In 2000, the U.S. Army recalled Chinese-made berets after lawmakers raised "buy American" concerns.
And our hearts swell with pride just hearing their names, including the legendary Green Berets.
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Blazers, cable knit sweaters, trousers and berets that wave the red, white and blue with nationalistic pride.
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At first neither dispute had any effect on Bancroft: it added staff and churned out the berets.
And once you reach Carmel, silver-haired men cruise by wearing berets that match their cherry-red open-top Alfa Romeos.
The U.S. military is investigating six members of its elite Army Special Forces, or Green Berets, officials said.
"That was why he was serving in the Green Berets, " he said.
Meanwhile, a separate row broke out, because many Army Rangers objected to the idea of lesser types being allowed to wear their black berets.
Members of Special Forces units, such as the Green Berets and Navy SEALs, have highly developed skills that make them a valuable commodity in the war on terrorism.
Two months ago, I presented the Medal to the parents of Staff Sergeant Robert Miller, who gave his life here in Afghanistan as a member of the Green Berets.
After a bit of congressional sleuthing, Mr Berry claims that the investigation has nothing to do with the berets' origin and everything to do with their colour and with Ranger pique.
There were clerics in white turbans, Western ambassadors in suits, police and army generals in full ceremonial dress, soldiers with berets and florid, Saddam-style moustaches, and women both veiled and unveiled.
The book is published by Paladin Press, a Boulder, Colorado company founded by two former Green Berets, Peder Lund and Robert Brown (who later split off to found Soldier of Fortune magazine).
He says that three Republican congressmen with strong connections to the Rangers (Mr Berry will not name them) pushed the Pentagon into the investigation, hoping to dissuade the army from black berets.
They are a mixture of Green Berets, Rangers and the Delta Force from the Army, the Seals (which stands for Sea-Air-Land) from the Navy and the Air Force's combat controllers and para rescue teams.
Although Vietnam themes have been a mainstay for Hollywood movies over the decades, all the flicks, from Green Berets and Apocalypse Now to the Rambo series, were shot elsewhere, usually the Philippines or Thailand.
While Chapman's is the first American military death from hostile fire, 10 other Americans have died since the campaign began in Afghanistan, including a CIA operative killed in a Taliban prison uprising and three Green Berets killed in an accidental bombing by U.S. planes.
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