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发帖数: 37081 | 1 a beret $11.90 vs a patrol cap $6.50
貌似议员老爷们还曾通过过决议禁止用TB生产的beret。
体制问题！
一定是体制问题！
WASHINGTON (AFP) – 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, US Army spokesman Colonel Tom
Collins said Monday.
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," Collins told AFP.
"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.
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"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," Chief Warrant Officer Mark Vino, at
Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, told the Army Times. "Plus it
makes head/skin break out."
Before 2001, the black beret was associated with the elite Rangers special
operations forces. Many Rangers resented the idea that the hat they had
earned the right to wear had been assigned to the entire force.
The uniform change applies to 1.32 million soldiers -- including 566,473
active duty troops -- 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.
The decision does not affect units that have long worn berets as a mark of
distinction, including the Rangers' black beret, Army special forces' green
beret and Airborne's maroon version.
As part of the change, soldiers will have the option of having their name
tags, rank and badges sewn on to their uniforms.
There also will be a new look for Army soldiers working at the Defense
Department's headquarters at the Pentagon, with camouflage to be replaced
with the more business-like dress uniform, Collins said.
"For soldiers serving in the Pentagon, we will transition to the dress
uniform," starting in July, he said.
In the aftermath of the attacks of September 11, 2001, all the armed
services started wearing combat uniforms in the Pentagon, to underscore the
country's war-footing.
But Defense Secretary Robert Gates last year had his staff drop the combat
uniforms, and some other offices in the Pentagon have returned to the dress
uniform.
"Our perspective is that this is the corporate part of the Army," said
Sergeant Major of the Army, Raymond Chandler, quoted on the US Army's
website. |
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