Quote Originally Posted by cacunn View Post
As I looked at this picture I found it interesting the different ways the balmorals are being worn. Some seem to have the crown flat across the head, some are pulled down in the front each seems to be somewhat unique to the wearer. I then think of the beret worn by the US Army. all seem to have been molded over the same frame work. No originality at all.
Quite the contrary actually. There is the regulation way and then there is the reality way. A look at my platoon shows several different ways of wearing it. You can see pics of people who haven't seen a forest since basic training who wear the beret all sorts of screwy. Then there are the Rangers who wear theirs so far down that it covers their right eye and the head band on the left side is closer to their crown than their ear. Being a graduate of the Officer Candidate School, a veteran of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), and a current member of the 82nd Airborne Division, mine is, of course, always worn in the correct manner, when the wind isn't interfering with it and when it hasn't spent the weekend crumpled up in my pocket.