Headgear

At 6:12 PM -0500 11/26/03, Ryan Gill wrote:
>At 2:23 PM -0800 11/26/03, John Atkinson wrote:
>>
>>Hey, you can go ditty-bopping downtown Tikrit in your
>>skivvies.  I like body armor.
>
>Tikrit is kind of a different animal. Things 
>there are close to the boiling point all the 
>time. I'm thinking more of the Balkans area 
>where it could be nice and calm or close to 
>boiling depending on how troops and their 
>officers handled things (ROE being sometimes a 
>problem). It's not an all or nothing thing mind 
>you.

Actually, it strikes me that I'm seeing lots of 
photo's of British Troops in the Southern areas 
wearing soft berets and 'belt order'. Could this 
attitude from the troops on the way up to those 
in command make a difference in some areas?
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