Why is the boonie cap so demonized in the army?

It was great in the desert, kept that sun off in the gaarrison

I’m at North Ft Hood under the 1st Army umbrella and we’ve been rocking them at the flightline. No questions asked and no statements made.

Trang Bang, 1966. I still have that hat. People should enhance their calm when it comes to combat zones. I had a XO that required us to look strac even down range. We squared him away by saluting him several times. He gave up.

I never understood why the bookie hat was issued and never allowed to wear. In regards to not knowing how to properly wear boo or hats, the same applies to patrol caps and berets, and that goes from PV1 all the way up to CSM. Too many Soldiers want to wear them with their own style, if they even wear them at all.

I agree with majority of respondents that blame this on poor leaders or CSM being bored. That being said, you need to stick around & speak up if you want to shape the future Army. We didn’t get authorization to wear sunglasses in uniform/formations until the mid 1990s, take a look around today. The uniform seems to change every 4-5 years, at least the only people wearing berets today went to a school or belong to a unit that should be wearing them.

I thought the scouts were allowed to wear them?
Cool question though, never actually thought about it.

Because the senior staff does not know where the crown and brim is Located on said headgear. The crown does not hold any shape, yet the senior staff demands that it does maintain the same shape as the field cap.i experienced this in FOB Union 3, Baghdad. These were all Army senior staff. Coming from the Vietnam era myself, I can appreciate the qualities of this headgear. For some reason garrison duty is the same as combat duty, it seems. I’m glad to see troops alive and moving, REMFs makes sure your uniform is perfect. I’m glad we don’t have to shine our boots!

During my time in the Army I was a Tanker, so we didn't see boonie caps. However, when I joined the Air Force we used them quite frequently when not wearing kevlars, especially during my time in the Middle East, with the exception of my time in Saudi Arabia / PSAB. Not quite sure why the Army has a thing about boonie caps.

I loved mine. The only place I got to wear it was in Silver Flag Alpha. Indian Springs I think? It was good to wear to keep the sun off the neck. Of course none of us wore it properly but I wore it the two weeks I was there.

I never understood why this wasn’t the daily headgear. Made more sense than that stupid beret. It’s more practical than most pieces of headgear. But I do understand some of the mentioned issues. Heck most soldiers try to make there PC’s special and have to be told to undo it (myself included).