Posted on Dec 11, 2019
Why is the boonie cap so demonized in the army?
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Seriously I wanna know. Mainly from you senior leadership and your mentality when it comes to this specific headgear, or even as to why it's frowned upon in the field when it's clearly authorized to be worn in the field.
Also if you are just going to bash me or make smart ass remarks because I'm asking this question, then don't even leave a comment. Thanks
Also if you are just going to bash me or make smart ass remarks because I'm asking this question, then don't even leave a comment. Thanks
DA Pam 670-1
Uniforms
Army Regulations
Posted 6 y ago
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In the first place they never should have allowed them, except for the Air Borne and SF.
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Can't give you a reason but back in early 80's as a lowly PFC I would wear one in the summer in the field while on a remote relay site. Wasn't general issue but nobody had a problem with it, till the CO showed up one day. I couldn't wear it after that, just had to let my ears blister in the hot sun like everyone else.
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If it's any consolation, this subject's nothing new. Boonie hats were unauthorized in my unit in Vietnam. Pretty much the only guys who could wear them were Sneaky Petes and some leg units. With some of them, there was some unique, individual examples. Stateside? Forget it. Leave it home, or give it to your kid brother.
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SSG David Fetty
Heck, this whole kerfluffle goes back farther than that. Look how Jerry Lewis was wearing it in "At War with the Army", at a point in time that was early WW2.
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On my units deployment to A-Stan in 2014, we hated wearing it because it was being use by the Sustainment Brigade we fell under as an identifier.
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I guess they just wanted you to buy it instead of wearing it. Maybe it’s just your leadership personnel that don’t like wearing them because they may look funny in them?
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I prefer to be warm, but if one of my soldiers doesn't have it, we all suffer. Otherwise I enforce the standards put out. I think it is dumb in KS to not be able to wear it when the windchill puts the temperature damn near 0.
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SSG (Join to see)
Hahaha that means I put my boonie comment on the beanie one... I wore the boonie most of Afghanistan... it helps with the sun
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Funny but Col. Theodore Roosevelt wore a slouch hat.....
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Boonie caps were made for jungle fighting. When was the last time
America fought in the jungles, except for small special forces type groups? Vietnam. I was in Vietnam, Army 25th ID in 1968. We very rarely wore our Boonie Caps in the field. For us it was mandatory to wear helmets at all times. So I really don' understand what the argument is about? lol
America fought in the jungles, except for small special forces type groups? Vietnam. I was in Vietnam, Army 25th ID in 1968. We very rarely wore our Boonie Caps in the field. For us it was mandatory to wear helmets at all times. So I really don' understand what the argument is about? lol
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