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Home Front: Culture Wars
Obama Wants Marines to Wear ‘Girly’ Hats
2013-10-24
A change to the Marine Corps' uniform hats could leave hard-nosed Leathernecks looking a lot less macho.

According to the New York Post, President Obama's plan to create a "unisex" look for the Corps has officials on the verge of swapping out the Marines' iconic caps with a new hat that some have derided as so "girly" that they would make the French blush.

"We don't even have enough funding to buy bullets, and the DoD is pushing to spend $8 million on covers that look like women's hats!" one senior Marine source fumed to The Post. "The Marines deserve better. It makes them look ridiculous."
Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC

#19  Color me skeptical about this report. I find it extremely unlikely that the POTUS would have the time or inclination to develop an interest in modifying the headgear of military folks.

Next - real soldiers don't really much give a sh%t about garrison headgear. You fight in helmets. Any modification to dress hat dimensions is trivial compared to grown men waring "berets". I've lived through the teeth-gnashing over maroon berets for airborne, then black berets for Rangers, then black berets for everybody (with Rangers switching to tan berets). Any hat with a brim scores higher macho points than a beret.

So - this is stupid argument to pursue. Obama is a walking disaster - but not because he is preocccupied with dressing up his soldier dolls.
Posted by: Lone Ranger   2013-10-24 21:31  

#18  Marines make President Stompyfoot feel less of a man... So he intends to take them down a peg. Out of spite.
Posted by: eLarson   2013-10-24 20:32  

#17  I see Charles DeGaule is back in the news selling the Casablanca style lids to Obummer. (Designed by Reggie Love.)
Posted by: Mugsy Glink   2013-10-24 18:47  

#16  Actually the cover is a something of a throwback, they got rid of it the first time back before WWI.
Posted by: Shipman   2013-10-24 18:41  

#15  
Some more uniform inspiration for the zero.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2013-10-24 17:07  

#14  A family member is talking about opting out after a long career in the marines. They are dealing with more problems than the goofy hat as I understand it.
Posted by: JohnQC   2013-10-24 16:08  

#13  The poor dears look like effin' meter maids.

POTUS is an international embarrassment.
Posted by: Dopey Sinatra   2013-10-24 16:03  

#12   Can skirts be far behind

They will be called Kilts -CrazyFool- Kilts.
Posted by: Angans Crusose9396   2013-10-24 15:32  

#11  Looks a lot the hat Sousa wore.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2013-10-24 15:24  

#10  Can skirts be far behind?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2013-10-24 15:10  

#9  It is all about control.
Posted by: DarthVader   2013-10-24 14:37  

#8  Metrosexual Marines?

Oh lord, I bet the Commandant of the Corps will start allowing Marines to go outdoors "uncovered" as an alternative to these effeminate disasters.

This is almost as bad as the sailor uniforms from Carter's administration.

Well, what do you expect from an administration that wants soldiers to buy their own health insurance and chaplains to perform same sex marriages?
Posted by: Bill Clinton   2013-10-24 14:30  

#7  The Pat hat (from Sat night Live).
Posted by: rjschwarz   2013-10-24 14:25  

#6  He really hates US military, doesn't he?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2013-10-24 14:23  

#5  looks like the hat The Salvation Army wears
Posted by: Beavis   2013-10-24 14:21  

#4  Merciful heavens. The kepi's totally John Wayne compared to this thing. With full respect to Marines present, this looks like something the staff might wear in the toy section of a Japanese department store. Why not skip a generation or two, and some material, and go straight to a fez with a bit of brim. Combo of tilt, tassel, and brim point should cover all nudge nudge wink wink possibilities.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2013-10-24 13:35  

#3  At least they are not pink...yet.
Posted by: Thrans Splat1574   2013-10-24 12:45  

#2  They look like the French used to wear. Now they will really look like the doorman/umbrella holder/waiter his wife wants them to be.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2013-10-24 11:57  

#1  "We're looking for a few good...PC squishes"

They won't need weapons anymore, either, as enemies will die laughing...
Posted by: PBMcL   2013-10-24 11:54  

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