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Not to sound too brash here, but I don't really see the big deal about wearing insignia if someone wants to roleplay out their little milsim army fantasy while on the field. If you're going to wear chevrons, epaulettes, insignias, "POLICE" patches and law enforcement shoulder patches on your BDU and then boast that you are whatever rank your chevrons say you are, when you're not, well then I hope you're going home on the short bus.
I guess the only real problem would be wearing gear off the field for whatever reason, like wearing your BDU's on the bus or subway on the ride home, with the rank you were pretending to be on the field, either because you're too lazy to change or feel the need to look for the opportunity to act all badass when someone asks you if you're really in the army.
In short, I would say that yeah, if you want to dress up as hardcore as possible, right down to the chevrons, then do it on the field, but keep your gear in your bag until you're ready to change into it; then pack it up and change into your street clothes when you're on your way home.
The quams I would have about personating service personelle would be personating service personelle from our country, in our country. I don't see it as having as much of an impact if you want to personate a high ranking officer in the Russian Army, or a Navy Seal commander, since we have nothing to do with those countries. Airsofters are generally smart enough to know that you're just role playing and that it's all in fun, but if you're going to apply it your Canadian themed load out, you'll eventually get some flack for it, since it ventures into disrespect, so you're better off just not doing it.
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