According to the Defense Logistics Agency, which handles purchasing for the military, a total of 4.8 million black berets have been ... South Africa and India; a Canadian company with a plant ...

Since 2001, the black beret has ... was extending the use of the beret to whole Army as a symbol of a force in the midst of transforming itself into a more nimble military institution.

The new beret fashion movement neatly coincides with a cool new military look for, well, the military. Black berets, now worn by soldiers in elite Ranger units, will become standard issue for all ...

This is not the first time the Army has dealt with a tradition-flouting beret controversy. In 2001, all U.S. soldiers were ordered to wear a black beret ... Get the latest military news and ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - The Army is ditching the hot, ill-fitting black wool berets that soldiers have ... available to The Associated Press. "It's the military equivalent of being able to wear a ...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Army said Monday that it was abandoning the beret, after a failed 10-year experiment. The black beret, which proved deeply unpopular with American soldiers, will be replaced ...