In the Canadian Armed Forces, the field service cap ( French: calot de campagne) is defined by the Canadian Forces Dress Instructions as a 'cloth folding or 'wedge cap'.Originally designed for wear during field operations and training, it may now also be worn as an undress cap with full and undress uniforms.' The cap is worn as part of the undress uniform by students of Royal Military College of Canada, and as an optional item by all ranks of rifle regiments with ceremonial dress, mess dress, and service dress uniforms. See also: Canadian military fur wedge cap Army

The RAAF is the only branch of the Australian Defence Force entitled to wear garrison caps. The piping of the garrison cap for air officers is light blue, the piping for all other ranks is solid blue. It has been associated with various military forces since the middle of the 19th century, as well as various civilian organizations.Īll ranks of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) are entitled to wear the blue garrison cap with appropriate cap badge as an optional items with General Purpose Uniform (GPU), Service Dress (SD) and Flying Dress (FD) uniforms. In form the side cap is comparable to the glengarry, a folding version of the Scottish military bonnet. It is also known as a garrison cap or flight cap in the United States, wedge cap in Canada, or field service cap in the United Kingdom or in vulgar slang as a cunt cap. Foldable military cap Senior RAF and United States Air Force officers wearing flight caps German Air Force Garrison cap ( Schiffchen 'little boat') from 1962 with flaps up (top) and flaps folded down (bottom)Ī side cap is a military cap that can be folded flat when not being worn.

World war 2 navy veteran cap