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Going from the patrol cap to the black beret was never a particularly popular move in the US Army. About the only person that liked it was the Chief of Staff. Not very American and utterly impractical headgear, especially for a country which tends to put its army bases in DESERTS....
http://www.army.mil/-news/2011/04/01/54202-stetson-hat-to-be-new-army-standard-headgear/Army officials announced today that the Army will pay tribute to it's frontier roots by adopting the dark blue stetson and the official headgear for the current force of 1.1 million Soldiers. Soldiers will wear the stetson with non-subdued rank and branch insignia on the front. The Army star will only worn by Soldiers who have yet to graduate Advanced Individual Training, or the Officer Basic Course.
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In a fingertip-to-the-brim nod to its American frontier history, the Army is changing hats again - returning to the tumultuous days of the horse Cavalry in the wild west and adopting a dark blue Stetson as the official headgear for the current force of 1.1 million Soldiers.
"We figure the Stetson will be popular with the troops," said Sgt. Maj. Bob S. Stone, Army Uniform Board headgear task force president. "A Stetson is functional and down right American."
But reminiscent of the controversial switch from the garrison cap to the black beret, the Army faces opposition from one community deeply opposed to losing its special identity with the Stetson - the Armor branch. But the sheer functionality of the wide-brimmed American-classic Stetson won over the majority of the board.
"You can keep the sun out of your eyes, the hat won't melt to your head on a sunny day, and female Soldiers can tuck long hair under a Stetson a lot easier than with the current beret," says Stone. "Plus we've already gone back to blue jackets for the service dress uniform. The Stetson actually completes the look."
The odd thing is, it actually makes a heck of a lot of sense.
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West Point teaching Limerick kids the basics of engineering:
That was unexpected.
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anyone seen this before??ackie the baboon was not nearly as well-known as Nancy, the
Springbok mascot of the 4th Regiment (South African Scottish) of
the 1st South African Infantry brigade. And believe it or not, Jackie
was the unlikely choice made as the mascot of the 3rd SAI
(Transvaal Regiment) during World War I.
He actually spent three years, on and off, in the front line, in the
mud and blood of the trenches of France and Flanders.
He went "over the top" with the 3rd SAI during the heavy fighting in
which they were engage.
Until August 1915, Jackie was the beloved pet of the Marr family,
who lived on Cheshire Farm, Villieria, on the outskirts of Pretoria.
When, as no 4927, Private Albert Marr attested at Potchefstroom on
August 25, 1915, for service in the newly-formed 3rd (Transvaal) Regi-
ment of the 1st South African Infantry Brigade, he asked for and was
given permission to bring Jackie along with him. At first Jackie's
presence was ignored, but he was so well-behaved and had such
an impressive bearing that he was soon noticed.
Jackie was then officially adopted as the mascot of the 3rd SAI.
Jackie was the taken on strength as a member of the Regiment and
once in England was provided with a special uniform and cap, com-
plete with buttons and regimental badges. The two inseparable
friends, Albert Marr and Jackie, first saw action during the Senussi
Campaign, early in 1916, when the 1st SAI Brigade was dispatched
to Egypt as part of the force to crush this warlike tribe, which had
taken up arms on the instigation of Turkey, Germany's ally. At the
battle of Agagia, on 26 February 1916, Albert was
wounded in the shoulder by an enemy bullet. Until the stretcher
bearers arrived, Jackie, beside himself with agitation, attempted to
do what he could to comfort the prostrate Marr, by licking the wound.
So it happened that Jackie became the firm favourite and comrade,
rather than pet, of all ranks of the Regiment.
He drilled and marched with his company. He would entertain the men. At night when on guard duty with Albert, he
was particularly useful because of his keen eyesight and acute hearing.
Many of those who survived the hell of the trenches in explosiontorn and mutilated France wrote their memoirs.
Although he was almost human, we, of course, will never know what Jackie felt, when he was in the midst of
the nightmare that was Delville Wood or Passchendaele, nor afterwards in the desperate fighting round Kemmel Hill.
Up to now he and Albert had come through the war almost unscathed.
In April 1918, the South African Brigade was being heavily shelled as they retreated to Rinningholst. After the German
advance, Jackie was wounded in the arm and in the leg by pieces of shrapnel from the shells that were bursting all
around. He lost the leg.
It was the end of active service for Albert and Jackie, with the war drawing to a close. They received much publicity
in the newspapers such as the Times.
On 5 May 1919, Jackie and Albert were on the last leg of their long journey home to Pretoria and Cheshire Farm,
Villieria.
Jackie had been officially discharged at Maitland Dispersal Camp, Cape Town, on 26 April. On his arm Jackie wore
one gold wound stripe and the three blue service chevrons, indicating three years frontline service. At Maitland he
received the usual parchment discharge paper, a military pension, plus a Civil Employment Form for discharged
soldiers.
After their arrival home, Jackie was again feted and became centre of attention on occasions such as the parade to
welcome back officially the 1st SAI Brigade and at the Peace Parade on Church Square, Pretoria, on 31 July 1920,
where he received the Pretoria Citizen's Service Medal. Jackie died on 22 May 1921. Albert Marr died in Pretoria,
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Preliminary job offer received (They like me and will be sending a contract to consider).
Basically fly around the world and learn everything there is to know about tanks (primarily WWII), eventually airplanes and warships. Maybe drive a few, write books/articles, appear on TV and internet videos as your friendly 'foreign-accented-so-he-must-know-what-he's-talking-about' tank expert and so on.
And it's a paying gig.
In the meantime, evidence that you don't win the lottery if you don't buy a ticket.
She said yes.
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Anyone browse the DF facebook in the last few months ?
I take a look a few times a week to see any update on deployment, DF news and recruitment but dam the page seems to be clogged up daily with "Wen will i b able 2 join the army, when is recrutn ????" "ow can i join de army"...etc
The press officer must be sick to death
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goldie fish wrote: »i wan't 2 join d army coz i lik 2 shute de gunz... lol
doz i have to be able 2 shote 1st? i'm gr8 at paintball and moh. i shud b a ranger 0 -
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