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.

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.

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 ...

The necks of airmen at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, will continue to scorch under the blistering summer sun after a request to let them don the military's iconic boonie hat was denied by higher ...

While the boonie hat started as purely functional ... Story continues The U.S. military continued to issue the hat in various materials, including cotton and wind-resistant poplins, and it ...