When is the boonie cap authorized?

Vietnam, all year long. Loved it, helmets were heavy and hot

When your a 19D

Commanders discretion

Circa 1999

a co-worker deployed with a unit where the Cdr. banned the boonie hat, and when he got back from deployment Eric had to have a skin cancer removed from his temple where a boonie hat would have shaded him.

Greetings.

Ref your good question: Strongly recommend that you ask your chain of command for clarification of that issue.
Where will your unit perform its annual AT cycle in CA - Camp Roberts, Los Alamitos JFRC, or elsewhere?
Does your unit S4 have a stock of those wide-brimmed "boonie hats" on the shelf for issue to all unit members?
Hope this helps. Today is Sunday, 7 October 2018.

Regards,
Stephen H. Franke
LTC, USAR Retired
San Pedro (Los Angeles Waterfront Area), California

Fhat the wuck is a boonie cap?.

Whenever your command says it is authorized.

In the boonies.

IF you earned the right to wear it, then when ever you want, as a civilian, because your oath never expires