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I googled it. .

Justin Kelly — 5/5/2003 2:12:43 PM (archived)

<Troops of the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C., started wearing the maroon beret in 1973, while at Fort Campbell, Ky., the trend exploded, with post personnel wearing red, military police donning light green, and the 101st Airborne Division taking light blue as their color. In Alaska, the 172nd Infantry Brigade began using an olive green beret

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Helmets or berets - Raoul Lannoy - 5/5/2003 9:31:23 AM
- Helmets are a good idea - Justin Kelly - 5/5/2003 1:39:01 PM
  - How about a blinkin Bonnet - FrankC - 5/5/2003 3:05:01 PM
  - Didn't the 101st used to wear blue berets? - Larry J - 5/5/2003 1:52:46 PM
    - I googled it. . - Justin Kelly - 5/5/2003 2:12:43 PM
      - dating oneself - Justin Kelly - 5/5/2003 2:17:22 PM
        
        Yep, that dated my Army time pretty well - Larry J - 5/5/2003 2:24:03 PM
    - Re: Airborne = the maroon beret . . - D. Spires - 5/5/2003 2:06:34 PM
      - Yes and no - Larry J - 5/5/2003 2:19:40 PM
- Helmets - RNE - 5/5/2003 1:22:44 PM
- Re: Helmets . . . - D. Spires - 5/5/2003 1:04:18 PM

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