Quick reminders for blues uniform:
Courtesy of C/Anderson, posted with permission
-Make sure your gig line is aligned (buttons, fly, and shiny tip of the belt).
-Rank insignias:
-have wider side facing away from you -for GMC, form a V behind your neck (this is what you should see in the mirror: / \ or // \\).
-Name tag:
-For men- centered between right pocket, resting right above the pocket flap.
-For women- Centered on right side of the shirt. Height must be within 1.5 inches of the first button
-With long sleeve blues shirt, you must wear your tie/bow tie
-Tie is optional on short sleeve blues
-Service Dress:
-US pins centered on the border between the top and bottom of each lapel, and parallel to the ground.
You may have to readjust the pins after putting the jacket on.
-Wear all ribbons
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Dining Out
The Basics of Dining Out
Courtesy of C/Gryzb, posted with permission
Uniform for Dining Out is mess dress. For us, that simply means our service dress, but wearing a white button-up shirt with no buttons on the collar in place of our long-sleeved blue shirt.
During the meet and greet in the beginning, make an effort to meet as many of the guests as possible.
Once inside the mess, do not sit down until the head table has been seated.
As far as manners go beyond general decency, do not laugh unless the head table laughs, do not eat until the head table begins eating, do not go to the restroom one the mess is closed, and do not clap with your hands, simply bang your spoon against the table for applaud.
If you just so happen to be grogged, you will stand up and walk to the front of the room using facing movements, salute each of the Vices in turn, salute the grog bowl itself, fill your cup, perform an about-face, lift your cup toward the mess and say, “To the mess!”, drink the entirety of your glass, and then hold the glass upside down over your head as proof of completion.
However, if you are grogged, you are allowed a rebuttal or you can take a wingman with you up to the grog by first walking to that person and saluting them.
In order to grog somebody yourself, you must raise your hand and wait to be called on by the Vice. Once called on, you must stand up at attention and say “Mr. and Mrs. Vice, I C/ (your rank) (your full name) would like to make a point of order.”
If you are granted permission, you may then proceed to read your poem inviting your victim to take a drink from the grog bowl.
Most importantly, just follow the older cadets lead, don’t be scared, and HAVE FUN!
Courtesy of C/Gryzb, posted with permission
Uniform for Dining Out is mess dress. For us, that simply means our service dress, but wearing a white button-up shirt with no buttons on the collar in place of our long-sleeved blue shirt.
During the meet and greet in the beginning, make an effort to meet as many of the guests as possible.
Once inside the mess, do not sit down until the head table has been seated.
As far as manners go beyond general decency, do not laugh unless the head table laughs, do not eat until the head table begins eating, do not go to the restroom one the mess is closed, and do not clap with your hands, simply bang your spoon against the table for applaud.
If you just so happen to be grogged, you will stand up and walk to the front of the room using facing movements, salute each of the Vices in turn, salute the grog bowl itself, fill your cup, perform an about-face, lift your cup toward the mess and say, “To the mess!”, drink the entirety of your glass, and then hold the glass upside down over your head as proof of completion.
However, if you are grogged, you are allowed a rebuttal or you can take a wingman with you up to the grog by first walking to that person and saluting them.
In order to grog somebody yourself, you must raise your hand and wait to be called on by the Vice. Once called on, you must stand up at attention and say “Mr. and Mrs. Vice, I C/ (your rank) (your full name) would like to make a point of order.”
If you are granted permission, you may then proceed to read your poem inviting your victim to take a drink from the grog bowl.
Most importantly, just follow the older cadets lead, don’t be scared, and HAVE FUN!
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Shoe Shining
Shoe Shining
Courtesy of C/Gandy, posted with permission
The following is my personal method of shining shoes. There aremany variations but this is one of the safest, simplest, and most effective.
Materials: Kiwi shoe polish, fresh water and cotton balls.
Step 1: If your shoes are brand new with no polish you will need toremove the protective coating with rubbing alcohol. This requires noparticular skill. Your shoes will look pretty bad afterwards, butnever fear the polish is coming.
Step 2: Prepare your shoes for polishing by making sure they are cleanand taking out the shoe laces.
Step 3: Dip a cotton ball in water and rub a little polish onto it. Proceed to make small circles on your shoe with the cotton ball. Ensure that you do not apply too much pressure.
Step 4: You are starting to shine the shoe when the polish starts to look like a streaky window before you wipe the windex off. Continue to shine that area until the streaky parts become nice and shiny.
Step 5: Focus mainly on the toe and heel of the shoe, but do notneglect the sides and tongue. Once you start wearing your shoes theywill get creases and you have to take special care to get that part ofthe shoe shiny again.
Step 6: Relace your shoes with the first lace going DOWN into the holes. Every lace after that should also go down into the holes and remember when you wear your shoes to tuck the laces in.
Remember that practice makes perfect AND perfect shoes!
Courtesy of C/Gandy, posted with permission
The following is my personal method of shining shoes. There aremany variations but this is one of the safest, simplest, and most effective.
Materials: Kiwi shoe polish, fresh water and cotton balls.
Step 1: If your shoes are brand new with no polish you will need toremove the protective coating with rubbing alcohol. This requires noparticular skill. Your shoes will look pretty bad afterwards, butnever fear the polish is coming.
Step 2: Prepare your shoes for polishing by making sure they are cleanand taking out the shoe laces.
Step 3: Dip a cotton ball in water and rub a little polish onto it. Proceed to make small circles on your shoe with the cotton ball. Ensure that you do not apply too much pressure.
Step 4: You are starting to shine the shoe when the polish starts to look like a streaky window before you wipe the windex off. Continue to shine that area until the streaky parts become nice and shiny.
Step 5: Focus mainly on the toe and heel of the shoe, but do notneglect the sides and tongue. Once you start wearing your shoes theywill get creases and you have to take special care to get that part ofthe shoe shiny again.
Step 6: Relace your shoes with the first lace going DOWN into the holes. Every lace after that should also go down into the holes and remember when you wear your shoes to tuck the laces in.
Remember that practice makes perfect AND perfect shoes!
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