Re: Burees for troop - HELP!
Bruce E. Cobern (bec@NYC.PIPELINE.COM)
Fri, 28 Jun 1996 18:21:57 GMT
On Jun 28, 1996 12:29:11, '"W. B. Thornton" <wbt@BLUE.NET>' wrote:
>>From: Bruce E. Cobern[SMTP:bec@NYC.PIPELINE.COM]
>>
>>Thus the beret, if official, could be worn with the uniform with which =
>>it was official, but not with today's uniform.
>
>I presently hold in my hand a copy of the 1988 printing of the Boy Scout =
>Handbook. This handbook was printed well after the new tan/olive =
>uniforms were being used. (I don't remember exactly when the uniform =
>changed but I do know that we were wearing them at the 1981 Jamboree.) =
>On pages 50 & 51 there are pictures of the new uniform being worn with =
>all 4 of the hat styles including the beret & field cap. Since the =
>uniform has not changed since then, I would assume that these hats are =
>all still official.
Not having had any resources in front of me at the time I made the mistake
of assuming that the beret had been discontinued BEFORE the tan shirt.
Obviously I was mistaken. Sorry.
The option of using unofficial berets is still, theoretically, not allowed.
(Although my troop does the same thing with the campaign hats since the
official ones are so expensive.)
In theory, when a uniforming option is discontinued the intent is for it to
disappear as the number already in circulation automatically decreases.
The allowance of wearing old uniform parts is most likely economic so as
not to force everybody to run out and buy complete new uniforms when there
is a style change made. Certainly, IMHO, the intention is not for people
to continue to acquire clones of the outdated material and then claim that
they are still "official."
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Bruce E. Cobern
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