Quote Originally Posted by James

One of the reasons why though issued with shorts and wearing them for training/parades etc-for those more interesting occasions we would wear long trousers.

In essence, whilst there is every good reason for soldiers to wear the kilt on many occasions-for their comfort etc. Active service is not one of them.

James
The "we": is that the teacher "we" or the one of the soldiers in the next sentence "we"?

WW2 North Africa comes to mind when we discuss soldiers in shorts.