Get the latest military news and culture ... Isenhower has issued the following guidance on how soldiers must wear their boonie hats: Isenhower’s decision to authorize boonie hats for soldiers ...

His memo outlined plans for uniform inspections and a review of shaving waivers issued to troops ... Base Wing is unable to wear boonie hats, other commands in the military have been more approving.

News of the authorization at Fort Bliss in Texas to wear the boonie, officially designated the sun hat by the Army, spread on social media last week with posts on unofficial Army and military ...

A soldier wears a "boonie hat" during Exercise Southern Vanguard 24 in Oiapoque, Brazil, on Nov. 15, 2023. (Spc. Joseph Liggio/Army National Guard) Sunburned necks and scorched ears no longer.

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