I was expecting it to be a riddle. Kind of like, “How did Hitler tie his shoes?”
In little knotsies.
Here is a list of accessories to keep a shirt tucked in. I remember seeing shirt stay belts (#3) for sale in US Calvary magazine as w kid, which prompted me to do the above Google search.
These kind of things have been around for ages, especially for older men who’s untoned flabby bodies tend to cause clothing to sag off and look bad, but who want to look good in their high-profile positions.
I’ll never forget reading a magazine at the library as a kid. I don’t remember which magazine but it was the ‘Return of the Jedi’ issue and had articles and photos from that movie. There was a page of jokes and this was one:
Where does Admiral Ackbark keep his armies?
In his sleevies.
I was about 5 or 6 and thought it was the funniest thing I’d ever heard.
I’m sure the weight thing is a big issue but the sitting and standing part seems like geometry.
Shirt stays were indeed taught/used in boot camp, at least in 1995. They’re not the most comfortable things, as there are 2 stays in the front and 2 in the back, and they wrap round your legs once before clipping to the top of your sock.
In the fleet we also wore them any other time we had a dress or service uniform on; inspections, change of command ceremonies etc. I would say that they were pretty universally worn, you wouldn’t want to have a billowy shirt and have it discovered that you weren’t wearing them.
However, I was in an infantry unit and things might vary elsewhere. I recently saw a photo of the Commandants Own Marine Drum and Bugle Corps in their Service “C” uniforms (short sleeve shirt), and I gotta say…for being a show unit, they looked like a sack of assholes. Billowy shirts all over.
I think that’s the the very definition of “banana hammock”