I got my Made in China black beret!

[PaulRevere]

I stopped by my Reserve unit yesterday and while there picked up my new black beret. As I feared, it was made in China. Most were. My supervisor's was made in Sri Lanka. Everyone was jealous. Everyone also feels like it is a slight to the Rangers.

[Warlady]

I thought this was on hold pending review by a Congressional committee????????

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Shinseki needs to be fired
Having the berets made in China and then taking away the honor the Rangers had

[The_Sonarman]

Old military leadership trick. It's "on hold" until public scrutiny tapers.

[PaulRevere]

Someone forgot to tell the committee.

I feel like the Bill made the Army make me look like Monica.

[Warlady]

PR you may be on to something....

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Paul, have you been asked to give it back now? (since the recall)

hope so.

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Just more info on the berets...

Hawaii troops send back their share of berets

Army reservists are under orders to return caps 'Made in China'

By Gregg K. Kakesako
Star-Bulletin

Of the 618,000 Chinese-made black berets the Pentagon now says must be returned, at least 1,400 of them were in warehouses at Fort Shafter ready to be handed out to Army Reservists here and in American Samoa.

Lt. Col. Howard Sugai, spokesman for the Army Reserve in the Pacific, said 3,400 new berets were shipped to Hawaii about three weeks ago.

"About 1,400 were made in China or Sri Lanka," Sugai said.

The rest came from a Canadian manufacturer.

Now Army Reserve officials have orders to box up all 3,400 and ship them back to Fort Dix in New Jersey.

The move comes after a memo issued Tuesday from Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz that stated, "The Army chief of staff has determined that U.S. troops shall not wear berets made in China or berets made with Chinese content."...

...The Defense Logistics Agency said it had to use foreign manufacturers to meet the demand for 4.8 million berets. However, lawmakers were unhappy with the military's decision to use Chinese manufacturers.

...The Army said that 618,000 black berets had been contracted to a British firm, Kangol Ltd., that subcontracted to produce the berets in China. About half of those had been delivered...

...The three remaining companies that will produce the berets are Bancroft Cap Co. in Cabot, Ark., Dorothea Knitting in Canada and C.W. Headdress, a British company in Sri Lanka...

Source article (http://starbulletin.com/2001/05/03/news/story10.html)

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While I was in The Delta, many moons ago, the Junk Force advisors were issued black berets. These berets had the badge in the right hemisphere in the French style...as opposed to the U.S. practice. As best I can recall, the insignia was a logo of two junk sails. I am just reminiscing here..or however you spell it......
I cant remember or gave a good damn where the ****ers were made.
In my opinion, berets are French, and I despise the Frogs. Only SF in the US ARMY should even have them. As for them bein made in China, China has a real good Quality Control Program...if you stitch a beret wrong, they wuckin shoot your ass.