From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Eveer seen the size of an American military beret and
>the material that is used? The things are huge and
>unweildy if their the same as the ones issed in the
>early 1980's, somewhere around here I still have my RN
>beret of that era which is much more compact.
>
>Also the American beret only appears to be part of the
>dress uniform and not used in combat at all, unlike our
>own forces.
>
>Regards
>
>Jerry
>--
>Mine was a kangol beret, I hated the damn things because
>they soaked up water and were very uncomfortable to wear.
--snip--
>I have to say I used to stand on guard duty wearing
>that stupid beret wishing we had caps while my ears
>froze solid. I remember seeing some US troops with
>the caps with the fold-down ear warmers.
>
>Steve.
Steve, & Jeremy,
Well, glory be! And Steve? You have my sympathies!
Try keeping warm with a 'dixie cup' on your noggin
in the dead of winter!
Us US Sailor types had to stand deck watches with
nothing more than melton wool blues, a pea coat made of the
same material and not much else.
Some people were always saying how warm that uniform
is, well, I'll say that they either had antifreeze in their blood from
their last good shore leave, or they were pulling one hell of a leg!
I can remember being told that insulated undies were
verboten and that we had to stand watch in regulation service
uniforms. I am here to tell you that the wind blows neatly through
those 'service' uniforms!
There were times that I thought I'd grown icicles in the
nether regions (as elsewhere)!
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