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I just checked into ALC and I was told I have to remove my hat while I was in school. I have the SQI "X" for DS. So they would ask a Ranger or SF Soldier to remove their beret? Would you fight it or is the school house in the right? Please let me know?
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In cases like this, the school Commandant seems to have a great deal of latitude in how they operate. Their goal is (or should be) to provide an environment that is conducive to learning for all students, and they may feel that the campaign hat is detrimental to that objective.
With that said, one of the best pieces of advice I ever received in the military was "Do what your rank can afford, but understand that cost". My WLC Commandant insisted that we remove our SSI, CAB, and CIB's because not all of the instructors had them. Some did, some didn't. Those of us that didn't were counselled, which kept us off the Commandant's list and prevented us from being Honour Grads.
With that said, one of the best pieces of advice I ever received in the military was "Do what your rank can afford, but understand that cost". My WLC Commandant insisted that we remove our SSI, CAB, and CIB's because not all of the instructors had them. Some did, some didn't. Those of us that didn't were counselled, which kept us off the Commandant's list and prevented us from being Honour Grads.
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SP5 Peter Keane
Now that is just bullsh--t. Can;t believe the Army is so PC that everybody gets a cookie, or nobody does.
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SP5 Peter Keane - I agree with you. I thought it was really petty and small of the Commandant, and largely blamed it on her lack of SSI. The truth is though, there are some SM's who do wield their patches and badges like a club, if I squint hard enough in my minds eye I can see one of those guys standing up in a class like WLC or ALC and telling a "slick sleeve" who's trying to teach to the standard how wrong their are because in the "war zone"...
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SP5 Peter Keane
I should have rocked my last duty assignment, as I was not only the lone combat soldier, I was the lone combat zone soldier on the entire post. ( Granted, there were only 123 of us)
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If I understand correctly, you have to be actively billeted in a Drill Instructor slot to wear the hat during school. If you are doing ALC as TDY while in route to your assignment as a DI, and have not actually reported, then you would not be allowed to wear it while at school.
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