JR had kept his armor from the Normandy after the fighting was over.
He'd done it for two reasons. First, he didn't trust that the island was done screwing with them and they'd just been through a nasty fight. Second it was climate controlled so he was still nice and warm inside it even when the temperature was as cold as he could remember it ever being on the island.
So he was still wearing the futuristic marvel on patrol when he ran across something he hadn't seen for quite some time. British army uniforms were distinctive to his eye, especially considering that this Tommy was kitted out in gear from his own war. The last time he'd seen British Army uniforms was in 1943, when he and the 1st Division had been in Australia for refit after Guadalcanal.
But beyond that there was something awfully familiar about this particular soldier...