CAP Command Scarf

[jeders]

Yeah, I know, most people think they are ugly, but you know some of us like these sort of things for the tradition and history of CAP.  I would like to see about how to get NHQ to authorize it to be sold by the company that has the pattern or to get them to sell it to VG.

According to the CAP rep at Vanguard, they are currently working on getting the scarf produced.

[Hawk200]

Yeah, I know, most people think they are ugly, but you know some of us like these sort of things for the tradition and history of CAP.  I would like to see about how to get NHQ to authorize it to be sold by the company that has the pattern or to get them to sell it to VG.

According to the CAP rep at Vanguard, they are currently working on getting the scarf produced.

For collection purposes, I don't have any issues. But when someone wears it, most people think they're a tool.

[tsrup]

I have one, and when I do wear my bag (not very often) to meetings, I wear it.  When being worn, it is a lot more low key and lot less ostentatious as seeing one sans-bag.  It's a talking point, and there is history behind it. 

I do not wear it on missions though.  Scarves at one time may have served a purpose, but that time has come and passed.


(btw, I too think the pattern is hideous, but that is part of the tradition of organizational scarves)

[manfredvonrichthofen]

I also talked to VG a while back about the items they don't carry. I wanted to know about the service jacket and about the command scarf and they acted like they were trying to find a supplier too, but when I pointed to www.ramaworld.com, they had no interest in hearing about them. I don't think they care too much about the CAP items. They said that they just flat don't carry the service jacket, and from what I can tell, they won't either.

[davidsinn]

I don't think they care too much about the CAP items. They said that they just flat don't carry the service jacket, and from what I can tell, they won't either.

Why should they? The only supplier of it sells direct to us and would undercut them on price. It is also not a mandatory item.

[Mustang]

Scarves have fallen out of vogue in the AF.  Pretty much the only ones who wear them now are Space/Missile guys and USAFA/ROTC cadets.

[PHall]

Scarves have fallen out of vogue in the AF.  Pretty much the only ones who wear them now are Space/Missile guys and USAFA/ROTC cadets.

They never were "in vogue" with the heavy drivers, we wore them only when we "had" to wear them.
They seemed to be much more popular with the fighter pilots and then only the "tools" wore them.

[bosshawk]

I have a feeling that a lot of you folks have never had the "pleasure" of wearing one of those things.  Back in the day, I had 18 months at Ft Bragg and a year in Korea when we wore the D--------- things every day with fatigues or flight suits.  They are a constant pain because they fit right up against your neck, constantly slip and slide and are just a PITA.  I still have my MI scarf and it sits on the bottom of my foot locker.

[manfredvonrichthofen]

I have a feeling that a lot of you folks have never had the "pleasure" of wearing one of those things.  Back in the day, I had 18 months at Ft Bragg and a year in Korea when we wore the D--------- things every day with fatigues or flight suits.  They are a constant pain because they fit right up against your neck, constantly slip and slide and are just a PITA.  I still have my MI scarf and it sits on the bottom of my foot locker.

Sir, it doesn't matter if it sits on the bottom of your foot locker does it? I doubt you would get rid of it even if you hate wearing it. It is just the fact that you have it. It is that way for me. I just want to have one even if I never wear it.

[bosshawk]

15: have at it, I wouldn't want to deny you the pleasure.  I was just thinking about some of the silly uniform items that I wore at one time or another.

[bosshawk]

OOPs, Manfred, I was thinking that you were Radioman15.  I probably ran into one or more of your ancestors when I was in FRG.

[manfredvonrichthofen]

OOPs, Manfred, I was thinking that you were Radioman15.  I probably ran into one or more of your ancestors when I was in FRG.

506 FRG?

[bosshawk]

FRG: Federal Republic of Germany.  My first tour of duty in the Army, I won't tell you the years, it was so long ago.

[manfredvonrichthofen]

Oh, hahaha. FRG: Family Readiness Group.