Re: KNOCKING THE ARMY

At 2:11 PM +1000 3/31/02, Derek Fulton wrote:
>At 03:06  30/03/02 -0500, Ryan wrote:
>>The British use the following colors for berets to my understanding
>>
>>Black 	  Royal Tank Regiment and Royal Armored Corps (Dates 
>>back to WWII)
>>Dk Brown	  Royal Hussars
>>Green 	  Royal Marine Commandos
>>Dk Green	  Army Commandos
>
>I take it these are WWII vintage British Army Commandos, as they 
>British Army scrapped all their commando units in 1946(?). The only 
>Commando units today are of course the Royal Marines.

Aye. Thats correct. I was thinking of the ones I knew, then went to 
my books on various units from WWII to modern times. Not all of them 
were represented for modern times, but some were. The tribal nature 
of the British Army makes it difficult when you are also trying to 
get a grasp of vehicle specifics as well. Heck, just keeping  all the 
various regiments straight is hard. Royal Green Jackets, Royal 
Hussars, Scots Greys, Scots Guards, HLI, KOSLI, KOSB, Glosters, East 
Anglians, etc, etc, etc,

Still the point is that berets can be more than one color in a given 
army. Given the British army's tribal nature, lots of variation and 
unit pride can result from being in "this unit". Granted, you don't 
need to wear it in the form of head wear, it can also be worn on the 
sleeve. Frankly I find it more interesting that some units are 
different than others. Espically with a long history a unit is more 
likely to go with a different uniform. The stetsons (apparently 
limited) and yellow scarfs are the best that I can think of in the 
case of US Cav units. Why those units don't do more to really stand 
out is beyond me.
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