B.J. Hedberg
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My buddy in the reserves wishes it wasn’t a joke. I’m sure Stetson thinks it’s a great idea too.
That's funny though, speaking from a man who is authorized to wear a Stetson having served in a cavalry unit in combat.
Carswell AF Base (Fort Worth) Bomb Loading Team - 1989
Are they going to be made in China just like the current issue berets?
Hi
I refrained from commenting because I knew it was a joke, BUT (a really big one), the purpose of a hat is to protect your head by keeping sun and rain off it, and keeping both out of your eyes. The Beret does neither, the patrol cap keeps the sun off your face, but not the back of your neck. My old neighbor from back home has hide on the back of his neck where skin used to be and he's 47. In short, the ground forces should switch to headgear that protects the head like it's supposed to in the field and on parade. I have experience here in that the entire back of both ears burnt and flaked off at a 2 hour baseball game. I got sun screen on my neck, but missed my ears...
While I know that Armor was fathered (to a large extent) by the Cavalry, a beret inside a tank / armored car actually makes sense. The guys who walk around in the sun are the ones that actually need a different hat. My old man wore a Marine Pith Helmet during WW2. He was in the USAAF, but couldn't get one of his own service's pith helmets. He was however able to trade with the Marines, go figure.
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They are? I was under the impression the US military preferred to source US made items, I must have been wrong. From a resources pov, it makes sense to go overseas, though, to keep costs down.
I should imagine the big 'plus' for the beret is a financial one: it's one hat that can be worn both in the field (when not wearing a combat helmet) and with dress uniform.
even if I had the guts etc to earn... even the Green...
Laterter
Hi, true, foreign made hats would probably be less expensive, but would likely be difficult to get in case of an actual war. An additional plus is that PETA couldn't nag about shaving bunnies to get the raw material for the felt. I'm perfectly certain that shaving a live bunny to get it's fur is considered animal cruelty to say nothing about killing them first.
If the article didn't tip you off, note one of the photos has a Army canine wearing a stetson... so yeah.
You'll get no argument from me that PETA is nuts. I already know for a fact that they believe shaving a sheep is cruel, but how much does their opinions really affect the US Army?
Following that kind of animal logic, we would have to substute vinyl for leather shoes, belts, and leather anything. As far as I'm concerned, that's why a lot of these animals are raised in the first place. There wouldn't be a lot of those animals around without the products they generate.
Following that kind of animal logic, we would have to substute vinyl for leather shoes, belts, and leather anything. As far as I'm concerned, that's why a lot of these animals are raised in the first place. There wouldn't be a lot of those animals around without the products they generate.
The same argument was once made for slavery.