman (Level I) First Class Marksman (Level II) Expert Marksman (Level III) Distinguished Marksman (Level IV) (Annex D, Appendix 7) Position on Uniform The numeral badge is placed at 6 cm from the bottom edge of the left sleeve and the crossed rifles are positioned 0.5 cm above the numeral badge. Placed 6 cm from the bottom edge of the left sleeve. viii) Fitness Badges: The Army Cadet Fitness badge is worn on the left sleeve only. [Sewn 20 cm from the bottom edge of the left sleeve.] (Annex F, Appendix 9) 19) Make-up: Female cadets are authorized to wear a minimal amount of make-up. 20) Jewellery: The only jewellery that may be worn in uniform shall be a wristwatch and Medical Alert bracelet. In addition, female cadets in uniform may wear a single pair of plain gold, silver stud, diamonds, or white pearl earrings in pierced ears. The single stud earring, worn in the centre of each earlobe, shall be spherical in shape and not exceed 0.6 cm in diameter. No other type of earring shall be worn except for a gold or silver-healing device of similar shape and size, which may be worn while ears are healing after piercing. Only a single earring or healing device, worn in the centre of each ear lobe, may
CATO 46-01: 10 be worn at a time. Male cadets are not authorized to wear an earring or earrings. (ACDR 62) -Simplified: The only jewellery that may be worn in uniform shall be a wristwatch and Medical Alert bracelet; females may wear one earring per ear (not larger than 0.6 cm diameter, gold/silver/pearl/diamond); males may not wear earrings. 21) Eyeglasses/Sunglasses: Sunglasses shall be conservative in design and colour. Sunglasses with photo chromic or mirrored lenses are not authorized for wear. Cadets, who normally wear eyeglasses, may wear either conventionally framed prescription sunglasses or conservatively styled clip-on sunglasses when conditions and circumstances dictate. Other cadets may wear conservatively styled sunglasses, which do not detract from the overall appearance of the uniform when conditions and circumstances dictate. Sunglasses shall not be worn on parade unless authorized by the Corps CO in special circumstances. (ACDR 66-67). -Simplified: Sunglasses shall be conservative in design and colour; sunglasses with photo chromic or mirrored lenses are not authorized for wear.
CATO 46-01: 11 Afterword: The main document ad annxes of CATO 46-01 that should be referred to for visual and in-depth description are: a) CATO 46-01 - Army Cadet Dress Regulations b) CATO 46-01 Annex A - Numbered Dress c) CATO 46-01 Annex C - Religious and Spiritual Accommodation d) CATO 46-01 Annex D - Army Cadet Badges e) CATO 46-01 Annex F - Illustrated References CATO 46-01 may also be found in the 709 RCACC website in the UNIFORMS subsection of RESOURCES. Contributors: MWO Rayala, Kurt; MWO Rayala, Kyle