Slip-on
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A slip-on, also called a slide, shoulder mark, or (erroneously) an epaulette, is a flat cloth sleeve worn "slipped on" the shoulder strap of a military uniform. It usually bears rank or other insignia.
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[edit] Canada
In the Canadian Forces, slip-ons are worn on the shoulder straps of the Service Dress shirt, overcoat, raincoat, and sweater; CANEX parka and windbreaker; Naval Combat Dress jacket and shirt; Military Police Operational Patrol Dress shirt and jacket; and the old olive-drab Combat Uniform jacket and shirt. The slip-ons are worn on a similar-style strap located in the centre of the chest (and sometimes centre of the back as well) of the CADPAT shirt, jacket, parka, and raincoat. Slip-ons are not worn on the Service Dress jacket, or with Mess Dress.
Design of slip-ons is as follows:
- Army Service Dress: rifle green slip-on with a regimental or branch title, or the word "CANADA", in gold cotton thread, called "CF gold", at the bottom (shoulder) edge. Officers also wear their rank insignia in CF gold braid; non-commissioned members' slip-ons are plain.
- Air Force Service Dress: Air Force blue slip-on with "CANADA" in a darker shade of gold thread called "old gold" at the bottom. Officers' ranks are in CF gold braid, non-commissioned members' in old gold.
- Navy Service Dress and Naval Combat Dress: black slip-ons with "CANADA" and rank insignia (all ranks) in CF gold.
- Army and Air Force CADPAT: Slip-ons are either in CADPAT Temperate Woodland (TW) or Arid Region (AR) disruptive pattern, as determined by the uniform. The word "CANADA" or an applicable branch, regimental, or air unit title is stitched near the bottom, with rank insignia (all ranks) above; thread is tan for Army personnel and dark blue for Air Force.
- Combat uniform: olive drab slip-on with "CANADA" or regimental title on the bottom edge in a lighter olive thread. Rank insignia was embroidered on for officers, and sometimes for non-commissioned members; more often, the non-commissioned member's rank was issued in the form of a patch that was either stitched onto the epaulet (preferred Air Force and Navy practice) or directly onto the upper shirt or jacket sleevewith the slip-on left blank (preferred Army practice).
[edit] United States
[edit] Military
From the United States Navy's shoulderboard, the United States Army and Air Force developed the shoulder mark, a cloth tube with one stripe far from the collar for senior officers, an additional stripe at the top for general officers, no stripes for junior officers and enlisted men and embroidered or pinned rank insignia. These are worn on all class B uniform shirts; the US Navy wears soft epaulettes only on long sleeve white shirts. The Coast Guart wears Naval style soft epaulettes on all class B uniform shirts.
[edit] Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America uses colored shoulder loops worn on the shoulder straps to indicate the program level. Cub Scouts wear blue loops, Boy Scouts use red shoulder loops, Varsity Scouts use blaze (orange) loops and Venturers wear green shoulder loops. Adults or youth with a district or council position wear silver loops while those with area, regional or national positions wear gold loops.
