But the beret was never popular among soldiers, so, the Army Times reports, beginning today patrol caps will again become the official headgear for the Army Combat Uniform. "... Soldiers during ...

-- Last week, after 10 years of the beret, the patrol cap became the official headgear of the Army Combat Uniform again. But, Fort Jackson Soldiers should not pack away their berets so quickly.

Chris Conway, an Army spokesman. The berets, which replace the standard green caps, are meant to signify a more modern and effective Army, Conway said. Late last year, the Army approved contracts ...

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Soldiers wore different colors for years despite not being actually authorized to wear anything but a patrol cap. Now, there are enough authorized berets throughout the U.S. military that it could ...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Army said Monday that it was abandoning the beret, after a failed 10-year experiment. The black beret, which proved deeply unpopular with American soldiers, will be replaced ...

The Army finally told the soldiers to be at ease over the beret this week, decreeing that it no longer a uniform requirement and will be replaced by a patrol cap. Although the beret will still be ...

It started in 2000 when Army Gen. Eric Shinseki, then the service’s chief of staff, adopted the black beret as the garrison cap for the conventional force to increase esprit de corps.

In her current rotation is a colourful crochet bucket style by Barcelona-based brand Pardo Hats (from £139.87), whose handcrafted buckets, berets and embroidered skull caps each take between 10 ...

Investigators identified the man driving the Cybertruck that exploded in front of the Trump hotel in Las Vegas as Matthew Livelsberger, an active-duty member of the Army’s elite special forces.

Yet the cap can also make one a target of the state. In Uganda, beret-topped followers of Mr Wine have been convicted by army courts for wearing military uniforms, an offence that can lead to life ...

The last major move on Army headgear was in 2011 when soldiers started wearing patrol caps by default in lieu of black berets, though the berets are still worn during formal events. The service ...