General
Soldiers are issued various uniforms.  The Dress Regulations are contained in Standing Order 52 and summarized here.

The uniform of the Royal Bermuda Regiment is an extension of the Regiment and is to be worn with pride. It should be clean and serviceable and should be comfortable without being too tight or baggy.  Cap badges should be highly polished; boots should be clean, properly laced and maintained, belts and webbing should be sized appropriately and fit correctly.

Moustaches must be trimmed in line with the upper lip.  No other facial hair is permitted and soldiers are to be clean and neatly shaven for every Regimental activity.  A medical officer will issue shaving certificates to personnel who are unable to shave for valid medical reasons. 

Hair is to be closely cropped at all times.  Sideburns are to be at the middle of your ear and hair should be cut above the collar.  Lines and other designs are not permitted; this including eyebrows.  Females are to have their hair in a neat bun.  Longer hair should be secured in a fair net off the shoulder.  Hair should be of a natural colour.

Jewellery is not to be worn, with the exception of wedding bands. Servicewomen may wear a single pair of small gold stud earrings when attending formal functions.  

Quick Reference Guide to the different Orders of Dress:

 

Dress #	Known As	Jocular / Slang	Short General Description	When worn	Notes
1.	Number 1 Dress.	Blues.	Dark Jacket; black trousers with red stripe.	Only by permission from the CO.	Not part of general issue
2.	Service Dress.		Green Jacket and Trousers.	At formal, but non-ceremonial events.	Only issued to FTS, WOs and above.
3.	Ceremonial Dress SNCO Officers	Whites.	White Jacket, navy blue trousers with red stripe.	All ceremonies and parades.
4.	Mess Dress.	Mess Kit.	Red Jacket, #3 trousers.	Formal Mess functions.	JNCOs wear #9 Dress.
5.	Drill Order.		Combats with Peaked Cap, Drill Boots, and belt.	Drill / Parade Practice.	Drill Instructors wear #6 Dress.
6.	Office Dress.	Barrack Dress.	As #2 Dress without Jacket.		Only issued to FTS, WOs and above.  Summer and winter variants.
8.	Combat Dress Winter/Summer.	Normal Working Dress.	MTP with beret.	Daily.
9.	Travel Dress.	none.	Jacket and tie.	As directed to social events.	Winter and summer  variants.

There are three orders of dress that a soldier will typically wear during their time in the Regiment: Training Dress, Drill Order and Ceremonial Dress. These are outlined below.  NCO’s and Officers or Full time Staff will have the opportunity to wear other orders of dress.

Training Dress (No. 8 Dress—Combat)
The basic uniform for all of your Regimental training activities.

• Head Dress: Blue beret with cap badge over left eye.
• Shirt: Combat shirt.  Sleeves of shirt folded in a 3 inch fold ending 3 inches above the elbow.
• T-Shirt: Tan.  Wearing is optional.
• Trousers: Combat Trousers worn with belt.  Trouser bottoms tucked into elastics around the boot.
• Footwear: High top rubber-soled boots and issued beige socks.
• Jacket: Combat jacket to be worn when ordered.
• Norwegian: Norwegian (Olive Green/Tan). When ordered.
• Webbing: As ordered.  When in doubt, bring it!

Drill Order (No. 5 Dress)
Worn for drill lessons and parade practices.  It is as above for Training Dress, except:

• Head Dress: No1. Forage Cap with Cap Badge.
• Footwear: Leather-soled boots with toes and heels highly polished.
• Belt: Black Plastic worn on outside of shirt.

Ceremonial (No. 3 Dress)
The ceremonial uniform used for all standard parades.

• Head Dress: No1. Forage Cap with Cap Badge.
• Jacket: White jacket / Tunic.
• Trousers: Dark blue with red stripe.
• Footwear: Leather-soled boots with toes and heels highly polished and issued olive green socks.
• Belt: Black plastic.                             
• Bayonet Frog: Black plastic.
• Gloves: White.
• Undershirt White or Black with no design. 

Rank	Abbreviation	Addressed as	Badge of Rank
Private (1) Bandsman Drummer	Pte Bdsm Dmr	Private Bandsman Drummer
Lance Corporal	LCpl	Lance Corporal or “Corporal”
Corporal	Cpl	Corporal
Sergeant	Sgt	Sergeant
Colour Sergeant (2)	CSgt	Colour Sergeant or “Colour”
Warrant Officer Class Two (Sergeant Major)	WO2	Sir or Sergeant Major
Warrant Officer Class Two (Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant / Chief Clerk)	WO2 (RQMS/CC)	Sir or Sergeant Major
Warrant Officer Class One (Bandmaster) (3)	WO1 (BM)	Sir (Officers may use “Bandmaster” or “Mr Last-name”)
Warrant Officer Class One (Regimental Sergeant Major)	WO1 (RSM)	Sir (Officers may use Mr Last-name”)
Officer Cadet (4)	OCdt	Mr Last name
Second Lieutenant	2Lt	Sir (senior officer/Warrant Officers may use “Mr Lastname”)
Lieutenant	Lt	Sir (senior officer/Warrant Officers may use “Mr Lastname”)
Captain	Capt	Sir or Captain
Major	Maj	Sir or Major
Lieutenant Colonel (5)	Lt Col	Sir or Colonel
Colonel	Col	Sir or Colonel

Notes

1. All of these ranks are equivalent to Private.
2. Other Battalions may use Staff Sergeant (SSgt), addressed as “Staff”.
3. At the date of publication, these appointments were not made.
4. Not a substantive rank.
5. Lieutenant Colonel is the senior commissioned rank within the Royal Bermuda Regiment and is held by the Commanding Officer.  The rank of Colonel is held by the Regiment’s Honourary Colonel. The ranks of Brigadier, Major General, Lieutenant General and General are not depicted here.