The Army Ditching the Beret

After ten long years of bad fashion taste, the United States Army is finally ditching the beret and going back to the brimmed cap. I think it was attracting sissies who liked the way it looked on them:

From the AFP here:

The US Army is abandoning the beret, after a failed 10-year experiment.

The black beret, which proved deeply unpopular with American soldiers, will be replaced by a patrol cap for everyday wear. The move came after outgoing Army chief of staff, General Martin Dempsey, asked the army’s sergeant major “to go out and talk to soldiers across the force and see what was on their minds.”

“One of the things that soldiers consistently brought up was the desire to wear the patrol cap as part of their duty uniform,” he said.

The beret will still be part of the Army’s dress uniform, but will no longer be worn in the field as soldiers complained that it was impractical, he said.

“It does not have a visor and doesn’t shield the sun, doesn’t absorb sweat well,” Collins said. One soldier put it more bluntly. “I hate wearing a wet sock on my head,” said Chief Warrant Officer Mark Vino

The uniform change applies to 1.32 million soldiers and goes into effect immediately. The new headwear comes with a lower price: a beret costs $11.90 while a patrol cap is only $6.50.

Berets are for idiots and murderers-