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Man, now I want a beret. All I have is a Garrison Cap...
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| | #512 |
| Senior Member | I do like that the Rangers, Special Forces, and Airborne have their own distinct berets anyway.
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| | #513 | |
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Although it does have a nice ring to it. | |
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| | #514 | |
| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: London
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Ever heard of Rogers Rangers? The name 'Green Jacket'' stems from the Regiment wearing just that instead of Red Coats. To quote a few lines fron the Regiments website: They were the first to wear green uniform as camouflage rather than red, to fire the more accurate rifle instead of muskets and to react much faster to bugle calls for the open order tactics which replaced rigid squares. Their reputation ensured they were first to be selected for employment as motor battalions on the ground and as glider landed troops from the air. Royal Green Jackets Heritage | |
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| | #515 | |
| Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Jacksonville, NC
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| | #516 |
| Minister of Whoopass ![]() Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
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| All I ever needed was a clean, starched dixie cup, aint that right Joe???
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| IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO ![]() Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
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| YEP! But being an Airdale Mech, mine always had at least one greasy thumb print on it!
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| | #518 |
| "Shooter" ![]() | Personally, I never gave a crap about what hat I wore, unless it was cold outside, then I just wanted a warm one.
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| | #519 | |
| "Shooter" ![]() | Here is the history of the military beret, courtesy of ibiblio... Quote:
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| | #520 |
| Senior Member | Interesting. But the paras, both British and Canadian anyway, have always worn maroon not red. Red is worn by the military police. In Canada at least. Incidently, berets were worn by some Canadian troops well before the 1960's. Most notably by the paras and tankers in WWII, just like the Brits. |
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| | #521 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Edmonton,Alberta
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| We still wear the marroon berets in the ppcli just for parade though
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| | #522 | ||
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My Cadet Battalion Commander who is in the Army Reserves is allowed to wear his beret during uniform inspection. To me the beret looks better with the Class A and B than with the Garrison Cap. Quote:
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| | #523 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kiwi Land
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| Uh Huh. And the Canadians thought the Beret up all on their lonesome, which influenced the US Military. You just Go Girl. (Excuse the extreme sarcasm). HALOOOOO.. Anyone home in the P-38 cockpit?
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| | #525 |
| Der Crewchief ![]() Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| Most of the army hates the beret. We all wished we could go back to the Patrol Cap. There was no shaping involved nothing, just put in on your head and go, plus it blocked the sun out of your eys.
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