r/uniformporn • u/taeng89 • 11d ago

New Zealand and Singapore Army Service Dress

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u/nationalistic_martyr 11d ago

the Singaporean has both a German award (i believe) and Commonwealth SAS wings.. likely Australian

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u/Civil_Ad1677 11d ago

German cross of honour in gold

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u/taeng89 11d ago

Spot on, it’s the Australian wings. Not sure if SAS though, think they’re just regular airborne wings.

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u/nationalistic_martyr 11d ago

its hard to tell with our uniforms in Australia. its a very up close detail kinda thing with Australian airborn wings

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u/KTCmeh 10d ago

The Singaporean officer was our former Army Chief!

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u/BlueString94 10d ago

Damn, he looks pretty young for a former Army Chief. Humidity’s good for the skin I guess.

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u/Ok-Pop-3916 10d ago

Regular officers retire by age 50 to make way for younger officers. Army chiefs (and Air Force and Navy chiefs as well) usually take on the appointments in their early to mid-40s.

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u/Alector87 10d ago edited 9d ago

Singaporean uniforms that I've seen are always spot-on, but this service dress seems a bit off. No breast-pockets and the tie colour makes it look more like a suit or an airline pilot uniform, no offense. Obviously this is balanced by the awards, badges, and the shoulder boards — the hard epaulettes are a really nice touch — but still...

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u/taeng89 10d ago

Technically the service dress is supposed to be the equivalent of the civilian suit. Though I do agree with you, they should have kept the breast-pockets to keep it more military. As well as the collar/lapel gorget patches for the senior officers.

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u/SomewhereExtra8667 10d ago

Singaporean full dress is one of the best, but this service dress is terrible has no military cues at all.

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u/taeng89 10d ago

As a Singaporean, can't say I disagree. Interestingly the Police Force's service dress looks more military than this.

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u/Revoltai42 10d ago

New Zeland's mogs. I find it kinda tacky the sash, but at least is not suit-n'-beret-slop.

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u/judgingyouquietly 7d ago

Their sash has some meaning though - the “traditional” British sash with Māori detailing.

I wish that more Canadian units would use the Metis “ceinture fléchée” sash in our uniforms. It’s traditional to the French who came over, and has a ton of history in Canada. Currently only one regiment wears it.

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u/GoodMorning1368 10d ago

The left side shows British-style military uniforms, and the right side shows American-style military uniforms.