Army, why do you hate your berets?

Berets in the first place aren't very practical pieces of headgear and don't even have a visor to shade Your eyes. The tan below the edge of the front and lighter color skin where the beret did cover sometimes looked a bit strange. Often Sunglasses were needed with a beret and a visor made that less of a need. Another reason for the visor, especially with a service dress uniform, if worn properly itself You should be able to have only the width of two fingers between the bridge of Your nose and the bottom of the visor, why, because You need to walk erect to see properly and that actually improves Your posture, something a beret cannot do ! I found even without that sort of uniform hat on You got used to a proper posture and didn't even have to think about it and didn't look so slumped over. I found especially in a Military Academy where I was a Cadet and that's what We were taught that it actually worked and Mt better posture was even noticed by others when I wasn't in uniform. Berets were one way of people that were in elite functional specialty units to stand out ie Army Special Forces, Air Force Para Rescue to name a couple and they had to earned.

I don't have a problem with that but berets for everyone I never felt was a good idea and took away from making those people stand out for the effort, work and earned distinguished status they were supposed to represent. I was in an Air Force Specialty that wore a beret and like any other part of My uniform made sure it was worn properly although I wasn't all that thrilled when We changed to berets for the USAF Security Police (Now Security Forces) but then wearing it properly did look a lot more professional.

I swapped my Marine Corps utility cover with a French Mounataneer's cover during a four day field exercise. It rained the whole time. I'd rather have a wet smelly cat stapled to my head.

Because it is a useless piece of gear, those who earned deserve it. The rest of us, it was shoved on us, it was a cheap rip off not made correctly, you could warm one ear up they were so idiotic looking, and we look less then special in them.

Doesn't do a damn thing to keep the sun or rain out of my eyes, and the flash throws it off when used as a frisbee.

They are difficult to put on quickly and correctly.
They do nothing to block the sun.
They are wool. hot and designed to form a watertight seal around your head.
I am sure all of these have been posted prior, but I am SO glad they are no longer required to be worn with the uniform.

In the Army, I like berets because they distinguish special forces, Ranger, and airborne personnel from regular soldiers.

I dislike for multiple reasons, the biggest being that so many look like a pizza man or something; they don't know how to wear them correctly. They are also hot and require a lot more maintenance. Lastly, they should be reserved for the most elite...unless they don't like them either.

I liked wearing my beret, I didn't like the fact that they stole the Ranger beret to give to others. When they first issued them to us some soldiers looked like they had a large black pizza attached to their heads, as it seemed that there was no uniformity in how they were produced.

Because no matter how hard I tried to shape it properly, it always looked like Helen Keller did it during a seizure. That and everything else everyone said already. In general, it's just impractical for everyday use.

All I have to say is RLTW! no issues with the beret here.