Sabrejet Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share #26 Posted June 11, 2014 Did someone mention Ranger berets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share #27 Posted June 11, 2014 Airborne...gotta get it right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share #28 Posted June 11, 2014 ...et voila! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share #29 Posted June 11, 2014 Restricted vision? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share #30 Posted June 11, 2014 US Rangers, as seen in Ste Mere Eglise last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac15 Posted June 11, 2014 Share #31 Posted June 11, 2014 Restricted vision? His flash is actually over just a tad too far, which is why it is covering his eye so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share #32 Posted June 11, 2014 A well known personality demonstrates how British paras wear their berets...smaller and less exaggerated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king802 Posted June 11, 2014 Share #33 Posted June 11, 2014 I may be biased but I think the British way of wearing a beret looks better. The small beret isn't just specific to the Parachute Regiment but the Army has a whole. Forget the way Charles is wearing his, the capbadge should be further over the left eye. Para Reg have come under criticism recently for the current trend of pulling the beret forward like a flat cap and not to one side, however, the Regiment always likes to be different (para smocks and not forgetting the scrimmed up para helmet). Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted June 11, 2014 Share #34 Posted June 11, 2014 I think we hashed this out last year as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share #35 Posted June 11, 2014 Yes..you're right Ron, but I don't think we went into the "technicalities" of how the distinctive look was actually achieved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LtRGFRANK Posted June 11, 2014 Share #36 Posted June 11, 2014 I like the British better. US way has a blind spot. I like to see whats going on all around me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrei Posted June 11, 2014 Share #37 Posted June 11, 2014 I like the British better. US way has a blind spot. I like to see whats going on all around me. Ha ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjef Posted June 11, 2014 Share #38 Posted June 11, 2014 That's just too funny, Ian. I also couldn't resist taking some pictures when I was in Sainte-Mère-Église last Sunday. It is a matter of taste of course, but I think it looks ridiculous. I prefer the small British berets by far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjef Posted June 11, 2014 Share #39 Posted June 11, 2014 How about this one, of the French chasseur alpin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 13, 2014 Share #40 Posted June 13, 2014 I was curious about the 1964 Green Beret GI JOE figure (some online sources state 1965 or 1966 as the year it came out). No matter the actual year it came out I got this figure as a kindergarten graduation present in June 1967, and I do recall the unique appearance of the Beret, I looked online and found some great images. As we see, it shows traits or some traits of the way the mid-sh 70s to todays Berets are worn, given that the Beret with the figure was based on actual Berets worn then, lets say 1965, it would seem that this pinching and pulling of the Beret started then, being done at least by some Green Berets of this period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac15 Posted June 13, 2014 Share #41 Posted June 13, 2014 I was curious about the 1964 Green Beret GI JOE figure (some online sources state 1965 or 1966 as the year it came out). No matter the actual year it came out I got this figure as a kindergarten graduation present in June 1967, and I do recall the unique appearance of the Beret, I looked online and found some great images. GI JOE.jpgphpXTr9RcAM.jpg As we see, it shows traits or some traits of the way the mid-sh 70s to todays Berets are worn, given that the Beret with the figure was based on actual Berets worn then, lets say 1965, it would seem that this pinching and pulling of the Beret started then, being done at least by some Green Berets of this period. Makes sense. The US Army tries not to mimic other countries uniforms as much as possible. I don't think we ever wore berets the way Brits do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted June 13, 2014 Author Share #42 Posted June 13, 2014 Makes sense. The US Army tries not to mimic other countries uniforms as much as possible. I don't think we ever wore berets the way Brits do. Perhaps not, but you "inherited" the berets from us...maroon / red...Parachute Regiment / US Airborne....green...Royal Marine Commandos / USSF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac15 Posted June 13, 2014 Share #43 Posted June 13, 2014 Perhaps not, but you "inherited" the berets from us...maroon / red...Parachute Regiment / US Airborne....green...Royal Marine Commandos / USSF. Oh absolutely. I'm just thinking back to the days when they would yell at us for wearing them like brits haha. When people don't really know how to wear them (initially), many try to wear them without really shaping them, which gives them an odd look. i.e (not terrible, but best example I could find quickly): Vs the AR 670-1 Regulation (well, as it was. We got rid of the berets for normal soldier use now, I believe) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted June 13, 2014 Author Share #44 Posted June 13, 2014 This Major General ( Richard Thomas) was at the private vets' awards ceremony in Normandy last week. Full dress blues..with a beret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted June 13, 2014 Author Share #45 Posted June 13, 2014 ....and without! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdjmchris Posted June 13, 2014 Share #46 Posted June 13, 2014 That's just too funny, Ian. I also couldn't resist taking some pictures when I was in Sainte-Mère-Église last Sunday. It is a matter of taste of course, but I think it looks ridiculous. P6080576.jpg I prefer the small British berets by far! I agree, Sjef, the silver-haired duper's beret is a little too much (pun intended). My Bn CSM would never have let that fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdjmchris Posted June 13, 2014 Share #47 Posted June 13, 2014 The beret is supposed to be worn with ASUs, we stopped wearing it with ACUs. To be honest, I pull the field grade card and wear my bus driver cap when I have to be in ASUs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e19 Posted June 14, 2014 Share #48 Posted June 14, 2014 I was curious about the 1964 Green Beret GI JOE figure (some online sources state 1965 or 1966 as the year it came out). No matter the actual year it came out I got this figure as a kindergarten graduation present in June 1967, and I do recall the unique appearance of the Beret, I looked online and found some great images. GI JOE.jpgphpXTr9RcAM.jpg As we see, it shows traits or some traits of the way the mid-sh 70s to todays Berets are worn, given that the Beret with the figure was based on actual Berets worn then, lets say 1965, it would seem that this pinching and pulling of the Beret started then, being done at least by some Green Berets of this period. I really can't believe you are basing your opinion on a dolls plastic beret. I was SF when that doll came out, and from memory, and checking hundreds of personal photos, and in Group yearbooks the beanie wasn't being worn that way. Someone mentioned liking the smaller Brit berets, The regulation US Army Rifle Green Beret was smaller than the berets that came out years later when the Army went to the black beret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ashenfelter Posted June 14, 2014 Share #49 Posted June 14, 2014 We soaked our berets in BEER! This was tradition in our unit, using anything less would have been very leggy. Then we wore them until they were dry. Unless you earned the right to wear one regardless of the country you are from, degenerating the way some units wear their berets rings very hollow to me! Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 14, 2014 Share #50 Posted June 14, 2014 I really can't believe you are basing your opinion on a dolls plastic beret. I was SF when that doll came out, and from memory, and checking hundreds of personal photos, and in Group yearbooks the beanie wasn't being worn that way. Someone mentioned liking the smaller Brit berets, The regulation US Army Rifle Green Beret was smaller than the berets that came out years later when the Army went to the black beret. I understand e this was just an observation, and a good one at that, granted it's crimping and pulled appearance is not as extreme as contemporary berets, I do feel there had to be some basis for designing the GI JOE beret in this manner back then, or else they wouldn't of made it crimped and stuff. I say this half serious and half joinking, but maybe it was the boys a Hasbro who are the orignators of this style of wear of the beret, nah that's too far fetched or is it Ach Who Knows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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