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Army's New Uniform Code Intended to Boost Morale
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By Roberto Suro
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 17, 2000; 1:02 PM
All U.S. Army soldiers – including the clerks and the cooks and not just
Special Forces commandos and Rangers – will get to wear berets under a
morale-building moved to be announced by the Army command today.
In a speech set to be delivered this afternoon, Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, the
Army chief of staff, will tell an Army convention that this "symbol of
excellence" once reserved for members of elite units will be made available
to all soldiers as "a signal to the young that we are moving, we are
changing."
Shinseki previewed his speech in an interview, saying the details of the new
uniform code are still to be worked out and will not go into effect until
next June.
What color berets?
That was one of the biggest questions pending late last night as the chief's
speechwriters scurried to finish his presentation. The Rangers wear black
berets. The Special Forces wear green and the Airborne wear maroon. And those
are the only berets the Army has at this point.
Shinseki said he certainly was not going to make those proud units change
their headgear, so the question is whether one of them would have to share
their beret color with say, the chaplin assistants. Or will the Army have to
come up with a another color altogether for regular units?
This is not a small matter given that the members of the elite units prize
their berets as symbols of a hard-won honor.
Shinseki said the announcement will come in a speech updating the Army on a
major reform initiative he launched last year at the same gathering, the
annual meeting of the Association of the United States Army. That address
sparked widespread debate and not a little dissension within the Army when
Shinseki said he thought the Army would have to abandon its beloved tank
treads in favor of wheels for armored units in the near future.
The wheels-versus-treads issue remains unresolved, and Shinseki said he was
not going to break new ground on that subject today. Instead he undoubtedly
will launch what will become the berets-versus-caps debate.
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