Milla!
 

Finally got my airforce beret, and I need help on how to shape it and so on. Tips and tricks?

Here's a tip: You coulda used a PM. happy:

I'll let the thread live, as others may be able to help you.

Ta, I wrongly named the thread. Though, Milla should know how to shape a beret. (I hope).

Milla = Marine
Berets = Army

Milly may know but the marines arnt known for berets.

Also quick google of Beret forming, resulted in this.
[url:6d34f]http://army.ca/forums/index.php/topic,16397.0.html[/url:6d34f]

[quote="TGB!":a58f8]Quick question -

Why would a MARINE like MILLA give a shit what AIRFORCE FAGS (yes they are fags of a level only marginally lower than NAVY homo's checking out your ass in basic) wear?

EDIT: right - ARMY. Fuck. My bad. AF still sucks.[/quote:a58f8]

oOo:

FYI, AF eats your liver.

I know m8, but Id rather ask a few questions aboot it, since Ive read the same thing a dozen times. Just wanna make sure Im doin it right.

1st: Half the places Ive visited says it should be hot/boiling water, the other half says just warm. Which one??

2nd: How exactly should it be worn? Height over eyebrows? Height over right ear? How "deep" in on the head?

Wear it like the Duke.

[img]http://www.berets.com/media/john-wayne-green-beret-sm.jpg[/img]

Nein! biggrin:

Swedish patches dont cover the whole beret, its more like a small metal pin.
Hence, I dont think I want/need the front to be that humongous.

Thought you were talking about that tard that posts here, i half expected to see a can of beans wearing a beret. annoy:

haw haw haw haw! He was trying to get into the Air Force, wasn't he? happy:

Yup, experimntal plane crash test dummy. biggrin:

[img]http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/2227/duke0ye.gif[/img]

[img]http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/4082/duke5zp.jpg[/img]

Sorry i have no clue how to shape a beret. haah i have never wore one loney:

The fuck? Anyone else then? I need some expert advise on this pos. annoy:

Does this help?

http://www.detrick.army.mil/soldiers/beret.pdf

Ask one of your comrades. Did they just mail you a beret without telling you how to wear it/fit it or something? That'd be sort of goofy.

I'm presuming its a brand new beret

You will need a bowl of warm but not hot water

Cut out the label found on the inside of the beret - it will make shaping it alot easier

Pull the drawstring so its tight but not too tight, its going to hurt your head, dont cut off the excess string yet

Dunk the beret into the bowl of water, try not to let the band on the end of the beret touch the water as it can go funny someitmes.

Once its soaking take it out of the bowl and stick it on your head it should be around 2 fingers above your eye all the way around the head. Make sure the badge is over the left eye and hold it in place, whilst doing that pull the excess material (flappy bit) over your right ear. THe material will stretch if you pull it hard enough, allow it to do so until its a suitable position. usually just touching the top of your right ear.

Wear the beret for a few hours for it to dry slightly.

Then stick is somewhere warm like an airing cupboard, for a couple more hours, before it dries out i'll then fold it up and stick it under my mattress overnight, allowing it to fold in the future for storage in your pocket or whatever.

You might want to repeat the process a few times before you get it right and cut off the drawstring. Some other people have a bowl of warm water and a bowl of cold water, but im not sure on the process to do it that way.

Hope this helps.

+1's welcome! rock:

+1 for you because i have no idea how to wear one

Cheers Mike m8, but Im still 'fused about the wearing of it. All the yanks I see wearing a beret, wears it one way. The rest in other ways. Fuck it, Ill just ask my CO for help with this.


Ferich: Yeah, we didnt get any instructions at all with it. We just went to the depot, signed a paper and got the beret.

Sounds typical for the military, any countries military especially ours

[url=http://www.insatsplutonen.se/basker.php:c0468]Swedish site[/url:c0468]

Here in Sweden, most dudes wear the beret like the dude in that site. You can also see the size of our emblems on the pics in there.


You yanks were it like in the page Zonah posted.

Wtf!?

I would fit it awhile then find out if there's a special way to wear it from a NCO or someone You'd think if there was some unique instruction for a Swedish style beret that was different from the universal way of fitting a beret they'd tell you about it. Good luck whatever you decide on doing and hopefully none of our advice gets you in trouble.

I AM an NCO. biggrin:

Thanks for the tips m8, Ill see what happens. See if Ill post a pic of me in uniform aswell then (newer one, seeing as we might get new jackets and maybe zee Glock. happy: )

from 7 years experience:

[img]http://mikeanthony.co.uk/beret.jpg[/img]

But it could be different for sweden. I'm not sure!

Looking good posiden, i would look like a cock in a beret

berets are bad-ass

shit, I'm suprised you still know how to properly wear your cover Milla... fuckin tampon biggrin: the_finger:

[quote="Zap. USMC":1c9b9]shit, I'm suprised you still know how to properly wear your cover Milla... fuckin tampon biggrin: the_finger:[/quote:1c9b9]

Shit man I know how to wear my cover and out shoot you on the range still rock: happy: biggrin:

LOL

The duke (John Wayne) > god

berets used to look kinda cool over here until they passed one out to every pimplehead they could squeeze into uniform.

yeah rofl i remember when they started issuing Black Berets to everyone who went throug basic in the army. It use to be the rangers with black berets. I remember they raised hell about it, and thye should have.

Rangers now have sweet ass brown berets.

Not as sweet as lucy pinders brests

[quote=Milla]Shit man I know how to wear my cover and out shoot you on the range still rock: happy: biggrin:[/quote:e0c58]

what do you shoot? I know you're a sharpshooter.. if that's true then I outshot ya, tough guy biggrin:

[quote="Zap. USMC":d22e7][quote=Milla]Shit man I know how to wear my cover and out shoot you on the range still rock: happy: biggrin:[/quote:d22e7]

what do you shoot? I know you're a sharpshooter.. if that's true then I outshot ya, tough guy biggrin:[/quote:d22e7]

Expert nig