What advice do you have on how I can reform my Campaign hat?

1SG Frank Boynton I would spray with 90% iso-alcohol to loosen the fibers first. Then hairspray and press.

Lol, sorry 1st Sgt, I’m laughing imagining you barking at boots while getting attacked by bees because your hats not right. You would think that keeping your hat righteous is part of your training, your campaign hat is a hard won badge you can see 100 yards away.

Sgt Dale Briggs actually I sweat pretty bad and Ft Dix does get hot in the summer. I ended up purchasing a Stetson Campaign hat to wear only with class A’s. I had 4 other issued hats that I rotated through. I did make a mistake when I first used hair spray. Told my wife to pick me some up. I didn’t know the difference between hair spray. So I’m on the rifle range looking all soitshined with my freshly pressed hat and the bees were swarming all over me. All the other older drills were laughing at me, getting a big kick out of the newbe. Finally they told me what I did wrong and sure enough when I got home that night my wife had bought scented hairspray.