Beret out..patrol head gear back in..

[deziloooooo]

Just saw this announcement...funny , I thought the beret was cool, LOL, but troops hated it and after reading their complaints...hey, if they wearn't happy, so be it...

Seems the Marines had it right ..again[sigh]
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In US Army, the beret is out and the cap is back
Mon Jun 13, 7:00 pm ET

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.

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"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."

[handyman2]

The Beret is nice in a dress situation but if you have to bend over very far it tends to slip or fall off. I would prefer the duty cap also. Not to mention they cost a lot less.