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CA Insignia and Identifiers. The Governor General has approved a new CA primary badge, an historic device as our secondary badge, and a new CA flag. We now utilize CANARMYGENs and a new March (The Great Little Army). One further CA insignia change will be a new Command pocket badge based on our new secondary badge.

Corps and Division Insignia. The MND announcement of 19 Apr 13 requires the restoration of Corps metal shoulder titles for the RCAC, RCE, RCCS, RCIC, and RCEME in both official languages. The 8 Jul 13 MND announcement requires the reintroduction of Division shoulder patches and distinguishing flags.

OFFICER RANKRestore CA Officer rank based on pre-1968 traditional ranks in accordance with the MND announcement.

Restore gorget patches for Cols-to-Gen.

New Figure 3-2-1 in ADH 265.

Symbols are based on the pre-1968 Canadian Pattern which continues to be worn by all commonwealth Nations.

Minor changes to patterns will be supported IAW Regt’l traditions pre-1968

No change to Governor General/vice-regal badges of rank.

PROPOSED NEW CA RANK

DEU METAL INSIGNIA DEU TUNIC VARIATIONS

Rifle/Voltigeur

Regiments wear

blackened rank

insignia along

with blackened

buttons and

facings.

Regiments of Guards

(Horse and Foot)

wear a star based on

The Order of the

Garter.

St EdwardCrown

Star

Right Left

CADPAT & SLIP-ON EMBROIDERED RANK

NEW High Visibility CADPAT Badges

X

WO

ROUGH MOCK-UP

EMBROIDERED SLIP-ONS

The tradition of Corps coloured insignia having a 1/8” coloured background is requested for slip-ons.

1GENERALSCOLONELSRCALOGISTICSMILITARY POLICE(red)

2RCAC(yellow)

3RCERCCSRCEME(blue)

4RCICGENERAL LIST(scarlett)

7*CHAPLAINS(purple)

8*MEDICAL(dull cherry)

9*DENTAL(emerald green)

5 & 6RIFLES/VOLTIGEURS(dark green))(red - QOR)

* BGen/Col

retain Branch border colour

2INTELLIGENCE(green)

Gorget Patches BGen-Gen(red)

Colonels(red)• RCAC• RCA• RCE• RCCS• RCIC• RCEME• Logistics

Medical Branch(dull cherry)

Dental Branch(emerald green)

Chaplain Branch(Purple)

Worn only by Army Generals and Colonels on the DEU Order of Dress.Colonels and Brigadier Generals of the Medical, Dental, and Chaplain Branches wear their own distinct colour. Not worn by Honouraries (Cols-in-Chief, Cols Comdt, Cols-of-the-Regt, or Hon Cols).Senior CWOs will retain their cross sword collar badges.The gorget patches are not symmetrical. There is a left and right design. Pin-on backings (two). New CA button (20 line) will be used decoratively. Large gorget patch worn on DEU jacket collar (3.5” x 1.25”). These replaces the cross swords. Smaller version worn on open shirt collars (2” x 1”).

Re-introduceDistinctive CA Button

CA will introduce a distinctive Command button based on CA Historic Device announced by the MND.

It will be worn by all CA personnel who do not have a distinctive Corps or Regiment button including Colonels-to-Generals.

DEU jacket front closure (30 line)

DEU breast pocket (26 line)

Gorget patch (20 line)

It would be introduced as stocks are depleted.

BUTTON DESIGN SAMEAS NEW CA FLAG

CA Pocket Badge

Already authorized.

Based on 9 Jul 13 MND’s announcement introducing a CA historic device as our secondary badge, the CA will update our DEU pocket badge based on the primary badge of the WW II Canadian Army.

Introduce at one-time NLT August 2014.

Proposed Division Distinguishing Flags

These Flags are in the approval process

DIVISION HQ CAMP FLAG

DIV COMD IN LOC FLAG

DIV COMD VEH PENNANT

Division Formation PatchesOn 9 Jul 13, the MND renamed the former-LFAs to Divisions and spoke about soldiers proudly wearing their identifying patches..

Introduce a 2” x 3” Division patch in wool melton to be worn on the left upper sleeve of the DEU jacket.

Amend to ADH 265, Chapter 3, Sect 5, para 7, permit formation badges for CA Divisions at public expense.

Left sleeve is required IOT keep forward orientation of CMBG and CBG formation patches which are designed left-to-right dominant.

Left sleeve is the historically correct sleeve for the Division formation patches.

Division pantones are based on WW I and WW II colours.

LEFT (shoulder) RIGHT

2 Div CA

(SQFT)

3 Cdn Div(LFWA)

4 Cdn Div(LFCA)

5 Cdn Div(LFAA)

1 Cdn Div HQ(Kingston)

Royal Canadian Corps Metal Shoulder Titles

On 19 Apr 13, the MND announced the restoration of the names of the Royal CA Corps.

5 x Branches/Corps were directly affected and restored their names.

New DEU metal shoulder titles have been ordered as well as cloth epaulette flashes on the CADPAT slip-on.

CORPS

ENG FRE

RCAC CBRC

RCE GRC

RCCS CTRC

RCIC CIRC

RCEME GEMRC

WAY AHEADDSSPM TIME ESTIMATES

CADPAT Slip-on

Embroidered Slip-on (C3)

DEU Tunic Metal (C3)

Gorget Patches (C3)

Division Patches (C3)

RC Shoulder Titles (C3)

Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec2013 2014

Development Production& Contracting

Note: C3 = will be included in existing Logistik Unicorp Contract