FORT BENNING, GA -The headgear for garrison operations is the black beret. The headgear for training environments is the patrol cap. Leaders are enforcing this standard by placing NCOs in high-traffic ...

The Army is pushing a plan to phase out the less efficient beret and pursue the reassignment of the patrol cap as the standard service cap. According to materials submitted by Democratic Party of ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Army is ditching the hot, ill-fitting black wool berets that soldiers have worn for years and allowing them to go back to their old, brimmed patrol caps. Army Secretary John ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — It's hot, it doesn't keep the sun out of your eyes, and you need two hands and a mirror to make sure it's on straight. After 10 years of complaints, the Army is all but ditching ...

For most, retirement means taking it easy, slowing down or relaxing by the pool. It doesn't usually include joining the Army, completing initial entry training and deploying to Afghanistan. But for ...

Big news in the world of Army headgear: Soldiers at Fort Bliss, Texas can now wear “boonie” hats, which provide more protection from the sun than patrol caps. The Army allows commanders to decide ...

In what could be the most significant move on uniforms since black socks for physical training uniforms, the Army's Fort Bliss in Texas approved the wear of the boonie cap on the installation. The ...

It was confirmed on the 23rd that despite the severe aging of Army patrol boats, next year’s budget proposal does not include a single won for securing new patrol boats. Army patrol boats were ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- It's hot, it doesn't keep the sun out of your eyes, and you need two hands and a mirror to make sure it's on straight. After 10 years of complaints, the Army is all but ditching ...