Comments by "Luke Sandy High Ground" (@Luke_Sandy_High_Ground) on "Battle Order"
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Ive heard rumours that it comes from an arabic work from when British troops were out there in the 50s/60s or that story could be all bollocks 🤷.
"Legend has it that the 'way-back-when' origin of the word is a slang foreign language term meaning 'shade', probably a regional dialect variation on an Arabic word and discovered in Yemen during British military operations there in the 1950s/60’s, specifically in the Radfan Hills and Aden. During these operations, members of The Parachute Regiment would reshape their berets, pulling them forward so that the style of the beret not only hung over the right ear, but also peaked forward slightly to provide shade over the eyes from the harsh desert sun – this style became known as an “Ally Beret”. The beret was non-conformist (worn in a fashion other than that dictated by army regulations), yet functional, serving a purpose, cool, and an improvement on the standard issue. Eventually ally was used to refer to anything related to battlefield cool e.g an ally beret, an ally war story or 'he looks ally af'
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