From: Jeremy Peter Howells, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Eveer seen the size of an American military beret and
the material that is used? The things are huge and
unweildy if their the same as the ones issed in the
early 1980's, somewhere around here I still have my RN
beret of that era which is much more compact.
Also the American beret only appears to be part of the
dress uniform and not used in combat at all, unlike our
own forces.
Regards
Jerry
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Mine was a kangol beret, I hated the damn things because
they soaked up water and were very uncomfortable to wear.
Some of the other makes were even worse. Plus our
boots were made to the cheapest standard possible and
took about a month to take a polish.
In fact whenever possible we used to do "trades" with
US units. Americans seemed to like collecting berets,
they were a good swap!
Everything we were issued seemed to soak up water,
especially combat jackets, they were like towels.
I recall that the US Special Forces used to wear
their berets in the field, but I don't think they
do anymore, probably to avoid identification.
I have to say I used to stand on guard duty wearing
that stupid beret wishing we had caps while my ears
froze solid. I remember seeing some US troops with
the caps with the fold-down ear warmers.
Steve.
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