Stetson hat to be new Army standard headgear. By Army News Release April 1, 2011. Share on Twitter; ... Additionally Rangers will be allowed to keep the tan beret for use in desert climates.

In 1870, Stetson opened a factory outside of Philadelphia, which would subsequently become the largest hat factory in America by 1900. By the ‘20s, Stetson was making more than 2 million hats a year ...

Former congressman Jack Brook's Stetson hat on display at his Celebration of Life services at the Montagne Center in Beaumont, Texas, on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012.

WASHINGTON, APRIL 1, 2011 -- In a fingertip-to-the-brim nod to its American frontier history, the Army is changing hats again - returning to the tumultuous days of the horse Cavalry in the wild ...