Fort Bliss approves wear of boonie caps, military-wide jealousy ensues

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Fort Bliss approves wear of boonie caps, military-wide jealousy ensues

Sunburned necks and scorched ears no longer. Soldiers at Fort Bliss, Texas, are now authorized to wear the iconically fashionable and functional “boonie cap” around the installation, inciting in the process the envy of all service members bearing the burden of exposed napes. Following recent chatter online about whether the cover is within installation regs, a spokesperson from the 1st Armored Division confirmed to Military Times that the comman…