In 2000, the US Army was completely changed into a black beret.
Hatchanging storm: June 65438+1October 65438+1October 7, 2000, which inspired the morale of all officers and men of the Army, increased the attractiveness of the US Army, and recruited more outstanding young people. General Xin Guan, chief of staff of the US Army, issued a dress order: all officers and men of the US Army will be uniformly distributed with the black berets currently used by the US Army Rangers! 2006 06 54 38+4 06 1 Black beret will become a new symbol of the US Army in the new century!
As soon as the decision came out, it was like dropping a bomb on the former US Army Rangers, which immediately aroused national repercussions and turned into a protracted storm.
Veterans' organizations of the US Army Rangers jointly launched a massive propaganda offensive of "Save the Black Berets". American rangers have a history of more than 300 years, and the historical value of black berets gained through bloody struggle should be respected.
The organization then organized the "Save the Black Beret" Long March demonstration, joint signature and online appeal: two veterans dressed in ranger equipment and holding high the American flag set off from Fort Benning, Georgia, on February 1 day, 2006 and walked 1400 kilometers. March 10 (Beijing time March 1 1) arrived in Washington, DC, and presented President Bush with a black beret, which was worn by James Maxwell, an American ranger who died during the invasion of Panama. The website of "Army Ranger Black Berets" in the United States collected14,500 signatures successively, and sent representatives to Washington in March of1/to hand over the signatures to President Bush ... CNN conducted a poll at 438+00 on February 65 this year, and the result was that 90% people opposed wearing black berets.
When the largest veterans' organization in the United States-Lions of America with 2.8 million members and Veterans of Foreign Wars with 6.5438+0.9 million members finally voiced their opposition to the popularization of black berets, American politicians also came forward to fight for the patent of black berets for army rangers. On March 10, the US media revealed that President Bush also greeted the US Department of Defense.
The Pentagon finally made a compromise decision on 16-all officers and men of the army continued to issue black berets as planned, while the army rangers replaced the original black berets with brown berets to show the difference with other army units. Colonel Keane, head of the 75th Ranger Regiment, said that all Ranger officers and men had agreed that the army should adopt a black beret as its uniform symbol. Although they finally failed to keep the black beret symbolizing outstanding honor, they won the right to wear a hat different from other army units. From this perspective, they are still winners.