- Tactical Ball Cap Math
Over the past few years I have been seeing people wearing these so-called “Tactical Ball Caps” or “Operator Ball Caps” with Velcro patches all over them – news flash folks, you look Silly.
Look, I am hardly Louis Vuitton or some sort of fashion guru but even I know that a Coyote Brown Ball cap with a big ass Velcro patch on the front and rear along with another Velcro patch on the top screams “Look at ME!!!! I am Sooooooooooo Tactical”.
The Velcro patches on the front and back are for flag or moral patches (I guess just one “Major League Ninja” patch is not enough) and the Velcro on the top is for an IR patch to identify you as a Friendly to Allied Gunships circling above your “AO” or something ridiculous like that.
Anyway like I said, Tactical Ball Caps look Stupid – and if you get one in multicam and I see you wearing I will kick you in the balls 1248 times.
~James G
James is a Veteran Civilian Contractor who has worked in the Middle East and Southeast Asia for way too long. He spends his off time in his homes in Indonesia and Virginia getting drunk, shooting guns and writing poorly written articles.
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James you have struck a blow to my ‘tactic-cool’ outlook on life.
I am a tactical ballcap owner and have been wearing a velcro-swatched cap for years now. I even have the one inch IR patches, American flag.
I guess you’re right about my hat because what you’ve outlined in this article is exactly what my wife has thought all along.
Let’s face it, no girl thinks you,re cool with a hat like that.
Bubba(Quote This Comment)
It was your Tactical Ball Cap that inspired this article Bubba – LOL
James G(Quote This Comment)
I just bought 2 multi cam tactical hats and a pirate patch, ill wear them when i see you in BKK.
I might even get a ID wallet and wear it strapped to my upper arm. Maybe ill just do the neck lanyard with a thumb drive, pen and ID on it. hmmmm, so many decisions.
tomahawk
Tomahawk(Quote This Comment)
Hahahaaaa… man you just described 99% of the REMF’s on a US base in Iraq
~James G
James G(Quote This Comment)
Don’t forget the Rolex
Luxor(Quote This Comment)
HA! I can’t hate on the Rolex because I used to wear one
~James G
James G(Quote This Comment)
I guess it’s cool for the gun range (a lot of ranges, especially indoor ones, require you to wear a cap for saftey. Extra line of defense against hot brass in your face.)
But other than that it’s dumb.
Freedom Outlaw(Quote This Comment)
Now don’t get me wrong – I love ball caps, nothing more American than wearing a ball cap – I wear them all the time
I just HATE the Tactical Ball cap – I think they look so damn stupid when I see someone wearing them I am overwhelmed with the desire to Kick Them In The Nuts
~James G
James G(Quote This Comment)
I’ll admit I am a reformed tactical ball cap wearer. I even used to own the Crye one in Multicam, horror of horrors. After the 1,001th person asked me why there was velcro on my hat I finally had enough.
The most tacti-cool thing about them is the names: The Crye “Shooter’s Cap,” the Tactical Tailor “Operator’s Cap,” and the Blackhawk “Contractor Cap.”
Carlos(Quote This Comment)
Hey, don’t forget that you have to spell Blackhawk with CAPITAL LETTERS and add and EXCLAMATION MARK AT THE END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BLACKHAWK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lol…
- “Hello, my name is Bob, and I am a Tactical Ball-cap wearing Addict”
- “Hello Bob”
Good on you for 86ing the ninja hat – please spread the word to other Tactical Ball-cap wearing Addicts
~James G
James G(Quote This Comment)
Oh sorry, I always forget it’s BLACKHAWK! lol. I thought that is what the bad guys shout when they are looking at the wrong end of a door-mounted minigun.
Carlos(Quote This Comment)
They Say: BLACKHAWK! – dirka dirka, dirka dirka, dirka dirka, dirka dirka
Translated: BLACKHAWK! – dirka dirka, dirka dirka, dirka dirka, dirka dirka
Tactical Gear companies and there obsession with using CAPITAL LETTERS when naming gear really annoys me – lol
~James G
James G(Quote This Comment)
velco hats are more comfortable to wear while shooting. no little button on the tops like my dodger hat has. mine is tan with a US PALM patch right now. i like it.
is there a way to log in?
tim(Quote This Comment)
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My fitted ball-caps don’t have a button on the top, but my NY hat (in my picture) does – it never really bothered me. And I have a gigantic head
~James G
James G(Quote This Comment)
Ok, I will give it up now
I was wearing this one, because I couldn’t find it without the Velcro
http://215gearstore.com/blendedoperatorshatkhaki-1.aspx
I am severely guilty of being a 5.11 freak though, I was turned on to them by a buddy at the FBI academy years ago when they were Royal Robbins.
I wear them because they are comfortable and the elastic waist is good for travel ( I eat to much on the road) My “she who will be obeyed” calls them “Goober” pants.
Tim Ellwood(Quote This Comment)
Ohhh man… Velcro and a mesh back
Nothing personal dude but that hat is a big FAIL!
LOL
~James G
James G(Quote This Comment)
Underarmour makes some decent “tactical” stretchfit caps in subdued colours (OD, tan, etc) and with NO velcro anywhere. They are made of moisture wicking technical fabric and do an awesome job of keeping you cool and dry in desert heat. Only hats I’ve had that doesn’t eventually dump sweat onto my face.
Carlos(Quote This Comment)
As long as you leave the Velcro off the cap gets a DVM approval
I have been wearing my NY cap since my first time in Iraq, wouldn’t leave home without it
~James G
James G(Quote This Comment)
One thing I like about a plain cap with no signage (or very subdued signage like the UA caps) is that it is totally greyman. Ball team caps can get a lot of attention, and you already described how tactical branded caps (Noveske, Magpul, what have you) are a part of the 5.11 tux and are a red flag — if not as bad as the velcro’d ones.
Carlos(Quote This Comment)
For Greyman I would go with a Sports Team ball cap
~James G
James G(Quote This Comment)
I’m not trying to troll or anything, I’m in the Army and will probably never end up being a contractor but yeah the hat with velcro sucks even though I wish the Army would switch to a ball cap and ditch the painters cap.
Mtnboy(Quote This Comment)
Those who hate on Tactical Ball-Caps will never be considered Trolling here on DVM
You are welcome to hate on Tactical Ball-Caps here anytime
~James G
James G(Quote This Comment)
I think that tactical caps are more for non-mil or non-contractor wannabes like me. lets face it how often do you actually see a guy in a 5.11 tuxedo and is actually a contractor??? chances are he is just a wannabe. wannabe a greyman?? dress like everyone else…simple isnt it?? wear a BLACKDORK! (that was hawk wasnt it?) getup and youre just plain silly … guilty!
Point is … wear too much tactical and likely u ain’t the real deal!
adil(Quote This Comment)
LOL – good point, like guys who wear Ferrari shirts
~James G
James G(Quote This Comment)
Long before the “contracter’ look was in vouge or even heard of (outside of home building), it was mainly the law enforcement instructors that wore 5.11. FBI started it, then it trickled down to the local level.
Go to a NTOA or ILETA show or training and that’s all you see.
Like everything else, it’s cool when only the few have it, but it turns lame soon.
Wish I owned stock in 5.11 though, 55,000 people at SHOT show and half had on something of theirs!
tim ellwood(Quote This Comment)
Sure – I wear the 5.11 Tuxedo sometimes in Iraq or for training
But not to Pizza Hut
And never a Tatical Ball-Cap… Ever
~James G
James G(Quote This Comment)
I wonder what company made it 1st?
Or was it an “in the field” mod. Mine has been shunned to the “mow the lawn” hat group
I will replace it with my North face parody hat now
when your old and bald, you have to wear something
tim ellwood(Quote This Comment)
I think one of the smaller nylon gear companies started it then the big dogs followed suite
You can’t go wrong with a NY cap
~James G
James G(Quote This Comment)
You mean a boston cap?
Mtnboy(Quote This Comment)
Ha – ok, a Boston hat also works
~James G
James G(Quote This Comment)
Or a UNC hat!!!
Steve R.(Quote This Comment)
I own 2 tactical caps, and one of them in Multicam.
But, it`s Ok.
My ball is so tough to overcome your 1248 times (kick?)
Kain V17(Quote This Comment)
You only have one ball?
~James G
James G(Quote This Comment)
I’ve bought two over the years and think I wore both once at work. I did feel like a douche bag in them, even without patches. Took them both home and gave them to realitives. They never wear them either.
Audacia77(Quote This Comment)
I hope they were relatives that you didn’t like
~James G
James G(Quote This Comment)
LOL! Brother-in-Law and Stepsisters husband! Win!
Audacia77(Quote This Comment)
I thought they were originally the “don’t shoot me” hat? That’s why everyone had a full color “Old Glory” on the front for when they were screaming towards the check point after breaking contact?
Buckaroomedic(Quote This Comment)
Um…what about the pic of Bubba and his FN FAL? He’s got a ball cap on, although we can’t see the patches.
Jason A(Quote This Comment)
I hear you that a lot of people wear them regardless of profession, but the point remains that they are used for friend or foe identification in the field, among other things. Cool or not cool. If it is an excuse to wear an American Flag on my head then what does it hurt? How about you not worrying about what other people are wearing, move on to something else. No ball kicking!
They are required to comply with the U.S. Dept. of State’s requirement that all private security contractors must now wear baseball hats with hook and loop tape to affix name, country flag, and/or contracting company.
John(Quote This Comment)
Yes Bubba likes the Tactical Ball Caps – when we were hanging out in Bangkok earlier this year on a Job I made him take it off. And I make fun of him wearing Tactical Ball Caps to this day – almost every day.
Pretty much whenever we disagree on anything I just say “At least I don’t wear a Tactical Ball Cap – fag!” and I instantly win the argument
He may be my boy – but he doesn’t get a pass on this one, lol
Because it is funny to make fun of people – especially your friends
Kicking guys in the balls is my hobby
~James G
James G(Quote This Comment)
Kicking guys in the balls is my hobby~James G
okay then, interesting hobby. . .remind me to wear a cup if we ever meet
Ducky(Quote This Comment)
Will do dude
~James G
James G(Quote This Comment)
Bummer James where will I put my DVM moral patch when it comes out LOL! I also hate on the pogue =Remf velcro hats but I do put moral patches on my backpack in the US ! I know everyone has a goofy side that’s mine!
swordpoint9(Quote This Comment)
I saw a guy, unfortunately he works for the same company as me, thank God on a different project who had one with 5 pieces of velcro on it. The one in the front had the New Zealand Fag (yes, intentional typo), the back had his name (so his boyfriend could read it while he was……, an ir patch on the top, company logo on the right side, and GS-13 on the other side. This was at a PRT meeting that he took the client to in a 1 vehicle move. This vehicle had already been brassed up in a contact a couple of days before this (he had other vehicles to take, he just wanted to show off his punched up wagon. His contact report followed a WEEK later, lacking all grids and timings, simply stating how his weapons wouldn’t fire (if you can drive through why are you firing anyway). The contact report was less than a page long and seemed as if it had been written by an angry 8th grader. I could go on and on about this, but I think everyone knows the type.
rob(Quote This Comment)
What’s worse to wear out in public, a multicam tactical ball cap or a boonie cap? or are they equally sucking?
Steve Smith(Quote This Comment)
The MultiCam tactical ball cap – the boonie isn’t that bad as long as you use a solid color
~James G
James G(Quote This Comment)
so it’s just camo ones you don’t like?
I have a multicam cap but it’s used mostly for the shooting range. I originally got it to display my brother-in-law’s pseudo flight patch from his first tour because of the cool story behind the patch (go to http://www.willynillyoif3.com, then scroll down to the Willy Nilly Story). I still where it from time to time, people always ask who Sgt Willy Nilly is.
Have you noticed how much camo clothing is now in public? I think camo is the new black when it comes to fashion.
Steve Smith(Quote This Comment)
I’m a little late to this party, but what about re-naming the tactical ball cap to the “Flair Ball Cap” that way, everyone can have the required number of flair pieces at all time!
Chad(Quote This Comment)
I’ve read all this back and forth on the whole hat thing. WOW! I’m a retired Marine, did a couple years after retirement in Iraq as a contractor for a security firm. I am now a DOD weapons instructor on an Army post. I wear the hat every day, and I even wear it as a skull cap under my skid lid when riding one of my Harleys. I say wear whats comfortable and works for you, I don’t give a sh_t what anyone else thinks of my hat, and no one else should worry what others think anyway. This whole chain of postings is a little over the top on subject matter.
Mark Perdue(Quote This Comment)
What happened to the days when the badge was just sewen onto the cap, all this namby pamby vulcro shit.
Hog(Quote This Comment)
I had a tactical ball cap in crye…just got nasty quick…so After EOD school I switched to a regular flex fit hat has an Flag on the front and an EOD badge on the back..kidna like how MLB puts their logos on the back…it’s simple, which is great.
Also have a cool free hat with Guy Fawkes on is…though the whole recruitng emblem thing on it makes me not wear it out in town…it’s more of a basement office thing…. (that’s right, the EOD guys are in a basement…)
Jon v(Quote This Comment)
OK OK, I almost bought one but I have now decided to send it to my buddy in the HOA. He is a fobbit on this trip so I am sending him a a multicam with a Secret Squirrel patch….is that acceptable ?
Mike(Quote This Comment)
Oh I am guilty as charged. Even have the velcro American Flag in coyote on the sucker. I dont have my blood type, but that is mostly because I dont know what my blood type is. Haha. I only wear it when im out shooting or maybe the gun show, but that is about it. My “goober factor” can only go so high. Agreed with one of the other people here. My wife says she likes my UFC or Liquid Force (a brand of wakeboard) better. So those are sported most of the time.
Mattlock(Quote This Comment)
Hey, I resemble that remark!!! I love my “Hero Hat”! :p I actually wear mine so I can show off my collection of morale patches. Oh well, it gets a giggle…but at least mine is just tan (actually DESERT TAN) and fairly inconspicuous, no multicam.
PogueMahone(Quote This Comment)
I love my tactical ball cap with my American Flag patch! I wear mine proudly! Yes, I have one in MULTICAM, I even have the BLACKHAWK! one too! I got the Tactical Tailor one, and even a Blackwater cap too! I guess I’m not as cool as most of you guys cause I rather wear a cool cap then some D-bag sports team hat..Oh yeah, I forgot. The NY team and Boston teams are the only cool ones .Come to think of it…Most contractors and professional athletes are kind of the same…Big bags of super awesomeness douche bags!
Hans L(Quote This Comment)
A true OSM would wear one just to be able to stare down some hat hater who wanted to kick him in the balls.
And no true Rebel OSM would wear a yankee’s hat. Unless you mean the IheartNY caps.
J/K
jetfixr(Quote This Comment)
No piece of gear or clothing is tactical if the person that is wearing or using it isn’t.
Silas Belden(Quote This Comment)
I used to be a 511 tux wearing dude, my boss still is. He still shows up on jewelry escorts wearing a black northface jacket and kakhi 511 pants and Danner boots…just screams “contractor”. I show up in jeans, a polo and a light jacket to cover up the 1911 (old school man here) on my hip. the clients always comment, “you dont look like a security guy, usually all you guys look the same”.
I stopped the 511 tux after reading an decent article in a gun magazine about “shoot me first” clothes. Basically the article warns that bad guys know the brands of clothes that good guys wear and can pick you out because of them. The other reason was when I was at an outdoor range and I happened to catch sight of myself while dry firing:
- 511 gloves
- 511 watch that I got for free when I bought the
- 511 Khaki pants
- black Danner boots
I felt like I was in a catalog picture.
Jason O.(Quote This Comment)
Is it only annoying when non-contract civilians where it who have never been in conflict or is it anyone who still wears one?
Posers are abhorrant.
Forest(Quote This Comment)
So, what does ” dirka ” mean? I have to assume that it’s less than
complimentary. The online dictionaries all say ” WTF ” ? Wouldn’t you want to blend in when the natives all say, ” Die, ugly American!!!!” .
Let’ s see. Worn, sun-faded T-shirt, old leather belt and Carhartt pants, scuffed work boots, topped off by a Coyote tan ” Tactical ” ball cap with an IR tag and a Major League Infidel patch that screams Security!!!!!!
Guess what! You’re no longer the Greyman. You’re a valid target, and so is every one around you. Real smooth.
Jeff(Quote This Comment)
I just got back from Afghanistan and am not a REMF, I welcome you to try and kick me in the nuts…
mark(Quote This Comment)
Just took a turn onto this site and conversation about hats. I’ve got some history on the ground and seen the elephant and yes, I do at times wear my “tan cap” with sewn in flag as opposed to my red or blue U of A cap. I can at least lay claim to having NO velcro on any caps.
That said, I wear my “tan cap” with great pride. First, it turns the screws on all the lib’s out there, second its a way for me to display my affection and ongoing pride for the hard work our boys are doing over in the sand box. At the end of the day, Team USA is my favorite! That and to most folks it’s just tan hat with a “weird color flag” sewn on it. Most of the folks think an operator is the person at the end of 411.
For me, it’s a great rugged hat. The tan color works in the desert southwest and Tactical Tailor’s XL size fits great so it doesn’t look like my 24 oz. head is squeezed into a 14 oz. bucket. In most all situations it just blends in like a pair of jeans. I lay no claim to being an operator but if pushed past the limit my 411 comes from a 1911.
Doug(Quote This Comment)
I got a brown made in china 100% cotton ball cap with cotton strap that tucks into the band. With a front patch that says ‘Volunteer’ “National Parks Service” -official looking- At a thrift store (for 1.00) in Montana last fall and been wearing it on and off since.
I agree with wearing a ball cap or boonie when shooting.
James(Quote This Comment)
crying over a hat?, how bout the pig who started this posts kick himself in the nuts
urmomstoy(Quote This Comment)
You’re just mad because you and your Airsoft team all bought them and now you’ve come to realization that you’re just a big faggot. Go cry elsewhere tool
Kevin(Quote This Comment)
Did you call me a “Pig”?
What are you 12 or something?
~James G
James G.(Quote This Comment)
Oh crap!!! When CONUS we thought those IR patches/Cat eyes were targets! My condolences to the family members of the uber tactical. -eX AC-130 Gunner.
Nunya(Quote This Comment)
Wow, I can’t thank you enough James for this bit of enlightenment!
A couple of buddies and I (all former Army or Marines) are going to be taking classes at Xe/Blackwater, McMillan, etc… Anyways, on some of these school websites, half the dudes are wearing these things in the pictures. So I got to thinking…well what if I want to wear my Red Sox hat, am I going to look like an unprofessional asshole because I don’t have a velcro flag on my cool guy hat? Well, you’re article showed me the light, because I told myself I’d rather leave my Boston cap at home than go out and by some Delta Recon SEAL sniper cool guy hat.
Kevin(Quote This Comment)
They are fine for Work or Training – I was mostly referring to people who wear them to Starbucks
~James G
James G.(Quote This Comment)
I have a tan (no multicam) ball cap with an American Flag sewn in, no velcro. I did my time in the dirt twice and only wore it on the base. These days, I’ll wear it to the range or on a fishing/hunting/camping trip, but I agree with James that it’s not something to wear to Starbucks. Honestly I think the guys that rock em around town look like pricks.
Anyway, to each his own. I guess I think that If someone hasn’t served in the military or as a civilian contractor then they shouldn’t even own an operators cap.
Nick(Quote This Comment)
Pretty spot on. Real operators stopped wearing that stuff when posers started wearing it….about 2005. I chuckle when I see a member of the 5.11 mafia cruising around with tactical clothing, hats, patches, nametapes(Look at me!), bloodtypes(bloodtype…really? in 2011?….No doctor will give your dumbass blood without doing an rh test first, Rambo!) If you want to look like the real deal…go do the real thing.
P.S. Same goes for Affliction, douchebags.
Operator(Quote This Comment)
All this for BLOOD MONEY!
Robin(Quote This Comment)
Yah, I’ve been to the MSS and seen the fags with paw print patches in fairy caps, God Save the USA
Robin(Quote This Comment)
In the end who the hell cares? Wear whatever floats your boat! I say stick to your guns and wear the hat to sleep if you want! Use your own brain and dont let anyone influence your decision!
What(Quote This Comment)
hey i want a hat that looks like the chicago cubs but red and on the front i want A.C. AND ON THE BACK I WANT MY GIRLFRIENDS INITAL M.T. I STILL WANT THE BASEBALL SINGIL ON THE VERY BACK OF THE HAT
austin capps / mason nicholas(Quote This Comment)
What the fuck is wrong with you? Fuck getting that bitch’s initials monogrammed on your hat….you need a sweet tattoo on your wrist of her initials right below that faggoty butterfly on your forearm.
Kevin(Quote This Comment)
Careful though. Inevitably, some of the guys wearing tacti-cool hats are actual operators. Kicking them in the balls can end badly for you, especially if their buddies are around at the time.
10thMTNveteran(Quote This Comment)
Hey, I was in 10th Mountain, left in 06. 2/87 baby!
Kevin(Quote This Comment)
Hysterical! Well said, my friend.
P.S. Love the bio..
5.11(Quote This Comment)
Bro my tactical cap has a DVM patch proudly crumpled on it. Does that mean Im a douche? Cause I dont give a shit Im wearing it anyway. lol
racerdave(Quote This Comment)
Is something like this exempt from the nut kicking urge? And DVM approved?
http://www.heroeshat.com/
James(Quote This Comment)
Now those are legit!
Nice link.. ordered two.
Jmosk(Quote This Comment)
So I guess since I have been wearing my hat before they were cool, to now, to where they are not cool anymore, while still deploying and flying Combat Missions out of Afghanistan makes me a tool. Oh well bro. Guess someone else needs to be a trendsetter.
Dave(Quote This Comment)
Ya know, I’m just gettin back in country and reading this entire “hat crap” debate. I’m in awe! Seriously, you guys are this bored? I am, I kept reading!!! WTF is wrong with me!?!?! An actual Hat forum!!!! Three weeks ago, I had a 70 yr old Afgan man wearing a (velcro cover) sew up a pair of tan’s I tore while running for my life. A “GoatFukr” doesn’t give a rats ass about velcro, NY, Boston… I am a Ortiz fan (btw). Maybe I’m just tired and I will be digging sand out of my arse for months. But still, give it a fecking rest already! If a douchebag want to look and feel more like a “bigman” or more “Tactical than thou” then FUKM! When the SHTF, nobody gives a FECK and long as you can lay down some hate and get some!
Sean Sully(Quote This Comment)
So how bout for us folks that have the hardest damned time finding a cap that actually fits? Most of the other normal ones I have sit too short on my head which makes it a real PITA when the wind starts to kick up.
Picked up one of those caps from tactical tailor which actually fits on this melon of mine.
No wonder why my folks called me “bowlingball head” when I was growing up…
On a serious note hows about dropping some info on other good cap makers? Most things these days are one size “doesnt” fit all which is a damned shame considering some of the nice normal designs they got out there.
Ken(Quote This Comment)
Let me be the first to call BULLSHIT. The closest thing to owning a company you’ve ever been is blended stocks within the company you WORK FOR. What’s your address? I would LOVE to repeatedly clobber your cockandballs with my steel toed ICB’s. Douche fag
Kevin B(Quote This Comment)
If you feel that strongly about the multi-velcro cap (and believe me, I understand) under NO circumstances should you do a search for the version with three (3) velcro patches AND attached ear plugs. There’s a pocket on each side of the cap you can tuck the plugs into when not use, and don’t worry about losing them!! Each plug is permanently tethered to the cap with a short length of cord. Seeing such an item would surely spin you in to a ball kicking FRENZY.
[img]http://www.deathvalleymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/At The Central.jpg[/img]
Bama(Quote This Comment)
Ah, what the hell. MY balls are safe. Here y’go…
(and I miscounted; there appear to be FIVE velcro points)
Bama(Quote This Comment)
I second Sean Sully’s posting! Get over the hats…. At my place they worn and used to our tactical advantage. Like being able to place the IR tag up front or on the rear so that ID of personnel can be obtained from a distance.
ThatGuy(Quote This Comment)
All Yawl need a life ! I own a tactical fag cap company and guess what Im rich now. You all are just jealous you didn’t think of it first. And Ill be first in line for those 1248 kicks, well see how far you get?
Ray(Quote This Comment)
I was ALREADY thinking the whole “tactical” thing had gotten out of hand, but “tactical fag”?!? THAT’S a new one.
Bama(Quote This Comment)
“Tactical Fag”…………..Classic!
L’ll Leprechaun(Quote This Comment)
The Minnesota Airsoft Association will be so disappointed by this hate the shooters cap…
EviLBettyLSU(Quote This Comment)
Hey james, your tactical hat logic is a solid as that of an anti-gun advocate. “I don’t like them so they’re stupid and no one should have them.” My unit custom made morale patches, which is not uncommon, and generally we wear them on our kits or on hats. I guess I don’t see the problem with wearing an American flag in public because I’m not ashamed to be American. I don’t see a problem with wearing my unit morale patch because i’m proud of my unit. And until a damn good reason comes up not to be American or to disregard my brothers whom I’ve fought with in Afghanistan and Iraq, then you can take your liberalistic ideals and go someplace else.
M(Quote This Comment)
To me there fine. You have to find as many places as possible to place you DVM patch
Dave(Quote This Comment)
Tactical Skinny Jeans…
EviLBettyLSU(Quote This Comment)
Sorry James but you WON’T be kicking me in the balls – besides, you and the few people who dont like these “tactical” hats/caps/chrome dome hider are WAY out numbered.. but for real life “applications” I guess it does boil down to a personal preference – but still I see A LOT more so called “tactical” hats/ball caps with velcro patches than not.. I used the HELL out of the 3 I have in some so called “real world” applications and think they worked great – btw my buddie who owns a large firearm store/range sells the shit out of them.. and a LOT to Military/Operators/Contractors…
gipb(Quote This Comment)
I want a tactical “Trucker’s Hat”… big fuggin foam front….
EviLBettyLSU(Quote This Comment)
I wouldnt mind a modified Trucker Tactical hat either lol –
but back to the discussion – no they are stupid and dont have any real-world type of application at all (eyes ROLLING in disgust) well here’s an example of why they exist:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150307550993611&set=a.10150279091768611.339904.69284653610&type=1&ref=nf
so James g – gonna kick this guy in the balls!??
gipb(Quote This Comment)
I wouldnt mind a modified Trucker Tactical hat either lol –
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150307550993611&set=a.10150279091768611.339904.69284653610&type=1&ref=nf
so James g – gonna kick this guy in the balls!??
gipb(Quote This Comment)
Sorry to jump on the troll wagon but this post is just “google bait.” 7 yrs reg. army. 4 yrs private and I have never once thought half this much about my hats, be it my head or my team’s. ‘Guess we’ve been to busy workin’…Fail.
grim13fox(Quote This Comment)
Love the rants boys, keep it up. PS I wear one, I live in indy if your ever this way and want to kick my balls.
Gabe G(Quote This Comment)
Hey ! Don’t be hatin’! I wear my sand colored Condor cap with Sand US Flag with pride! (Keeps the Sun off my ever expanding bald spot!) Besides…I wear an “Electric hat” in my line O’work! (Contractor/Mil Helo driver) So kick my balls if you dare….you dont get a ride out next time you get a paper cut whacking off to SOF magazine!
Big Sky(Quote This Comment)
Newsflash. No “libs” give a good crap what you wear on your hat. You looking like a tool has no political ramifications.
ethorned(Quote This Comment)
where does the line start for the “ball kicking”? I don’t wear one, but if someone is feeling froggy I’m always willing to allow them to jump.
Will Fortier(Quote This Comment)
I realize this was started almost two years ago, but if I go ahead and get that multicam tac hat I’ve been wanting (with the mesh back) to go along with my tan one, my acu one, and my black one, can I still get kicked in the balls?!? And am I supposed to count to 1248 or do you do that for the ball kickee? And if you lose count do we start over? Either way, it’d be the most fun my old nuts have had in years…….
John King(Quote This Comment)
Can’t wait to get my ATACS camo ball cap. I leave the big velcro tab empty, cause that is just the way this operator operates when he operates, dig?
Smooth Operator(Quote This Comment)