What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

[airforceindy]

Whoops! Sorry, IndyCop, that wasn't a come on! :eusa_doh: I meant to address that question to AirForceIndy! Prime Beef (Base Engineer Emergency Force) are Air Force Civil Engineers that specialize in bare base operations, setting up everything necessary to get an airfield up and running from nothing to fully functional in -- what AirForceIndy?-- about 45 minutes? Ok, that's exaggerating, but darn quick. There are also RED HORSE units that specialize in heavy construction, but they generally wear a red hat. AirForceIndy's hat has the CE skill badge on it, but it's black so I thought he might be Prime Beef.

OK, glad we got that cleared up! lol

...mobilize and set up bare base in a remote location in under 72 hours No, unfortunately I have not had the opportunity to be on one of those teams, or a RED HORSE (Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operator... something-something, I hate all the acronyms in the military!:rage: ) unit. I have deployed with RED HORSE to A-Stan in '04, but other than that I've been just regular-ol' base CE for 6 years in the electric shop. What's your background?

Regards, Andy

 

[Mojave Jack]

...mobilize and set up bare base in a remote location in under 72 hours No, unfortunately I have not had the opportunity to be on one of those teams, or a RED HORSE (Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operator... something-something, I hate all the acronyms in the military!:rage: ) unit. I have deployed with RED HORSE to A-Stan in '04, but other than that I've been just regular-ol' base CE for 6 years in the electric shop. What's your background?

Regards, Andy

Former weather forecaster and current historian. I'm Reserves now, but all my active duty was in the Marine Corps (artillery). Now that I'm a wing historian (since '99), I'm really loving it. I get to hang out with all the folks all over the unit (spent a lot of time with the 201st RED HORSE Flight when I was with the 193rd Special Operations Wing during OIF, and learned a lot about their capabilities. Really impressive.) and get to see the AF from a whole new perspective. Historian is the first job in my career that I actually chose, and there's nothing I'd rather do!

 

[airforceindy]

Cool!

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I grew up AF, Dad was a Power Pro troop in CE. So, I knew I wanted to be CE whenever I joined; didn't matter what career, just had to be CE. Now I'm in the High Voltage shop at Ellsworth (28th Bomb Wing), been here since May '02, and loving it!!!

 

[Bud-n-Texas]

B-N-T Panama

A warm evening requires a cool hat

 

[BrotherBob]

My new hat is here!!

A black Bailey Fedora. Great hat for the price.

 

[indycop]

Whoops! Sorry, IndyCop, that wasn't a come on! :eusa_doh: I meant to address that question to AirForceIndy! Prime Beef (Base Engineer Emergency Force) are Air Force Civil Engineers that specialize in bare base operations, setting up everything necessary to get an airfield up and running from nothing to fully functional in -- what AirForceIndy?-- about 45 minutes? Ok, that's exaggerating, but darn quick. There are also RED HORSE units that specialize in heavy construction, but they generally wear a red hat. AirForceIndy's hat has the CE skill badge on it, but it's black so I thought he might be Prime Beef.

OK, glad we got that cleared up! lol

Haha, I thought it was some kinda saying for meathead or something !lol

 

[DOUGLAS]

Mallory Classic

 

[bolthead]

Nice hat Douglas.....goes perfect with that jacket and tie. :eusa_clap

 

[indycop]

GREAT hat Douglas!! And the color of the tie!!:eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[J.S.Udontknowme]

Douglas, I've liked every hat that you've posted, but I think this one is my favorite.

 

[Tango Yankee]

A Classic, indeed! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

Cheers,
Tom

 

[Jerekson]

Call me crazy, but I think that particular hat would look great with an uber-tight front pinch.

 

[Mr. Rover]

Wonderful! How've you been, Douglas?

 

[Mr. Rover]

Great look! The lapels almost overshadow the hat, if that's possible.

 

[DOUGLAS]

Thank you gentlemen for the compliments.

Rover , I have been well but very busy with work. The same with you I suppose.

Jerekson thanks for the suggestion however I feel the boxed front compliments the C-crown nicely so for the time being I will keep it as is.

J.S.,this hat is quick becoming one of my favorites as well I particularly like the slight mushrooming of the crown caused by the very tight ribbon.

Indy, Tango and Bolthead, My goal is to find hats that will compliment or match all of my clothing. I want to narrow my collection down to about 20 to 25 hats per season. that should give me a good amount of variety. It is not an easy search.

 

[Riley Dee]

Bud-n-Texas, Great hats really like the color of the first one.
BrotherBob, you look like a man who has great stories!
Douglas, another gorgeous hat.

 

[Barb]

That's a LOT of fine lids

and every image you posted shows they all look great. random abstract thought - is your collection insured ? it would be impossible to replace vintage gear, but...

... I want to narrow my collection down to about 20 to 25 hats per season. that should give me a good amount of variety. ...

 

[Bud-n-Texas]

Thanks to all for the compliments

 

[Bud-n-Texas]

7X Beaver Resistol San Antonio

 

[J.T.Marcus]

I want to narrow my collection down to about 20 to 25 hats per season. that should give me a good amount of variety. It is not an easy search.

20 to 25 per season? When I first read those words, I was shocked. Shocked, I say! Only 40 to 50 hats? Then I remembered, there are four "seasons" not just two. Then you have early fall and late fall, early winter and...