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To: 11th_VA

My only issue wuth the Green Berets is that stupid faggoty French beret. Why didn’t they get a more manly, American kind of head covering, like a kepe (okay, I know that is French too, but a kepe doesn’t just slouch all over your head like a limp quiche or something.)

Or one of them stiff little hats like the kraut Afrika corps wore?


23 posted on 03/17/2026 6:29:07 AM PDT by Penelope Dreadful (And there is Pansies, that's for Thoughts. +Sodomy & Abortion are NOT cornerstones of Civilization! )
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To: Penelope Dreadful

Nothing beats a garrison cap for sheer stupidity and uselessness in a head covering.


24 posted on 03/17/2026 6:31:06 AM PDT by Flag_This (They're lying.)
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To: Penelope Dreadful

Are you Jack Nicholson? Lol


41 posted on 03/17/2026 6:45:23 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: Penelope Dreadful

The beret is distinctive and allows for an individual style in the manner of wearing/creasing it.

Taking the black beret from the Rangers and forcing the entire army to wear it was a nasty, ridiculous decision that should be overturned.


62 posted on 03/17/2026 7:41:45 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Penelope Dreadful

Brits and other countries wore and still do wear berets of different colors. According to Wikipedia: “ Military berets are usually pushed to the right to free the shoulder that bears the rifle on most soldiers, but the armies of some countries, mostly within Europe, South America, and Asia, have influenced the push to the left (i.e. ‘French pull’).”


109 posted on 03/17/2026 1:18:52 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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