Why is the boonie cap so demonized in the army?

MSG Eryk Yoakam (Retired) - Nonsense level: 11.
You know, last I checked ape-shit CSM didn't have authority to issue article 15s, he'd have to have his commander onbpard. I feel like MAYBE there are better things for him to do.

1SG (Join to see) - In some instances, such as USASMA, E9's have command authority under 600-20. I don't know all of those circumstances I retired in 2012.

Sounds like Anonymous up there wanted to get into a pissing contest with the CSM, won, and it cost one of their soldiers some UCMJ. Is the CSM wrong? 100%. Is he then going to make hell for every one of Anon's troops? 110%. Lesson: sometimes just take your lumps so your juniors don't become targets.

LCpl Michael Cappello that is among the best compliments I have ever received. Thank you Lcpl, you made my day

If that were true, why do Marines not have that problem? Granted that our recruits may be a different caliber of person. I prefer to believe that it boils down to training. We are NOT attempting to look like anything other than a Marine. I suggest that if those "Soldiers" wish to "Shape and Conform" their Boonie hats in order to look "COOL" they should be encouraged to look like the coolest warriors to wear a Boonie hat. MARINES. So simple. No one will ever look UNIQUE. Thereby achieving uniformity. Perhaps they should be TRAINED to remember that they are supposed to be "SOLDIERS" and NOT a fashionista. Then again, it was the Army itself that made the Beret a "fashion statement" rather than a mark of pride for those who strove to excel and earned the right to visible distinguish themselves. Green Berets and and other Spec Forces have earned that title. While RANGERS may Lead the Way, EVERYBODY gets a BERET. They have turned the Beret into a stinking participation trophy. How do you expect "soldiers" to behave. I have NEVER seen ANY of the other branches have the problems that seem to be about individualism as much as I see it with the ARMY OF ONE. There should be no "constantly correcting" and the avoidance there of. IT IS YOUR DAMN JOB !!! DO IT !!! "Smoke" Em like you mean it. Enforce discipline and regulations. Isn't that how you build discipline in the first place? Sound like a bunch of unruly children and their parents letting them get away with it. DISGUSTING. Sounds like your promotion system is nothing more than TIS and TIG.

"While RANGERS may Lead the Way, EVERYBODY gets a BERET."
Man LCpl you said a mouthful with that one. I always thought that it was wrong to let everyone ware a beret other than the ones who earned it. Now you can't tell who is who.

LCpl Michael Cappello - I completely agree with your comment about the berets in the U.S. Army. In my humble, but most accurate opinion, the Army should go back to C-caps for dress greens (though I think that a hard cap would be much better!) or the hard cap for dress blues. Berets were meant for combat specialties and should return to that.

I had a CO when I was in the gulf that must have thought he was Crocodile Dundee. It almost looked like he starched his boonie cap to keep its shape.

Unbelievable how you paint all CSMs with the same brush! I defy you to tell Billy Waugh that he is not a "Real Soldier"! His Silver Star and eight Purple Hearts totally disprove your assertion! Waugh was a United States Army Special Forces soldier and CIA paramilitary operations officer who served more than 50 years between the U.S. Army's Green Berets and the CIA's Special Activities Division. He served in wars in Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan. He was 71 years old when he deployed to Afghanistan as part of a Special Forces-CIA team to hunt down bin Laden and other al-Qaida operatives. He was also a participant in the US military's first HALO (High Altitude Low Opening) combat jump. At 93, he died a Real Soldier!

1SG(P) Dean Mcbride (MPER) (SPHR) - I doubt that he would even be involved in such a useless discussion. had to much to do being a REAL Soldier! no time for the keyboards.

I don't think Special Forces SGM Billy Waugh gave a Sh.t about what anybody thought about wearing a bonnie hat. Here are two photos of him in a bonnie hat. One from a Combat HALO drop in 1971 and the other with freedom fighters near Benghazi in 1979.

1SG(P) Dean Mcbride (MPER) (SPHR) - outstanding