Posted on Feb 10, 2018

Army To Combat Advisors: You Are Not Special Forces. Now Here's A Brown Beret

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Our military obsession with headgear continues...

Army To Combat Advisors: You Are Not Special Forces. Now Here's A Brown Beret

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Posted 7 y ago

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SGT Christopher Hayden

Posted 7 y ago

Awe, how cute. More uniform nonsense instead of focus on battle readiness.

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SMSgt Thor Merich

Posted 7 y ago

My personal opinion only, and I wear a beret, is that it is a silly looking hat. Now saying that will irk many of my fellow Air Force SF members as wearing the beret is a coveted uniform item in the Air Force. I will admit though that it does serve one valuable purpose in the Air Force as it readily identifies an armed SF member in an environment where everyone dresses the same. Besides that, I could go without it for daily wear. It serves no real function and is a horrible uniform item for protecting your head and face.

However, if we must have berets, they should be worn only in dress uniforms.

One more thing, if the US military feels the need for special hats I would prefer Stetsons, at least they are an American invention and not copied from the French. Military members from all over the world wear the beret which takes away its uniqueness.

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SMSgt Thor Merich

>1 y

Not in the Air Force. It’s a daily wear item and it’s a pain in the neck.

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>1 y

Just noticed the last part about the stetson . 1st cav in the army I think has them haha

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>1 y

They were some kind of cowboy hat anyways not sure what the proper term for their headgear would be.

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SFC William Linnell

5 mo

SPC (Join to see) - Stetsons. It was suppose to be earned by completing the Spur Ride and passing it. Officers mostly are told to have them regardless. Berets with wear of the Class A uniform Yes. In ACUs or whatever the new uniform is called, NO. Really a bad idea for Soldiers in those nice states that are scorching hell sun. Nice ring around the nugget. Boonie caps would have been the wiser choice. But when has the upper brass been smart about anything like that?

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