Shaping my Beret | British Army

[@DevilbyMoonlight]

Crikey! have they done away with 'sorting hats' these days? top tip: there are only 2 sizes in the army... both are size 2... 2 big and 2 small

[@Jib230181]

That’s why we used to shrink them lol 😂

[@ellagreen-lynch8383]

Could you do a video on how your family reacted to you joining the army or something along those lines? Loving the army content! x

[@DJRAJEE]

Why does that require a whole video lol

[@robinx4231]

She's joined the reserves FFS!.. she's home more than anything with a few continuous weeks per year. No operational deployments for a long while to come.

[@jambarreturns9060]

The wearing of the Cap Badge over the left Temple or ear, began with Op Banner. The painting of the Cap Badge in Black remedied this as well, but Old Sweats still wore it Para style.

[@Jib230181]

Not bad not bad done a good job on shaping it looks good. When I did mine I used hot water for 60 seconds then cold then hot water again then cold then stuck it on and moulded it to my head & shaped it then let it dry a little on my head while keeping on going over shaping it then stuck it in the airing cupboard for couple days as the water in the beret and heat help shrink the beret a little to have a better fit on the head. Yeah loads of different ways to do it tho. I still have mine as it’s a good reminder of the good old days and what you achieved and what you did during your military service.

[@DeckyC_]

I got my beret about 4 weeks ago, I'm 17 weeks into basic training at the moment. Got about 9 weeks left, joining the rifles, regular soldier

[@ChelsieAngeles]

congrats! best of luck for the remaining few months!

[@DevilbyMoonlight]

are all infantry trained the same these days? am ex RGJ, I enlisted in '85 and back then there were only 2 regiments in the division but they were big regiments, us and the Light Infantry both of which are parent regiments to 'The Rifles' in those days we had our own training depot in Winchester aswe were trained differently and pushed harder than normal infantry in the rest of the army and more was expected of us back then too... good choice of regiments but if they are all the same now there would be little to choose from

[@Jib230181]

Congratulations 👏 good luck and enjoy and welcome to the family & stay safe. Also thank you too for your service.

[@andrewward2010]

Never knew all this about berets. I just thought it came as part of your uniform and that was that lol! It looks good on you tho.

[@ChelsieAngeles]

Thanks!

[@jambarreturns9060]

When I joined up in 72, all Berets were worn the same with the Cap Badge two fingers over the Left Eye. At your unit you did alter it a bit to look like a Tankie Beret or Para Beret.

[@guardiancrown9632]

No the unit still has it the same, a regular there told be how to do it and they also said 2 fingers. (Same unit- rifles)

[@Uncle_Neil]

Still have my beret from 1976, one of my most cherished possessions.

[@yorkshire6458]

Hello there you first take the inside cloth out carefully not to ruin the Stichting that goes round the beret. Then into warm water rinse it out,on to your head. Badge over the linker eye and shape over to the right forming the beret. Live on your head for 20 to 30 mins and lay it on warm heater to dry. Later when dry it will be tight to put the beret on,but will fit better. RAF regt

[@DaveAinsworth-y8h]

I was a Rifleman in in 5th Royal Green Jackets and my older brother was a Rifleman in the old 4th RGJs when the battalion in company's in London, Buckinghamshire and Oxenford. Celer et Audex /Swift and Bold.

[@johnsabini2330]

Old school method - use boiling water for first dunking more effective than just “warm”, be careful not to let the leather band get wet. Celer et Audax.

[@triplemunk9691]

suprisingly helpful with making me not get concerned my beret was wrong. thank you!

[@ChelsieAngeles]

haha thanks!

[@kvibes7714]

Can you do a full video on all the berets in every regiment. What colours symbolise what units and what they all mean (by rank) . If possible cheers

[@kripaniroula5767]

I am from nepal🇳🇵 i love british army❣️❣️and also i like to join in british army through gorkha regiment❣️❣️

[@englandtnt]

Would be a good idea to learn how to spell " Gurkha" correctly. Good luck with your application.

[@philipgenovese]

@@englandtnt that is the correct way to spell gurkha mate, it's Gorkha as in Ayo Gorkhali, not Ayo Gurkhali. Different dialects of english, indian and nepali.

[@kantiverma3724]

​@@philipgenovese Hindi not indian

[@forceninewinds]

Top tip. Get a beret that is one size too big, it allows for possible shrinkage of the band if you do get it wet, and for female it allows for the fact your head will get ‘bigger’ when your hair grows out a bit. Having said that I have a 62cms head which makes ordering a beret fun for My ACF battalion. I usually end up buying one.

[@stevesimmons1602]

Unless they have changed you can’t shrink it that fast with a bit of warm then cold water. It takes 2 or 3 times in boiling water then cold

[@RobertsBulgaria]

Never would have gotten away with anything other than 1 inch above the eyebrows and the cap badge directly above the left eye. The Regimental Sergeant Major would have torn me a new asshole if I had tried to wear it any other way and our Berets were HUGE and that is why we often said you could steal cookhouse plates in them and nobody would notice. To get a really nice Beret such as you have, we'd have to buy an Officers version from Gieves & Hawkes or as they were known, Thieves & Hawkes. Our bands weren't leather as they crack, ours were some leather substitute if I recall.

[@GgTwigs]

This really helps I just got my uniform had no idea how to style it 🙃

[@HannahCreason]

amazing, thank you

[@LiveDonkeyDeadLion]

I’ve noticed that in the past few years that on U.K. tv more actors are actually shaping their beret (or the wardrobe department do it), but at least they are wearing it properly now most of the time

[@StillOofing1]

Finally i was so confused on putting the cap badge in

[@kevscab9205]

Wish all cap badges were this easy to do

[@Kaboom--9341]

I just wore mine in the shower. Worked like a charm.

[@paulmartin6450]

Wear it more in a forward down position, makes a difference between ally or lizard

[@SkunkapeProductions]

I had my beret soaked in boiling water then taken out cooled down placed on my head shaped then sit in it all day to dry somewhat then placed on a football in the airing cupboard and it was perfect.

[@jambarreturns9060]

I did more or less the same in 72.

[@xtryt09]

Tysm on my first day with my kit in the A.C.F everyone was laughing at me cuz of my beret, you saved me from so much embarrasment xD

[@KyranHanson]

once she put the beret on her head, it looked a tiny bit small because it looked like my beret when i got it in the army cadets

[@alvindurochermtl]

The Rifles regimental dress manual specifically and literally says "The badge is positioned above the left eye and nowhere else!", meaning that little off the left eye is not an option.

[@ChelsieAngeles]

Clearly haven’t seen any riflemen then! 😂

[@mrjockt]

Try telling that to members of the Parachute Regiment, I don’t think I ever saw one of them with the cap badge above the left eye, above the left ear maybe but never the eye, most of their berets looked like soft peaked cap with a badge stuck on the side, lol. I remember soaking and shaping my beret when I joined the RAF back in ‘79, must have done a reasonable job since I wore the same beret for the ten years I was in and it never lost its shape.

[@alvindurochermtl]

@@ChelsieAngeles The manual has photos of Riflemen on parade doing it wrong as example as a matter of fact. In any case one doesn't need a manual to know and neither is this specific to any regiment. The notion that the capbadge ought to be worn right above the eye is something that has been in practice since, well, the beret was adopted into the army. You do what people do b/c its popular or you do b/c it is the right or appropriate thing to do, that's the difference between leaders and followers, soldiers and NCOs.

[@alvindurochermtl]

@@mrjockt Except older vets of the Paras do say the same about younger members doing that.

[@mrjockt]

Just watched a video of a Para. passing out parade from 2021, the Corporal Instructor on the parade has quite clearly got his cap badge positioned almost over his left ear with the folded side of the beret over his right eye looking like a peaked cap.

[@lloydbaker7104]

Canadian Reservist here and also affiliated with The Rifles, beret looks smashing and well formed. I usually just jump in the shower and form it, wring it a few time pop out and let it sit. And we have it over the left eye and I form it to have a deep rain gutter between the cap badge and the head.

[@bishalbabulamichhane1775]

Lots of love from Nepal❤️🇳🇵

[@Nathan.150]

Are you gonna be a Gurkha?

[@bishalbabulamichhane1775]

@@Nathan.150 yes I am preparing for this intake 2022

[@Nathan.150]

@@bishalbabulamichhane1775 good stuff and good luck

[@bishalbabulamichhane1775]

Thank you 👏

[@Jib230181]

@@bishalbabulamichhane1775 awesome! Good luck.

[@stevefoster5138]

You need to cut the lining out first, use hot water (as hot as your fingers can endure, just below boiling point is ideal). Then a plunge into cold water, shape it on your head and leave it on until dry, (it will shrink to your head size)…. But most importantly do all of the above but with your cap badge on the beret, you can then shape the beret around the badge. That’s the way I was taught how to do it in 83…..good luck with your career.

[@gergemall]

lol . I never had a lesson in my life but love the lesson.

[@mihalich7740]

Вот когда вы в этом берете, уважаемая Леди-болтушка, ваша речь становится медленнее, разборчивее, размеренные, весомее и, надо полагать, содержательнее. Вот зачем вам так нужен этот головной убор! И замечательно! И я очень рад за вас, что в этом головном уборе вы становитесь серьёзнее прямо на глазах. Ура! =)))

[@matthewjones9565]

Whenever I did mine I just soaked it in hot water, wrung it out and shaped it. Then I'd sit around with it on my head and let it dry (to a certain extent) while it was on my head. That way the leather band doesn't tend to shrink. There are loads of ways that people do it, and all of them are probably right, it's just your own way of doing it. I reshape mine every year in readiness for Remembrance Sunday.

[@pearl3315]

Tysm for this! Mine looks like a muffin

[@ulcmusic1808]

Here in the US Army, we wear our berets in only one specific way, with every aspect done in a very particular way. I was surprised to hear you say people wear it all different ways. Kind of ironic, since Brits are stereotypically rigid and traditional.

[@johnsabini2330]

Use boiling hot water rather then warm then into cold and then back into hot, this “shocks” the wool and the crown will shrink better 👍💂‍♂️

[@pur6ose]

can u do a video on how to iron ur clothes?? i need help w that

[@k.o6715]

If I get a job as a network engineer, how many years will the service take?

[@BritishSASOperator]

I have the same beret Comrade

[@paulflight1806]

Don't you have the cap badge over the left eye? Yours seems to be over the side of the Head.

[@thatuser101]

im an army cadet and my cap badge is the rifles. I company

[@adamwells515]

Bless you Chelsie. Personally, I rip the inside out, get it wet in hot water, fold the right hand side ‘flap’ up then wear for the day. Job done. Adam. Ex 7reg.

[@Jib230181]

Used to rip that horrible plastic bit out inside as ripping that out made it so much better for shaping and fitting.

[@CommunistCommando1]

Thanks for the advice for shaping my Che Guevara beret...

[@sandipbhalke699]

How long does enlistment in the British Army last?

[@easycafe6963]

So Cute.

[@0111-d6y]

Hey Chelsie, have you started basic training yet?

[@MikeWellington-x9y]

I've noticed by viewing British Army videos that they're being worn in a pretty ridiculous manner these days by many brit soldiers - namely right down on their eyebrows and in the French manner with the badge over their left ear. I'm sure that the correct manner is still the way the beret should be worn. Over to you SNCOs. Get them fixed up!

[@yowanrai2910]

So you are in Rifles

[@blakewood8475]

You’re lucky, Yorkshire regiment can’t shape it like yours, we have a big green square that we technically aren’t allowed to crease it’s a pain in the fucking arse

[@chloedillon2964]

How long did you have to wait for your pre employment check please?

[@ChelsieAngeles]

mine was quick - i'd say it took a week or two

[@chloedillon2964]

@@ChelsieAngeles perfect thank you😊

[@romaiobrown-senior8602]

I’m a rifles army cadet

[@ChelsieAngeles]

💥🇬🇧

[@hyricx2743]

dang boi she's Gurkhas Rifle Regiment

[@ixseesxblue]

thank you! this really helped - i look stupid with it on tho! hah :)

[@TF95F]

i have a question how us or uk army skin still white

[@thatf...inexplorer]

Not a bad job I've seen some really bad berets in my time

[@ChelsieAngeles]

cheers 👍🏼

[@AnubisOfTheDead]

Did this with my RAF beret, works just the same!

[@cklonmckie358]

You joining the rifles which mean u in infantry training

[@paulmorgan121]

Why can't older people who been in prison join the army ..we never been trusted but would make amazing soldiers

[@ajithsidhu7183]

May i ask as a Commonwealth citizen on how i can join the army

[@ChrisMccann1822]

Go to a recruitment center

[@ajithsidhu7183]

@@ChrisMccann1822 how we don't have that in Malayisa

[@DJRAJEE]

@@ajithsidhu7183 go to the British army website I dunno why commonwealth recruits never do that

[@ajithsidhu7183]

@@DJRAJEE i did i even emailed them no reply

[@DJRAJEE]

@@ajithsidhu7183 have you put in an application through the website or only emailed them?

[@babluahmed8573]

This girl you are really beautiful

[@brahimkamel8327]

Greeting from morrocco

[@ChelsieAngeles]

hi to Morocco!

[@ajack100ify]

It doesn't depend on personal preference, It states clearly in King's Regulations how to wear one!!! Personally too many think they can wear it like the want, especially with cap badge around side of head. One inch above the left eye!!

[@pvf74]

Yes you can wet the band.

[@BT-kf4kx]

+1

[@yelord2167]

What brand makes a good M65 Jackets with Hoods or Smocks with Hoods ?

[@borninthewoods4482]

Don’t get repo stuff, it’s shite try eBay and get the real thing.

[@yelord2167]

@@borninthewoods4482 OK Cheers

[@vincentvergelsercedillo7382]

I thought she becoming a 22nd SAS....😅

[@recording_closet9100]

I'm planning on picking up a surplus british army beret, from my local milsurp store, this should be helpful, great video!

[@മുകുന്ദൻ]

ഹായ് മുത്തേ

[@benx233]

You hat 🧢

[@barrypetcher8542]

Wrong Your Badge should be directly above the left eye not at the side of your head. Stop trying to be a diva, and try being a Soldier.

[@jacobs3031]

I still can't believe women are allowed in front line infantry, that's like letting women play in men's premiership teams. Know lads who are all glad they left when they did.

[@stevewalsh5956]

Fuuuk me... Never see anyone who likes the sound of their own fucking voice as much as you.

[@TxSk0311]

Looks kinda like a wet sock 👍