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The Cavalry Hat

Daoud

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Agent_of_Empire said:
No I have never heard it referred to as a slouch hat... Looked it up and seems like the early 20th century variety of campaign hat might have fallen into this category (the ones that look like a Drill Sergeant hat).

We just call those campaign covers though - I have never been a Drill Sergeant

The Army has "covers" now? In my day only Marines and other sailors had "covers." We had hats and caps and helmets but no covers........
 

Goose.

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Lone_Ranger said:
I believe it's the 11th ACR (Blackhorse RGT) Judging by the shoulder patch.
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It actually does go better with the current pattern ACU's than the black hat.

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Thank you Lone Ranger for the Regiment ID wearing the brown.
The pic is certainly appreciated as well. That headgear looks great.
 

alden405

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worth noting that just prior to and during ww2 the regulatiosn called for the cords to be tacked down to remove the rattle sound

i also have an interview with a ww2 horseman saying that on manouvers they tied black or navy bandanas over the hat cords and DIs to reduce the chance of glint and flare
 

liten

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campaign hat

kiltie said:
Thanks for that post. I sent an e-mail to see if it's an in-stock item. I'll post when I hear something.
you got to watch dirty bills hat, watch you see isnt always what you get:rage:
 

Martinis at 8

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I used to be the CDR of B Trp, 3d ACR (this was in the 80's when 3d ACR was at Ft. Bliss). I never cared for this type of memorabilia, and never wore it. For some reason I found it cartoonish. I don't recall ever seeing it worn at change-of-command ceremonies, at least not at mine. I did have some of the spurs gifted to me, but never wore those either. I do recall 11th ACR and 2d ACR wearing this stuff at various functions like dining-ins/outs back in FRG. I guess the wearing of this is dictated by whoever the HMFIC is at the time.

My son is headed down range in a few months with a Stryker brigade.
 

riffraff

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Just wanted to add some miscellaneous info -- understanding this thread is 11 years old!

In addition to the brown stetson/cav hat shown, D-3/5 Cav ((Vietnam) and later reflagged to C/3-17 in 1971) wore gray stetsons. Image is from the VNHPA website

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riffraff

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Thought I would add my cav-hat spin-off. When I switched from the Army to USAF, I brought my Cav hat tradition with me -- much to the dismay of my boss! Both are Stetson-brand
 

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