Re: KNOCKING THE ARMY

At 08:37  1/04/02 +1000, you 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
> > > Tan SAS
> > > OD Regular Army
> > > Scarlet Para's/Airborne
> > > Light Blue Royal Army Air Corps
> >
> > Red for MP's isn't it?
>
>Hmm... IIRC, their nickname is red-_caps_.  (which may be a parallal to
a
>nasty mythical boogie)  I don't _think_ they wear berets, but I could
very
>easily be wrong.

I could be wrong TOO but I think berets have become standard uniform of
the 
day in the British army, obviously there are exceptions. The Buzby (if 
that's how you spell it, big furry hat) the Guard units wear for
ceremonial 
duties.

Perhaps a Brit can enlighten us :)

Cheers

Derek

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