Big news in the world of Army headgear: Soldiers at Fort Bliss, Texas can now wear “boonie” hats, which provide ... rank and file — particularly Army Rangers who had previously been the ...

A soldier wears a "boonie hat" during Exercise Southern Vanguard 24 in Oiapoque, Brazil, on Nov. 15, 2023. (Spc. Joseph Liggio/Army National Guard) Sunburned necks and scorched ears no longer.

News of the authorization at Fort Bliss in Texas to wear the boonie, officially designated the sun hat by the Army, spread on social media last week with posts on unofficial Army and military ...

but the move wasn't widely publicized until last week on the Army Reddit forum. The boonie hat, or "sun hat," is mostly intended to be worn in the field. That headgear is light, better protects ...