Talk:Boonie hat

Image
Thanks to whoever added the image of the SEALs to the article. A good one too. 82.47.137.100 13:37, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

History
When my friends came back from Vietnam, they told me that the Boonie was based on the Ausie hats. The Ausies in Nam had full brimmed cloth hats that were superior for jungle use. The Ausies had unit badges that were pinned to one side holding the brim up and often a colored "brush" of unit colors. They were very dashing looking and were the object of theft by US troops. The Ausie military complained to the US about the thefts. The Pentagon then started with the Ausie hat as a bassis for designing the Boonie which was more practical but not as good looking. I have owned a series of them and they still are one of the best work hats ever made. When not in use, I fold them like the sailors fold their "Dixie cup" caps, giving the hat the coveted "40 hour crush" look. A lovely aspect is you can throw them into a washing machine. Saltysailor (talk) 07:04, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Predecessor in US military service?
I have seen US Army training films dated 1942 in which American soldiers wear broad-brimmed cloth hats resembling the boonie hat, but with a round top instead of a flat crown, giving it an overall shape resembling a pith helmet, but in olive drab fabric. It resembles what is now called a "bucket hat." I have seen pictures of very similar hats labeled "WAC UTILITY WORK AND FIELD HERRINGBONE HAT" but in the film they are being worn by men. Does anyone know what the official designation was? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.61.156.96 (talk) 00:55, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's the so-called Daisy Mae hat, but the official designation (at least according to olive-drab.com) is simply "Hat, Herringbone Twill" although I believe there was a slightly earlier denim version.--172.190.138.225 (talk) 06:58, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

German?!
"Boonie hat in Tropentarn" Tropentarn is an English word? Sounds purely German to me. Is it like Kindergarten or Angst? Skillabstinenz (talk) 15:20, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Skillabstinenz, it is German and is the name of the camouflage pattern https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropentarn on the hat. --Dreddmoto (talk) 01:40, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

British forces.
This article does not have a section about such hats used as part of British combat uniforms. That could be added. --Dreddmoto (talk) 23:04, 23 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Fined a good source and "have at it." -McChizzle (talk) 23:18, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

McChizzle, appreciate that. Unfortunately I don't have one yet. --Dreddmoto (talk) 01:37, 26 November 2021 (UTC)