Reply #18: I had to wear a black beret

[noamnety]

Back when the women had the big blob shaped ones for the Class A's.

When it was windy and we had to stand in formation, the soldiers on one side always had to stand with their hands up, instead of at their sides, to catch all the berets as they blew off our heads.

The women then had the crappiest uniforms, hats that blew off, pockets barely large enough to put chapstick in - so you had to carry the stupid Ruth Buzzi purse everywhere unless you used your socks as a wallet - and shirts you couldn't tuck in properly. I was the only woman on a trip where we were climbing into a T-72, (in class Bs, so like the photo above but without the jacket) and the minute I raised my arms to lower myself down the hatch, the bottom hem of the damned shirt was up around my armpits. I felt like a belligerant spit-shined Brittany Spears.