Why are berets a thing? They offer almost no protection

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>>30630582

So la la homo boys like you know who the fuck not to mess with.

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>>30630582
Because reasons
Post your berets

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It's like the skirts/kilts/knee socks. People say it's for ceremony and heritage, but it's just an excuse to dress pretty.

>>30630626
Is this all that was left of your grandfather from the oven?

>>30630646
Razor sharp.

>>30630626
Is it just the lighting or is that a field intel beret?

>>30630667
Combat Eng. Corps

>>30630582
Because they are the most aesthetic headwear that you can get in the military. When the soldiers look good and professional they feel good and act professional.
>tfw my country banned the beret from field use because of skin cancer

>>30630724
actually has more to do with getting good food and "enough" sleep

>>30630630
>It's like the skirts/kilts/knee socks. People say it's for ceremony and heritage, but it's just an excuse to dress like a fag.

FTFY

>>30630582
had one during Bundeswehr manditory service. Only ever got to wear it for formal duty (Formaldienst).
They look cool, thats about it.

>>30630751
Yeah but taking pride in yourself as a soldier is going to give more motivation than looking like shit is.
This is only one factor of morale I'm referring to

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>>30630582
aesthetics

>>30630781
i think motivation to maintain representational appearence comes from eating enough, sleeping just enough so you don't fall aspleep the minute you sit down anywhere, and not suffering 24/7

Berets are useless, and unlike hats which shield your eyes from the sun, berets are just pointless tradition bullshit you have to maintain.

>MUH TRUDISHENS

>>30630626
You an engineer of some sort?

>>30630902
In a field or operational environment yeah

>>30630907
Distorting the shape of someones head could be handy

>>30630953
Protip: It is common for military berets to use colors that stand out and shiny insignia.

But a camo beret sounds kinda cool...

>>30630907
It does still keep your shaved head from getting sun burned

Nothing fucking worse than a scalp burn

>>30630582

TL;DR: to play dress up.

Beret and beret style hats are pretty common historically. See various men's bonnets. The modern military style ones are something of a mutant offspring of those.

Can't answer for the whole of the why but: French started wearing them, who copied from another country.

Brits started wearing them in WWI and took off in WWII, esp among tankers and airborne types.

US paratroopers on the 509th were presented red berets from British counterparts, the thing took off from there for the Airborne.

Allies won WWII. Rest of the world copied Allied things for various reason (Commonweath members, copying US etc.) Soviets liked them to so Warsaw Pact & various countries that were aided and "aided" by USSR saw them too.

In 2001 (pre 9/11) Shinseki decided what would fix the moral issues in the US Army was new hats. Everyone was issued a black beret, a good many of which were made in CHina, and the Rangers got pissed about "thier" color of beret being worn by a bunch of pogues, so they went and created a tan color beret.

The rest of the Army went along with it and discovered that Berets are inferior to a patrol cap in garrison. Army kept it in dress uniform but brought back the patrol cap for daily wear because a black beret is hot and has no brim to keep the sun out of your eyes.

Other nations, esp third world tin pot shit holes copy US uniform fetishes but are filtered through their own cultural lenses ie: Officers in US military tend to wear service uniforms, even in staff jobs vs class B uniforms ala Bradly in the field in WWII. Plain & unadorned except for rank/tabs and subdued. Other nations put non subdued rank and all the gewgas and medals on 'em so people will know that the person they are looking at is important but defeating the very reason for wearing a combat uniform like everyone else. . .

>>30630626
>Hebrew
Oy vey. Question: Doesn't your military have some sort of foreign legion except just for the IDF.

>>30630978
Yeah I know it was the only thing I could possibly think of where it could be useful.

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>>30630978
>>30631002
jews to the rescue

>>30630923
yes combat eng. corps

>>30631001
not really
we have foreign volunteers, and programs to fit them into the military but they're all jews coming to live here

>>30631203
Would operate in.

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Berets look like an empty ballsack.

Military people are so gay I bet they wear those berets and imagine rubbing their face up against their sergeants nuts

>>30631328
>he doesn't want his buff hairy seargent from basic to make true on the promises to ass rape you into the dirt

>>30630582
I wore my issued beret to a punk show once. It had no cap badge on it yet though (I was still a cornflake and could just take it off)

Got a lot of compliments, 10/10 would do again.

>>30631328
>Berets look like an empty ballsack.
wear it in the shower, it helps form it

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>>30631421
>I wore my issued beret to a punk show

>>30631476
>muh valor

If the Beret is fitted properly and not flappy like some U.S berets i see than its no problem also Brass cap badge > Velcro patch

>>30631528
>valor
I specifically said I took the patch off before doing it

berets are just cool, especially when formed in the proper belgian style (not like weird americans who are copying russians copying americans copying the parisian french)

>>30631528
nah it's just plain fucking disgusting and repulsively yellow
it's like wearing your issued belt on civvies

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Berets are fantastic headgear for women. I think they let female service members and the more feminine male ones stand out from the rest beautifully.

As far as men go though, they're just gay as fuck.

>>30631568
>side of beret goes past HIS eye
P R O
R
O

F O R M
O
R
M

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>>30630582
what about wedges? i used to wear one

>>30631568
>U.S in charge of wearing Berets properly

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Because they look good

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>>30631567
>it's like wearing your issued belt on civvies
My issued belt is one of these though, except with a brass buckle instead of silver.

(I never wear it because I have a fake leopard pelt one I use instead, and this style of belt is garbage mechanically anyway.)

>>30631591
wedges are truly groce tho

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>>30631650

>>30631665
third from the left has a good beret but otherwise lol

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>>30631665

>>30631665
what a bunch of pansies

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>>30631672

>>30631672
P R O FORM
R
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*F
*O
*R
*M

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>>30631672
Here's a better version

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>why are uniforms a thing
>they offer almost no protection
Sometimes berets look nice, and sometimes they look American.

>>30630582
they look cool, but i prefer field caps

ITT people downing wearing a wildnerness instructor belt IRL

>>30631568
>that badge placement
TRIGGERED
dunno why I only have one badge

somebody post the picture of the army and marine dude standing in front of a school. good example of how shit berets look.

>>30631882
>field caps
You're either a foreigner or a far removed pogue remf.

They're called PCs or Patrol Caps for as long as I have been in combat arms.

green berets and old black berets looked good on olive green uniforms

things that made berets shit: maroon berets for paratroopers, the general issue of black berets, and BDUs and ACUs

do not bother arguing with The Objective Truth of this post

>>30630582
You gain additional skills based on the color of you beret, this shit is common knowledge.

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>>30632253
Maroon berets fucking rock harder than all the rock bands playing together during a combined orgasm to fireworks.

>>30632320
no, you ass clowns constantly seek excuses to use them and are the very problem

>>30632356
Did I fuck your girlfriend?

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My diploma reads, "... accorded to wear the Ranger black beret..."

Old times pass. New times come.

>>30632386
probly :-) we are both sluts, and if you were in the barracks at bragg ...

i wasnt assmad at you or anything, i just think the overuse of berets makes them all look bad. the WWII cunt cap with the paratrooper device looked fucking awesome

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>>30631844

I hate american berets with a passion.

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>>30632436
triggered

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>>30632436
yeah, well there's an entire city in ireland that hates paras

>>30632287
depends where youre from, they're tilly hats or field hats here
>tfw navy gets to wear ball caps

>>30632431
When I got to Bragg in the 80s, we still sewed on glider patches on our cunt caps for inspection purposes.

It wasn't until decades later that I realized it meant something historically important.

I wish I had taken a photo wearing our greens and paratrooper cunt caps. Maybe the 101st has a pic.

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>>30630978
Camo beret, you say?

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>>30632436
Your beret looks gay as fuck.

-American

>>30632484
either way, my point was wearing berets while jocked up defines AIDS t3h ghey plague -- per your picture

>>30632436

>a crease

fuck off

>>30632287
>american army jargon is the only military jargon in the world.
>IM COMBAT ARMS
You sound like cav.

>>30630582
They aren't supposed to offer protection, that's the role of helmets. Berets are only supposed to look class

>>30632500
that is ... not ... the best worn beret I've ever seen, and I don't enjoy nitpicking but his sleeve isn't happy either

are you at the end of a shift as runner for CQ or staff duty?

>>30632502
>AIDS t3h ghey plague
You lost me there, hot rod. Try again.

>>30632468
Fuck the place, it's shite

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>>30632523
>You sound like cav
As revolting as that notion is, I do not wish to disparage the cavalry. I was 11B.

>>30632562
The Parachute Regiment: improving Derry 14 people at a time

>>30630786
That outfit looks like it makes a lot of noise

Good bait, protection vs. how big of a bitch it is to shape it to look right.

>>30632602
>outfit
Everybody behave. A female just showed up.

>>30630786

Terrible spot for a handgun.

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>>30632619
I'm qt3.14

>>30632302
My question is why a beret not a boonie wich is actually useful

American berets look absolutely gash. They aren't supposed to flop all over your head like an anaesthetised spaniel.

>>30630582
They give a +1 PER bonus so you can see the red compass marks from farther out.

>>30630626
kike cunt

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my old beret

rate, slate pls no h8

>>30630582
For the sex appeal bruh.

Why you not wanna be sexy?

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>>30633327
And the Brit's berets look like someone shot a load of maroon jizz on top of a head. At least we put some style into it.

>>30630582

What I don't understand is soldiers wearing berets when they're not 100% safe. For example, if you're a soldier on the street after a terrorist attack, why the fuck would you wear a beret? Especially when a functional piece of headwear, your fucking helmet, is dangling near your legs? As an example, the soldiers patrolling the streets after the Paris attacks. Are these guys seriously going to take off their berets and put on their helmets before engaging a threat that pops up?

>>30633411
yank berets have always been fucking shit

>>30633416
helmets don't stop bullets m8

if someone shot you in the head beret or helmet ur dead

>>30633433

Most of these cunts come with bombs or grenades, in addition to guns.

>>30632287
you are right in both cases, i'm swiss and a AAA mechanic
But we call our caps "Mutz" and then nobody would know what i meant so i took a term i knew

because pcs are for faggot legs

>>30633411
>style
kek
KEK
K E K
An oversized novelty capbadge and a yard of felt dropped on your head is in no way stylish

>>30632500
....it says "U.S RRMY" that's an R I swear

>>30630582
They aren't intend to provide protection. They are headgear designed to identify who/what you are.

>>30633416
Because helmets are hot and heavy. And if there is not a specific immediate threat, why put yourself through that torture?

>>30631654
Y-you RAAF, B-brother?

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>>30630582
>Why are berets a thing? They offer almost no protection
Because you can't wear your campaign hat or a kepi under the helmet. Same reason the "overseas cap" came about.

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they are qt on grills

>>30630766
Bollocks, I'm Scottish. It takes a real man to wear a kilt they way god intended, which is to say, commando. Kilts are why Scotsmen evolved our great hairy legs, for warmth, so we don't even need trousers. And nae knickers means when some English fanny is spoiling for a scrap to impress his bird you can lift your sporran and intimidate him with the size of your giant hairy cock. Also part of traditional dress is a dirk strapped to the right ankle - we Scots were concealed carrying before you septics even existed.

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America perfected the beret.

As seen here.

>>30638527
>It takes a real man to wear a kilt

Translation: You have to be brave enough to wear a woman's skirt in public.

>>30632436
Is that the para cunt that got a medal for storming up and down a hill under fire dragging brits and us marines to safety? Good lad.

>>30633411
You're not telling me the wankstain in your pic is a Brit. He isn't.

>>30638560
Sounds like someone is too scared to wear women's clothing. I bet you don't even wear thongs. Faggot.

Nah but really. Nobody actually wears kilts here except to weddings or formal dances, and it's only the bottom half not the useful top shawl bit that you would use as a blanket to sleep under out in the mountains. I hear some yank is
trying to bring kilts back, the utilikilt theyre calling it, right? As a Scotsman, that's fucking retarded.

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I can't believe Poland gave up the rogatywka for the beret. Honestly, the rogatywka looks cool. It shades your eyes. And it's the hat of your nation. Why did you give it up for French faggotry?

>>30640887
I know, it's a shame that all armies are starting to look indistinguishable from each other.

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Jimmy likes to snap at the ankles

>>30630582

It's a fashion.

Personally, I think berets look like shit.

>>30638527
A thousand years of wearing dresses has turned you all into women.

Sorry scotty, maybe if you wear your makeup with your dress, the EU will take you back.

>>30631421
C32?

>>30630582
Helmets offer almost no protection too. Bullet impact usually break your neck.

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>>30641514
>Bullet impact usually break your neck.
I really wonder if that is true. I spent many years on the ground wearing my pot like John Wayne because I believed that.

-11B

Coffee filtering purposes.

>>30640887
>Poland gave up the rogatywka for the beret
what the fuck when was this

>>30641331
Sigs attached to SRR?

>>30642005
>wearing my pot like John Wayne
How does John Wayne wear his helmet?

>>30642483
Could just be the light but ;ooks more like a signaller who's done his Small Arms Cdo Cse and is attached to 3x.

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>>30642500
Yeah, it's a weird shade in the picture - looks too desaturated for Cdo green but too saturated for "Emerald grey/ Lovat green"

Unless it's another commonwealth country (other than Aus and Canada since they have distinct cap badges for Sigs)

>>30642300
All I know is that I'm finding more and more pictures of Poles in berets.

>>30630582
There's a word for people who need to wear protective headgear: Tard.

How to make beret not look like a shit?

>>30632287
Our patrol caps aren't the same as field caps mate

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If you're not at the very least airborne qualified then you should be ashamed to don a beret.

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>>30642484

Without the chinstrap buckled.

>>30642300
>>30642683
the soft cap field version has been out since 1990, the normal dress hard rogatywka is and forever will be in service

>>30642754
what the fuck is that on the left

>>30642832
An ape wearing a military uniform.

>>30642730
>How to make beret not look like a shit?

Soak it in hot water (I mean HOT water, and I mean soak it, not just dip it in and out)
Wring it out so it's just damp
Put it on your head and mould it to shape
Leave it on your head drying for as long as you can (more than an hour at least).

After that you can put it on top of a ball or something until it has dried out completely

>>30641514
>Helmets offer almost no protection too. Bullet impact usually break your neck.

Why the fuck do children believe this bullshit lie? It's getting more retarded every time it gets posted. First it was ".50 BMG would break your neck even it was stopped by armor" and now it's devolved into "any bullet is enchanted with a magic death spell that makes laws of physics not apply to it". A bullet to your head that deflects off your helmet is not going to even KO you, let alone do anything to your fucking spinal column. Depending on noise levels you might not even notice you've been shot until afterwards when you examine your gear.

>>30642500
>>30642536

Looks like an nz signals badge with regular army beret

The kiwis went to to one colour a long time again, only their SAS have a different coloured beret

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They look cool.

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>>30630582

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>>30630582
Ow would you know o is selling onions and fromage..

>>30633416
Besides the fact that helmets are uncomfy, there are psychological reasons for this. First of all, having soldiers walk round in funny hats is a lot loss Intimidating than helmets. That shits for warzones. It also has a psychological impact on soldiers. Cam cream and helmets tends to put soldiers in much more of a 'fuck you' mindset than berets do. Even in training putting a helmet on means you're about to slot cunts, and as such it becomes almost pavlovian.

They are a psychological de-escalator, and that is why they are useful. Also far more cosy and waterproof than they look.

>>30630997

i know everyone here hates the marines but thats why theyve always been aesthetically superior.

>same dress uniforms since forever
>looks sharp and not like a frumpy business suit like the army and airforce
>combat uniform free from patches and velcro bullshit, unit insignias and other ugly distractions
>best cover
>can roll sleeves and not the gay way with the cuff on the outside
>blouse boots and not tucking in like plebs

mostly their uniforms are clean as fuck and really sharp. no schizo uniform regulations oh lets change our fucking ugly dress uniform to another uglier one every decade and change head wear constantly and have a bunch of fuck ugly bullshit all over it. dont even get me started on those new airforce uniforms with the mandarin collar and that stupid tiger digital.

USMC uniforms are aesthetic as fuck and dont need to be changed

>airforce
switch your bdus to olive drab, youre not gi joes you dont need stupid useless camo to look cool. roll your dress uniforms back to the 60s.

>army
the new multicam looks cool. stick with it. drop berets that are not for special units. get all the fucking velcro off your uniforms and kis with name tab, rank that is PINNED in and branch tab. roll back your dress uniforms to the 40s.

>navy
blue camo is gay. go back to plain blue work uniforms. the cracker jacks are kinda faggy but theyre historic so keep them. your dress uniforms are fucking spiff especially the all white officer uniforms.

>>30632638
No it isn't. It's a great spot for a hand gun. Modern soldiers almost never go prone because urban combat, and most soldiers are mechanized infantry so access while seated is a priority. No soldier ever carries on their hip unless they are both stupid and have never deployed. Drop leg holsters chafe and can be easier to drop shit out of. (It shouldn't happen, but that is why it's called an accident.)

>>30638217
Any proofs that's not a movie?

>>30638612
Right. He's telling you exactly the fucking opposite. He's wrong, but that's what he's saying.

>>30649463
you should not insult that guy, because while he does not indicate being credentialed for his one liner, and your dig on idiots on the FOB using the safariland 6004 is well placed, the rest of your agro rant rubs me wrong

the problem with the drop leg isnt the holster in itself, but people who watched too many spaghetti westerns and use them in _literally_ the least comfortable way conceivable: dangling practically at the knee, and for no reason. they were developed for specifically the reason you describe: vests block the belt, so holsters have to go elsewhere. the top stap should practically in your crotch, so that the pistol is almost riding as high as it would be were it still on the belt

TLDR your holster chafed you because you had no idea how to use it, people having deployed has zero bearing whatsoever on this

your "dropping shit" argument both fails to hold water and is a confusing non sequitur

>>30642754
You're a retard, and it's "parachute-qualifed". Airborne is parachute + helicopter, like how in WWII it was parachute + glider.

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>>30649366
>roll back your dress uniforms to the 40s.
Mah nigga

>>30630582
Because leftist government want their military to look "pretty" instead of functional.

>>30649366
do you think the marine corps is going to get a new camo? because tbqh digital camo is a bit gay, the uniform is great but if it had a more traditional camo it would be a lot better

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>>30630786
>not wearing a Garrison cap

>>30642813
Why did they ever get rid of the soft one? I bought one surplus, and I love it.

>>30630582

They were adopted by tank crews as an alternate to the larger covers of the infantry/others. This came after a tank officer saw some French soldiers wearing berets; he thought they would be good for tankers. He didn't like there huge, floppy ones though and adapted his own based on a Scottish-hat (forget what it is called) and voila the modern mlitary beret was a thing.

From there various people thought it looked neat and then of course the association with 'elite' groups happened at some point, which then made everyone want to wear them again.

So, though they seem impractical for the reasons people have said in here they actually were adopted for practical reasons (tank crews needing hats that worked well in their environment).

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>>30630766
I see somebody's Großvater had his vinegar-soaked trench overrun by some Ladies from Hell.

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>>30632468
>checks Post Town ref.
>"LONDONDERRY"

Stay salty, mick.

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>>30649899
>wearing the same headgear as a illiterate vatnik conscript
kek

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>>30649899
>not participating in Operation Overlord

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>>30640887
>I can't believe Poland gave up the rogatywka for the beret.

It's still issued for parades and such.

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>>30630582
to remove at maximum efficiency

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>>30651011

>>30630582
They're comfier than helmets, obviously.

>>30650947
savage

>>30650882
there were already 3 hungers friend

>>30642300
>>30640887

The problem is its too fussy, look at>>30630786
and how much complication he's got going on in the rest of his hear. Then mentally add in the hat. If clear out the fussy just end up with a cap.

>>30640887
they didn't give it up, its always been a formal dress type of head wear like our peaked cap. You're not going to wear a rogatywka or peaked cap during a military exercise

>>30651634
Yeah, but the soft, field version is gone.

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>>30649573
Go sit back down, sport. Actual military personnel are talking.

>>30630781
You want to know what helps with motivation as a soldier?

Being smart enough to wear a hat that keeps the sun/rain out of your god damn face. I fucking hated my beret the whole time I wore it.

>>30651741
That's because you didn't earn it.

>>30649486
It's starship troopers

>>30641514
>Bullet impact usually break your neck.
What fucking bullet crushes vertebrae but doesn't penetrate helmets?
Hell what fucking army shoots guns that break bones of armored enemy, but not their own arms?

>>30630582

Military hats generally look the way they do because they are so fucking dumb looking that almost nobody would wear one unless they were forced to. It creates a clear and easy separation from the civilian populace, and the more retarded they look the more naive potential recruits get a boner for wanting to wear one.

My beret was cool for all of halfway through the first formation I had to wear it, then it became a stupid piece of shit that I resented and I wanted my BDU cap back (or better yet, permission to wear my boonie cap instead.)

>>30630582
Because they're cheaper than service caps.

>>30653333
If you had earned a beret, you would have a different opinion.

>>30649573

Former 101st here: you're not technically wrong, but then again, nobody cares. Nobody thinks of helicopters when someone says airborne, and pretty much nobody understands the significance of the glider regiments during WWII. Light infantry get ferried about by choppers and nobody thinks that's special, even the committee that wrote the curriculum for TSAAS.

>>30653379

And if they issued you a pink top hat with blue feathers on it for earning jump wings you'd wank yourself to sleep over how special that made you feel too.

It would still look fucking stupid.

I hated my beret. It looked dumb and didn't keep the sun out of my eyes.

I earned a blue infantry cord, but you won't see me extolling its aesthetic virtues or posting pictures of it on the fucking internet, much less trying to find civilian versions of one to wear with my regular clothes. The thing by itself is pretty dumb, even though what it represents is not. And again, braided cords and the like are something that normal people wouldn't wear because they are hideous and non-functional, but do serve a symbolic purpose for a military unit.

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>>30653423
If I received a strap on elephant nose for completing ranger training, I'd proudly wear it, yes.

Stop being such a whiny cunt, negative nancy.

>>30653456

I imagine you would have been rushing to battalion for your slot the moment you heard the words "strap on."

Nobody is whinging here, you've just got a chip on your shoulder about earning a dumb looking hat.

What all these things represent is awesome, but by themselves, ignoring that they are symbols, they are painfully stupid looking objects that nobody with sense or taste would otherwise wear.

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Because it looks cool? Fuck knows

>>30650882
Fuck you. If you don't know about the troubles then keep yer bloody mouth shut.

>>30653511
I'm sorry you failed at everything. Don't take it out on us. We appreciate what we've earned.

>>30653564

What part of Boston do you live in?

>>30653591
You don't need to say "in." Just stop your sentence right before that word.

"What part of Boston do you live?"

>>30653583

Keep shooting into the dark, you might hit something eventually.

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Berets are meh tier. I'd much rather have a patrol cap (or anything else that doesn't require you to squint like a white boi pretending to be a chink).

>>30630724
>When the soldiers look good and professional they feel good and act professional.

What kills me is that the Pentagon actually believed that turning the Ranger beret into a service-wide participation trophy would have more impact on morale than better training, updated equipment, and improved living conditions.

>>30653598

wat

Fgt

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>>30647585
The Israelis solved that one by allowing you to still wear a helmet, but be goofy at the same time.

>>30630626
JUDE

>>30653659
I will never understand these feel good measures.

>>30630626
איך זה לחיות עם 3 אצבעות?

>>30653688
Is he wearing an Israeli uniform and miznefet, an Irish jacket and a long Galil made in the 80s? What kind of cosplay is this?

>>30653769
It's the best I could do, I mean the shirt is technically IDF. Just Irish instead of israel.

Galil was an IDF weapon, was it not?

>>30632478
vitun homo :DDD

They are indeed mystifyingly gay and impractical. 100% HOMO

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Cause berets r cool n stuff.

My unit during BALTOPS 2015.

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>>30630582
+They are comfy as fuck
-You look more important and formal
>>30630626
Best incoming

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>>30653780
If he tried to get close to an IDF position wearing that he would get shot, lets put it that way.

>>30654004
I could get a TAR21 but the place wants £1000 for it.

>>30630724
>not preferring the boonie

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>>30653997
Nice.

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>>30653997
Are you always the same guy
Or does /k/ really have a shit taste in Keyboards?

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nobody can rock it better than pic related

>>30633369
Stinger, Clicker or Bush Chook?

>>30654233
facial aesthetics out of this world

>>30654212
shit taste, was my first picture on /k/

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>>30650985
Keepin' this for reasons.

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I'm joining the British Paras soon. Burgundy berets all the fucking way lad.

>>30654405
>Burgundy
My god. Do pushups until I come back. And I'm not coming back.

>>30654439
Why?

>>30654448
Oh my fucking God, I just realised how fucking stupid I am. Please excuse me whilst I just go and throw myself down a flight of stairs.

>>30650997
Polish guys are qt as fuck :3

>>30654061
Will you get a free miznefet with that?

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American paratroopers.

>>30654233
>that jawline

My boipussy is ready

>>30654549
Nope!

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>>30630626
my grandfather's Republic of Vietnam beret he was given as part of the 82nd

>>30654405
>Burgundy berets

It's called the maroon machine

also
>posting the TA

>>30654934
Mr. Conner received that as something other than honorary 82nd. An 82nd beret would have been maroon in color and without the foreign decorations.

I'm sure he earned the dignitary distinction, however, it has nothing to do with the 82nd Airborne.

With respect.

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>>30630766
Are you saying wearing a skirt makes me a fag?

>>30633411
I wouldnt be able to stand there being pointed at by some sand nigger

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>>30630626

>>30630582
It is a wool cap. It keeps your head warm.

And paratroopers wear them to look special.

>>30649486
Wh-what, senpai?
That's Dizzy Flores, you damn dirty ape!
Baka~

>>30655054
>Mr Conner
???

I meant that the locals that my grandfather worked with have him the beret, on something of a wager if I recall my grandfather's story correctly. Having the beret of a dead country is really cool (if also somewhat sad).

>>30655123
Most definitely.

Also if you're self conscience, you ought to remove the huge cock from your gullet.

>>30641269
Preparation for the days when we're hired by aliens as mercenaries.
We need to be same-same, grok?
Humanity united in the cause of shooting aliens for alien money, and:
1. Looting mad tech brah.
2. Buying up mad tech brah.
Then we give all the tech and money to John Ringo because he already knows how to defend the solar system like a boss.
And then we set up the galaxy's first Death Star shipyard, assuring our complete dominance forever.
No shame in dominance, is there?
Hippie.

>>30655054
>>30655340
I see why you thought Conner, I apologize, that's my own name with the shelf below it having some of my own items of pride. It was Col Mildenstein (name seen on the pot helmet) that the beret belonged to.

>>30655340
Your photo displays, "Cadet Conner."

>>30632287
I call it a "utility cover", so you can go right ahead and fuck yourself.

>>30655496
I'm sure you rear echelon motherfuckers have your own lingo. But up here, on the front lines, we set the standard.

>>30632468

Because the paras did what was needed and fucked those dirty provo's up.

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>>30653598
Actually that's still incorrect because you're missing a preposition.
The correct phrasing is:
"In what part of Boston do you live?"

>>30655034
It's called the Reserves now, fgt.
And they still do P Coy, so I'm not sure what your objection is.

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>>30630626
here's my JROTC beret i earned at the age of 15.

to get it i had to meet the advanced physical fitness requirements for my Orienteering team. Shortly after i did this, Air Education and Training Command decreed that JROTC units were not allowed to let cadets wear berets in regular uniform.

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>>30653997
>two ovaries on a leaf wreathed in olive branches

>>30655645
It's a maroon beret. Drive your face into a lawn mower.

>>30655761
>It's a maroon beret

By all means point to where I disputed that.

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>>30630626

fug here it is mine.

>>30654233
that nigga was a bitch desu

>>30655303
>>30651803
>Ask for proofs that girls look good in berets that aren't from movies
>Get told what movie it is and the name of the character
What

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>>30655250
>It keeps your head warm

>>30655621
the nonexistant ones

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>>30630626
my beret. lowest of the low CAF cornflake. My unit won't issue until I'm done training.

>>30649572
not the other guy, but I can see leg holsters being an issue when trying to move through tight corridors/enclosed spaces. Maybe I'm just speaking out my ass tho

>>30631682
Shut up faggot that's 1st SFG you're talking about.

>>30631671
That's what most officers are like in the CAF (not what's posted) They don't seem to give a shit about their beret

>>30630582
you don't wear them into combat dipshit

>>30656644
You're not supposed to anyways.

>>30630582

because faggot ass bureaucrats think they look fancy

>>30632468
everyone hates the paras on a night out

>>30633369
that shape is just 0/10 would shape again

8 points all day senpai

berets are for grils

>>30656653

One of my SSGT's had a Iraqi republican guard beret with a bullet hole in it he liked to show off. Guy he shot was apparently on the Olympic soccer team.

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>>30641331
jimmy represent, excuse the selfie its the only photo that dos'nt show my face properly

>>30653520

>Modern war beach assault with flak jacket and beret.

Come on now Finland. I know your military is smarter then that.

>>30655645
Reserve P Coy isn't the same as regs P Coy tbf, they don't do the final tab

>>30632500
Did someone order some papa johns?

>>30651741
shoe polish made mine waterproof luckily it was also black.

>>30650985
>that guy on the left

that stance...

>>30654405
why does everyone almost fold it forwards it looks awful. Its almost covering their eyes for heavens sake.

wait.

desert

sun.

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I like the German ski cap

>>30657077
The paras peak their berets, it's just a para thing. No other unit does it

>>30654233
if it wasnt deflated it would look far better
like this >>30650963

>>30655748
German CBRN, they're homosexual like that.

>>30653997
Bruchsal?

>>30655876

No, you asked for proof that the picture wasn't from a movie, but it is, which you should have known because it's Starship Troopers, you cultureless mongrel.

You literally can't make a beret look cool.

>>30659119
Yes you can. A properly formed one looks ally as fuck as long as you aren't a shitheap in other areas

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>>30653564
Found the hyphenated-American.

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>bitching about fussy polish headgear
nigga please, this army was all about over the top headgear

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>>30660583

>>30630582
Berets are for faggot yuros

yes I know MUH GREEN BERETS

berets are for fucking yuropeans

they do not belong on american heads

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this is a very rare uniform of Tartar units from pre-WWII

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>>30660620

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I can't wait until 2063 when Marine Aviators wear berets.

>>30656608
not out your ass, valid concern

well designed, shouldnt be an issue

i mean when youre wearing a pile of shit, if its not well designed and fit to you and worn correctly, youre going to be sucking (i guess i always was anyway)

>inb4 someone calls me a poseur, im not putting myself out there to have been anything special, i fucking wasnt but knowing this shit doesnt require to have been HSLD

TLDR: wearing droplegs, good ones, correctly, prevents them from sucking ass

as always? cannot fix stupid