SOMETIME IN LATE 1966, two college students watched an old World War II film about the French Resistance. Inspired by the characters’ revolutionary zeal and style, one turned to the other and said, ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — It's hot, it doesn't keep the sun out of your eyes, and you need two hands and a mirror to make sure it's on straight. After 10 years of complaints, the Army is all but ditching ...

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(BCN) — One of the first things you might notice about Manny Ortega is that he has a lot of tattoos. He got his first right out of elementary school. It said “Eastside,” and it brought him a lot of ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Bozeman man takes fight to preserve Army Rangers' use of black berets on the road The U.S. Army ...

The U.S. Army is celebrating its 226th birthday with a controversial change in policy. Black berets are now the standard headgear for most of its soldiers, but there are those still fighting to have ...

The Army's plan to improve morale by making the black beret the top of the uniform for 474,000 men and women has run into some controversy. The latest came when defense contractors enlisted the sewing ...

The Army is changing the color of its headgear, but everyone is not happy about it. For years, only the military elite wore berets. But next June, black berets will become the standard for all men and ...

Inspired by the Black Panthers and Latin American revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara, and formed in 1969, Las Gorras Negras (The Black Berets) were a multi-ethnic group that fought for social ...

Army personnel have been wearing the black beret for several months now, but here in Europe we just started wearing them today. There have been several topics on this before, not that it is the end ...