So on the Army’s birthday that following year, everyone took off their patrol caps and donned the black beret. It was supposed to make everyone feel elite. Instead, the troops hated it.

June 14, 2011 -- Complaining is as common as saluting in the U.S. Army, but over the past decade the piece of soldiering that received the most carping was the uniform's black beret.

The beret, a symbol of the dash and power of elite military forces, will become standard gear for all U.S. Army units under a new morale-building initiative announced Tuesday by the Army's ...

WASHINGTON — The beret, a symbol of the dash and power of elite military forces, will become standard gear for all U.S. Army units under a new morale-building initiative announced Tuesday by the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — It's hot, it doesn't keep the sun out of your eyes, and you need two hands and a mirror to make sure it's on straight. After 10 years of complaints, the Army is all but ...

Col. Edson Raff, who bucked higher-ups in the Army to outfit Special Forces units with what would become their trademark green berets, died March 11 in Garnett, Kan. He was 95. Raff came up with ...

The Army is looking into a new uniform item for psychological operations soldiers in its special operations units, and it may or may not be a grey beret.

Army mulls gray beret for PSYOP soldiers, ‘distinctive uniform item’ for behavioral experts Members of the U.S. Army’s 9th PSYOP Bn., 4th PSYOP Group drop leaflets over an Iraqi village.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - It's hot, it doesn't keep the sun out of your eyes, and you need two hands and a mirror to make sure it's on straight. After 10 years of complaints, the Army is all but ...