Here's the one obama probably wants them to wear.
But no matter which cap, I bet it will be made in China.
Posted on 06/13/2011 6:19:19 PM PDT by cll
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US Army is abandoning the beret, after a failed 10-year experiment.
The black beret, which proved deeply unpopular with American soldiers, will be replaced by a patrol cap for everyday wear, US Army spokesman Colonel Tom Collins said Monday.
The move came after outgoing Army chief of staff, General Martin Dempsey, asked the army's sergeant major "to go out and talk to soldiers across the force and see what was on their minds," Collins told AFP.
"One of the things that soldiers consistently brought up was the desire to wear the patrol cap as part of their duty uniform," he said.
The beret will still be part of the Army's dress uniform, but will no longer be worn in the field as soldiers complained that it was impractical, he said.
"It does not have a visor and doesn't shield the sun, doesn't absorb sweat well," Collins said.
One soldier put it more bluntly.
"I hate wearing a wet sock on my head," Chief Warrant Officer Mark Vino, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, told the Army Times. "Plus it makes head/skin break out."
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Wonder how much this moronic Shinseki boondoggle cost the American taxpayers....
I hated those stinking things that we had to wear at Fort Campbell, Kentucky back in the 1970s. I hated those stinking things. Glad to see them go. I was a patrol cap type hat man myself. Good move.
Iraq 2005...Bronze stars went to E7 and above...given out like PEZ candy!
And now Shinseki runs the VA, which in its infinite wisdom, is going to allow transgendered vets get hormone therapy and mental health care. Meanwhile, our combat vets that need mental health care are getting the shaft.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110610/ap_on_he_me/us_transgender_veterans_3
Known among Marines as a Pisscutter.
I believe a pisscutter is a garrison cap (or flight cap to us zoomies).
We used to know it as the soft cap, one each.<< O.D. in color
More shocking by far are the number of rapes committed in VA hospitals.
Hopefully the caps will be MADE IN AMERICA, not like the black berets, which a majority were made in china.
Never liked those friggin UN beret’s.
Yeah I just saw an article about that too.
Here's the one obama probably wants them to wear.
But no matter which cap, I bet it will be made in China.
I left the Army at the end of 1973, and I was not aware of an army wide Beret policy, what years was it?
I think the berets look nice but it does seem they would be impractical.
My Nephew gave me his floppy hat, I guess they were issued to them in basic. I really like it for just walking around the yard etc. as it keeps the sun off. I have noticed it hampers your vision somewhat.
I have heard the old Corinthian helmets worn by the ancient Greeks ran up to 10 pounds. They must have been really tough to wear and it looks like they would have cut down on your vision and hearing. On the other hand, they probably gave really good protection.
HUH???? I’ve never heard of that. Proof?, date, names and VA hospital (s).
No more ‘Monicas’?
‘Bout time . . . used to be worn only by Airborne and Special Forces . . . looks weird on the rest of the regular army
When will the Navy dump that GD “Dixie Cup”?
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