What is the Red/Purple ribbon for on the DS campaign cover?

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 13:12:54 -0400

Response by 1SG Frank Boynton made Sep 27 at 2018 1:16 PM

1SG Frank Boynton — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 13:16:49 -0400

Different units have different meanings. For example when I was in the trail an all blue cord was drill sergeant of the cycle. Silver was 3 times selected for drill of the cycle. All gold was Drill sgt of the year. In the 5th bde which was an AIT unit all the senior drills wore an all red cord. This was Ft Dix in the early ‘80’s.

Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 27 at 2018 1:55 PM

CW3 Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 13:55:40 -0400

I’ll second those above. It’s just from UV rays. My hat was cured in polyurethane. Hard as a rock, didn’t bend in the rain, and I wore it the whole time I was there. My buddy didn’t treat his, so he used both of his, my extra, and an additional DX one. Although, if your campaign hat is hard as rock, don’t get mad and throw it near a PVT. You just might knock him out.