Re: KNOCKING THE ARMY-Conversion of NAC w/berets to ball caps

may not be assigned to a ranger battalion, john, but , unless times have
changed,  all ranger school graduates wear a RANGER FLASH. . . .

and as a member of the NEW ACTION  ARMY of the 60s and	70s, y'all are
WRONG!

everyone and his brother did not  wear a beret.

SPECIAL FORCES did.

LRRP personnel did. 

advisors assigned to ARVN beret wearing units did.

USN SEALS and some RIVERINE  FORCES did.

some cav units in germany worn their version of the BUNDESWEHR tanker
beret along with BUNDESWEHR tanker boots.

most of the  US ARMY wore the basebll cap or the jungle hat.

before that the  US ARMY wore a "sharp" looking  flat topped and braced
cap  (see FIDELE CASTRO-he is still wearing one), and before that  a cap
very similiar to the  one  worn by the USMC.

the types of military kubuki you mentioned are just that military kubuki
-theater, or show and tell, with NO REAL FIELD USE.

berets are useless in the  field.  blousing bands are useless too.

a short gaiter or legging worn over the combat boots and lower trouser
legs serves a more practical function.

squarecut fatigue  shirts  were made to be worn OUTSIDE of the trousers,
but REMF and BRASS thought it looked tacky.

old style fatigue pants  looked "smarter" but were not as practicall as
the  trousers  with leg cargo pockets they replaced in the  50s.

practical shirts and trousers  started to re-appear with jungle fatigues
and now BDUs (unaltered) with cargo pockets and general loose fiting
scruffy look.

"smart looking " does not work in the  field-function does.

if you want to be sarcastic about wearing tricornes, why not bring out
shakos, prussian caps and leather  spiked helmets too?

all wool uniforms  for universal wear?

(yah i know about the cotton uniforms  worn in the US ARMY during summer
months long before anyone else wore them)

leather stocks anyone?	and what about the NOBLE PIKE?

DAWGIE