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    Quote Originally Posted by georgeblack7 View Post
    I think they ought to take more pride in their ranger beret, since they earned it... then take notice that it is not the same hat.
    word to the wise, if you call anyone military's headdress in the Uk a "hat" you will probably start a fight espec if they are RM or PARA.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nervous Jock View Post
    word to the wise, if you call anyone military's headdress in the Uk a "hat" you will probably start a fight espec if they are RM or PARA.
    good point nervous jock, having spend some time in Aldershot in the early nineties, being a"hat" wasn't fun!!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nervous Jock View Post
    word to the wise, if you call anyone military's headdress in the Uk a "hat" you will probably start a fight espec if they are RM or PARA.
    Actually, the person who physically attacks someone for calling their headwear a hat would be the starter of the fight (no matter what group they belong to).
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    Quote Originally Posted by JRB View Post
    Actually, the person who physically attacks someone for calling their headwear a hat would be the starter of the fight (no matter what group they belong to).
    I have to say that has never bothered the RM or the paras! Starting a fight that is!

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