Big news in the world of Army headgear: Soldiers at Fort Bliss, Texas can now wear “boonie” hats, which provide more protection from the sun than patrol caps. The Army allows commanders to ...

Kenneth Wilsbach, denied a request from the commander of the 99th Air Base Wing to let troops at the base wear boonie hats during the hotter months of the year. When Col. Joshua DeMotts ...

Adding a hat to your outfit is an easy way to boost your defenses, and few caps are better at helping than the boonie hat. A military staple that dates back to the Vietnam War era, the best boonie ...

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 ...

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.

It was 15 hours since The Northern Fells – a hallowed outdoor and general Gorpcore store – had posted the come-get-me picture of the Adsum boonie hat on its feed, so surely it would still be ...

A command’s novel approach to protecting troops from sun exposure in one of the nation’s warmest states has soldiers past and present weighing in on whether the boonie hat is the right fit for ...

In what could be the most significant move on uniforms since black socks for physical training uniforms, the Army's Fort Bliss in Texas approved the wear of the boonie cap on the installation.

Adding a hat to your outfit is an easy way to boost your defenses, and few caps are better at helping than the boonie hat. A military staple that dates back to the Vietnam War era, the best boonie ...