How to form your Boonie cover

[@maddogwillie1019]

In nam we liked the brim flat…bents or folds down would tend to cuts off your peripheral vision…but I guess looking cool is more important then seeing

[@Hardrada88]

Interesting! Did you/your guys ever trim down the brim at all? It mentioned something done like that in Gradys "Boocoo Dinky Dow: my vietnam war". How the b/ball caps were almost universally disliked. Was that only for SF guys or did others follow suit? :) forgive the questions, interested in learning this from an actual eyewitness and not some speculative 3rd party or article. I have a bush hat that I was given post training, more like those buckets that SADF and SAS are happy with and the brims tend to be cut down very tight to the crown. Common to find in Iraq. Fold up the front for that Confederate sharpshooter look 😅whilst keeping your neck and ears etc covered. I stitched a reflective panel in the top (reverse) with an IR patch as well so (if needed) punch inside out. Try and save from getting propelled into the next life by an eager bird thinking your bush meat. Thanks for your time sir! Appreciate it 🫡

[@maddogwillie1019]

@@Hardrada88 My boonie hat wearing days only lasted a couple months...switched to the dew-rag. Would wear one when back at the firebase to fend off the sun. We have one E5 in our unit that wear a boonie hat pinned up in the front. He looked like a cavalry soldier from a movie. It was a hazard wearing anything on your head that blocked your vision, left right up or down. Walking in the jungle with the brim of a hat blocking your vision for shit above your head was sure-fire way of getting hit by a something like a swinging mace.

[@Hardrada88]

@maddogwillie1019 Not sure why anyone would sacrifice vision and risk that to look 'cool'..pinned up at the front looks cool enough and you can see hah. Similar to yourself though, they were only worn on base really especially the wide brim boonies. In SA we'd wear the shorter brim out in the bush though, think the idea was to break up a silhouette but it helped against the sun when you werent undercover. Anyway thanks for your reply, appreciate your time. Glad you made it home

[@slappy8941]

Then and than are different words with different meanings.

[@bwalters9762]

Rule #1 always look badass

[@SoldierAndrew]

Some new generation infantry tacticool fad. My generation were practical infantrymen and never wore our boonie caps to look fadlicious and sexy. We wore them so we could see on patrol while giving us protection from weather and adding to our camouflage.

[@joshsmith5626]

"BAcK iN mY DAy" head ass

[@Boobienoobie147]

☝️🤓

[@krishm16]

Look cool, feel cool, be cool, do cool.

[@joshsmith5626]

6th unofficial principle of patrolling... always look cool.

[@kutthroatbob8983]

Oldheads reliving their glory days will never not be cringey😂

[@j.bridges2921]

Make sure that the brim is cutting off ALL of your peripheral vision. Remember, if you don't know what you're doing, at least try to look cool doing it...

[@noballs12345]

Its mean for dripping water off your head as far as I'm aware. Never had an issue with it "cutting off ALL" of my peripheral vision, a few 1SGT thing to say might I add, lemme make sure to wear my merils on patrol for you too firstsausage

[@stevesingleton9900]

In Danang early in the war (1963) the Marine NCOIC gave me a boonie that he had someone make from a shelter half. Green side cammo out, brown inside. Still have it but worn and faded as me.

[@stevesingleton9900]

I replaced him in June '63.

[@motorbandit7]

Old age and treachery, will overcome Youth & Diligence! Semper Fi!😊

[@neiljohnson6815]

I form my boogie just like I did back in the day. I put it on my head, it shapes itself.

[@davidelkins9894]

To each there own. What I most agree with from this video is "Who cares?" I couldn't care less what someone thinks I look like when wearing a boonie. What I like most about them is how easy they are to stow in a pocket and how easy it is to shape them up to whatever activity I'm doing in the moment. Sometimes I want complete peripheral vision, other times I want more shade from the sun for my eyes. Stitching it up for a particular "look" just makes it less versatile. Who cares what the hell it looks like? Is it making you more effective in what you are doing?

[@oldsoldier181]

One thing I did with my boonie, we wore them unauthorized on a particular deployment, was to remove the outer trim fabric on the brim, then cut the first bunch of material out, down to the first threaded stitching. Then, sewed that outer trim fabric back on. The Army likes their brims WAY too wide, lol. That made it a little trimmer, and looked better than the floppy issue one.

[@brndesk]

Tactical fashion is a thing now. In the 70's we worn bush covers, don't know went the proper slang went to boonie. After 10 days on an OP with only one c-rat can per day because water and radio batteries were more important , we were focused on keeping the radio up and calling in our air strikes. None of us were concerned about whether some lance corporal thought we looked fashionable in our chapeau.

[@Boobienoobie147]

Damn that’s crazy, I don’t remember giving a single fuck

[@swashington942]

@@Boobienoobie147Dude

[@jordanedmunds8962]

I appreciate you sowing this G i was struggling with shaping it for it fuckin mint now. Cheers mate

[@dphillips4351]

This is about as important as shaving your beret!😅

[@ramjet118]

Throw in capt. Price ref...upped level +50! Lol. Thanks for the tips. Helped tremendously!

[@bobrippon9125]

Bring back the olive drab BOONIE HAT MOST OF GI wore them in Nam

[@comfortablynumb9342]

You can get them at any military surplus store

[@swashington942]

There’s thousands on eBay

[@garyhuber3462]

Snake a thin wire around the brim edging to form the brim.

[@tonybarone5757]

I kept mine flat back in the day when I was in boat platoon. Also, the strap under the chin kept it on your head going through the surf, especially in Puerto Rico

[@dortywings7217]

I use a wire in all my boonies, it adjusts to all practical task you like. As long as you are not planning to put the hat into a pocket. But you can still cut the wire in half or several pieces to make it more storable. To me the boonie is used for purpose only - rain, sun, shadow, camo etc. I really like goretex boonies. And I renew the waterproofing with spray on all my canvas ones, every now and then.

[@Chris_the_Dingo]

In the gulf war we just wore our boonies like, floppy orwhatever. They were great for sun protection, not a fashion statement

[@WR3ND]

Rangers had the topside corners rolled slightly up like little horns, the back of the brim angled up, and the front brim crested in the subtle W shape.

[@preparedpodcast]

Nice Video, like the Info. I recommend to turn the phone. Makes it easier for us to watch it. Thank you for the the info.

[@J03F1X1T]

I promise you, most guys dont care how you wear it. You can wear it every which way, as long as you keep the sun off you. Ive seen my battalion XO with a comical large brim boonie cover. He stitched different boonie cover brims together

[@MrStaybrown]

Hmmm. Cool. I never wore a boonie in the Corps. When I got out i incorporated it into my coyote calling camo, and my elk hunting camo.

[@ACamaroGuy]

I run a wire under the stitching to form mine. On the brim where the stitching overlaps each other, run a wire under it all the way around.

[@beaslebub90]

Wow, actually goes on about looking like Captain Price and then talks about looking like a noob in the field... You've definitely played way too much CoD mate, calm down 😂 And stop making your hat become more of an issue than any help, you're blinding yourself like a racehorse doing this... What's next? Bright pink camo for your rifle so you can look more like a pro in the field? 😂

[@frankcastle3827]

I honestly just stitched the edge of the top of the hat so it looks nice and flat on top instead of round..

[@Doomsdaygirl8186]

Great video and info ty!

[@user-to9ug4dp1o]

I've been on six deployments and I never thought I would need a tutorial on how to wear a boonie hat! If you're biggest concern or worry is how you look wearing it than it's practical use, then you have one hell of an ego!

[@bobroberts6155]

Only in America do you need a tutorial on how to wear a floppy hat.

[@c3aloha]

SgtMaj says no bending or modification to boonie. 😂

[@thehighvaluecat9313]

Now I can Larp with confidence, thank you Marine 😃

[@Boobienoobie147]

😬😬not a marine but thanks

[@Midnightmeatrain88]

@@Boobienoobie147the NW should of been homeboy’s first clue that doc don’t give a fuck

[@hawaiianpunch6534]

Everything is preference. I just need to cover my head if i need it. I will do a Captain Price if i got a boonie with no Molle loops.

[@stephencpulley]

Haircut enthusiast here. The sides of your head refers to the parietal ridge, while I’d say you meant the occipital bone. Great video! Helped me with my new boonie!

[@RocksNRuts4]

always wanted to wear one in the Army, they insisted on kevlar at all times

[@slappy8941]

Yeah, the military is run by idiots.

[@dwaynebeavers2088]

I have a Desert Storm Boony and I got it from my cousin who served then and he gave his top to me plus a few other things and I only have the boony left and I wear every time I'm outside since I'm bald and I wouldn't give it up for anything, because I have a great deal of respect for the military and my cousin served in the Marines until he retired.

[@brettontosomethin9482]

I just wear mine and let it form naturally. Pinning the front down does look pretty cool though, like a Civil War Kepi.

[@Spock910]

Sounds a lot like his personal preference to me. Its like saying the only correct way to wear a ball cap is straight brim and backwards.

[@modsolodrone]

When I used it I always started by cutting the edge to make it less regular. I boiled it to "break its shape" and dried it on my head. The French army didn't really like us using them in the 1980s... But we always had one on us bought from a military surplus 😁.

[@ianslaby5703]

What's the point of this? Especially cutting off the brim on the back? I want to cover the back of my head from the sun when i wear a boonie. A neck sunburn is not pleasant.

[@kuyakonggaming]

More of a camo thing to break up the shape of your head and face or load it with veg than it is a weather utility thing

[@kuyakonggaming]

cutting it back on the brim gives you a little more visibility as well and breaks up the straight lines more

[@vinceb4380]

Tilting the top forward makes it look similar to the Civil War Bummer Cap!🤔

[@katz551]

I got my first boonie in the early 70’s in Thailand and still have it. It will not stay in one shape anymore, the poor thing is threadbare.

[@pedrofernaudesper5565]

Pretty cool looking hats. Great job mate! But if you get an UF PRO Boonie and you don't need to do any of that.

[@highcountrypackrat8215]

Please tell me where you get the old USMC OD sweaters? I loved those things and I havent been able to find them anywhere.

[@kuyakonggaming]

looks like he is still in, living in Pendleton bricks

[@Boobienoobie147]

They’re standard issue and at every single MCX I’ve ever been to

[@nomadmarauder-dw9re]

They're all over the place. Any surplus site, Amazon...TBH the foreign versions are more prolific. There's a company called British Wool if you're looking for new items and don't mind paying for good products.

[@p99guy]

They are called a Wooley Pully by most surplus retailers.. and made in the UK. Even found on ebay.

[@jameswisniewski8957]

Try Sgt. Grit. They have everything Marine.

[@a45456565]

Thank you😺

[@autisticANDarmed]

I love the look, metal gardening wire so you can bend and adjust it while you’re wearing it, and so it doesn’t blow up in the wind or while running. Also please for the love of god wear the string as a chinstrap, a strong gust of wind could blow it off. I used to wear an unmodified boonie for cross country running, after a bit I realized it would be much better modified

[@wolfman2702]

The first thing that came to my mind was you covered up the Globe and Anchor but you addressed that at the end. Some good tips otherwise.

[@OctoberWraith-gg4pe]

Thanks. I flip my brim up. Because I'm usually working on airplane engines.

[@roughwalkers]

As a former british soldier this is on point 💪

[@hardrock1826]

Closing the brim in and down on the sides impairs your peripheral vision. In addition it wipes out your overhead vision. You constantly have to reposition your head to see what is on your sides and see what is above you. You are overall limiting the field of view that you have. I have a few Boonies but I have them so I can see clearly ahead, to the sides and above. And I can easily use equipment like binoculars, rifle sights, cameras, etc. And I use goggles and a low hung Boonie gets in the way. I generally have the brim at the front up vertically directly across from side to side. It's away from the face so using goggles isn't a problem. Using a head Bandana is an option.

[@TheGreatDrAsian]

Shut up Chinese bot account

[@davidkeeton6716]

Have you done a video on the BDU hat? Like the Rangers do theirs.

[@lawtongore7053]

It was called the "Ranger Roll"😂 The Rangers literally rolled theirs up and put them in the leg pockets😂

[@mahari7285]

A tutorial for a jungle hat...interesting! Are there any regulations on how the hat has to be shaped? The only thing we have to look out for in a jungle hat in the German army is a good field of vision...and that it fits in the cargo pocket...

[@kuyakonggaming]

nice stuff killer

[@richardcostello360]

Only in Seppostan would you be shaping your giggle hat😂 Your cutting out your peripheral vision AND plays havoc with your spatial awareness/hearing any noises that ain't directly below you

[@Boobienoobie147]

Ok Aussie, works just fine but yall pin it up on the side and look retarded. But I hate the way yall wear it and you hate mine so agree to disagree 🤝

[@nomadmarauder-dw9re]

What's the point? Aren't boonies supposed to be shapeless?

[@hanskloss1331]

mother nature doesn't like straight lines

[@willholly1844]

What nsn is that? My hats ain't nothing like that on the inside.

[@bwalters9762]

I like the Billy from predator cowboy method lol sncos don't care for it tho

[@jeromeycummins2303]

So, you’re worried about looking like a noob, but you’d rather play the tacticool game and look like a fictional character Cpt. Price? Use your equipment for what it’s designed for and who gives a shit if you “look tacticool” or not. 11 years 11B

[@johnwhitley2898]

43 years ago....... All we maintained was a brim, Just wide enough to cast shadow/shade over your face to hide it...... it's surprising how much "shine" pops off a camoed face....Look👀 AND .... It needed to just "droop" down to shed the weather. ie.: rain, off your face No folds, pinching, nothing that blocks any vision... ya' wanna see 👀 the Bad Guys... I still have a boon rolled cowboy style strap knotted over the top sweat band wrapped in about 15' of 550.... That's what my primarys wore. Ancient history.. yeah.. lmao 😁. Practical...Oh Hell No!!😆😆.

[@brotherbrovet1881]

Take it to a seamstress and ask her to sew a double stitch seam on the edge of the brim when you cut it. You can soak it, and use an iron to form the creases in the brim on a new boonies.

[@Boobienoobie147]

I like it freyed

[@MartinJHarris]

Someone has taken their fashion tips from us BRITS... ) you'll have your sleeves rolled up twice next lol

[@Boobienoobie147]

I’ve worked with the Brits in the aviation field but not ground combat. Captain Price is an SAS Operator if that counts as inspiration

[@tatumergo3931]

We used to have the sleeves rolled up, but then some time in the 1990's some one in the pentagon had the bright idea that we had to keep the sleeves down no matter the weather. They also came up with the idea that the dress greens look better with a black beret which was something that belong to the Rangers!

[@justinrogers1575]

Only time I wore a boonie was boot camp. Iraq we went coverless on our cop.

[@mikecain3134]

Just get as much shade on your skin as you can. Just had skin cancer treatment and it's not fun. The VA came through on this one.

[@alexisdetocqueville9964]

A lot of angry fudds in the comments. As a civilian training with my buddies I want to look cool *shrugs*. If you have ANY peripheral vision and you can see ahead without leaning your head back - the brim isn't low enough!

[@cobaineOG]

Can someone tell me where I can buy one of these?

[@Boobienoobie147]

You get them issued, or maybe a military surplus store, Amazon, eBay, Facebook marketplace or anything that sells anything

[@1Selous]

So you like it to look 'Sharp' which in the Bush would never happen. FYI We British Army, tend to cut the brim around by half so we could see better proiferal vision

[@Boobienoobie147]

I mean not “sharp” but definitely over time it becomes more rounded but holds it shape

[@simplysouthern5725]

Wow. You should stick with watching dead pool. "Operator" 🤣

[@Boobienoobie147]

Wow and you should stick to rv bus conversions and not looking through KZbin for a video about boonies. You got here some how

[@MarkTMC]

Id much rather have it flat so it doesn't cut of you peripheral vision

[@Theyarewatching531]

real.

[@viciousKev]

This man boonies

[@user-wd4ge2zh2c]

Am I the only person who has noticed that boonie hats are almost the same a Gilligan's hat?

[@dw7094]

No, that's a sailor's hat with the brim turned down.

[@roughwalkers]

Only true warriors wear GShock 💪

[@MrStaybrown]

🤣

[@Nick-nm8om]

I always twitched mine.

[@RealityCheckGA]

How about a Tri Corn Boonie ?!

[@ironteacup2569]

Nice content

[@jerryrichards8172]

How do you store or hang your boonies ?

[@dw7094]

For the most part we just stuck them in a pocket. If dirty, it got washed in the shower and hung on a nail in the hooch to dry

[@user-xt5oe2gm5v]

FBI. Holland. Unk. Boonie. Military.

[@user-ng8lo1ex5v]

Don’t cut the drawstring. I tried what he saying and if you’re in a vehicle and there’s wind whipping around it will fling your hat off put the fucking strap underneath chin it’s about being functional

[@Boobienoobie147]

Riding in vehicles were required to wear our Kevlar so to each their own

[@nicholasbrandl8990]

Kinda like a goth kid being original

[@brandonkramer4894]

Hilarious😂

[@SneeUnit]

Enough starch to make the EPA cry and a paper towel tube?

[@Boobienoobie147]

I didn’t use starch

[@user-tg4qx3ht7j]

2:39

[@oml81mm]

Two questions... Wtf is a " boonie " and Wtf is a ' boonie cover" ?

[@Boobienoobie147]

A boonie is the hat. Cover is the term used for anything that covers your head

[@ez3333]

😇👍

[@sanction7627]

A cover....You mean like a boonie hat?

[@user-mg1ve5gk6u]

I think he handles the truth recklessly, those boonies don't look very used at all. Modified, yes, actually used, ???

[@Boobienoobie147]

Between dive training and pool pt, going to the field and ITX they’re even worse now. But yes they’re used not a one time and take it off. I do wash them but not often

[@HDBujutsu1775]

😂😂😂😂

[@outdoors5352]

Or.... you could just put the hat on your head and not give any more thought about it.

[@Boobienoobie147]

Interesting, you should do a video on that

[@outdoors5352]

@@Boobienoobie147 😆

[@timothydavis2599]

This is a bunch of bullshit.

[@zaynevanday142]

That’s just plain stupid it restricts your vision 😂😂😂😂

[@Frogboxer]

Don't wear a boonie...they make a great target creating a deep shadow and very obvious sharp brim-line. Wear a banadana if going soft-hat. Kevlar is actually cooler than boonie as it allows air to circulate whereas the boonie has a tight seal around the head unless modified in some way.

[@trueseanx738]

Sounds like someone who doesn’t know how to practice proper concealment

[@Frogboxer]

@@trueseanx738 You sound like a bullet magnet...wouldn't want to be next to you in a foxhole.

[@infantryski11b64]

What are you smoking? You civvies are hilarious.

[@Frogboxer]

@@infantryski11b64 Considering how sophisticated even infantry work is today you'd think the army would have weeded out all the ignorant knuckledraggers...obviously not judging by your ignorant knuckledragging reply.

[@Boobienoobie147]

@@infantryski11b64 the fact that you had to call him a civilian just makes you look like a douche canoe.

[@Ghatbkk]

Want to look like a noob in the field? Follow this video directions.l Seriously, wtf? "Form a boonie"?

[@Boobienoobie147]

Wanna look like a douche bag? Comment on a video relevant to your search history because if you found this stupid then the other videos you looked up were stupid

[@Ghatbkk]

@@Boobienoobie147 Unfortunately, it seems that these videos get mixed in with actual military relevant videos. Might be that KZbin just isn't very good at discerning between videogamers and actual soldiers.

[@karlmadsen3179]

kindadumb

[@RonnieEverette]

So where do u guys wear these outfits and gear? Is there like a soldier cosplay event like Comic-con?

[@Boobienoobie147]

We wear them in the field? In the military? I’m not an airsoft wanna be

[@RonnieEverette]

@Boobienoobie147 oh okay, well I understand that if you're in the military.. but so many that aren't in the military be wearing shit like this to the grocery store and it just looks fucking silly.. Like cosplaying soldier or something

[@Boobienoobie147]

@@RonnieEverette and honest to God when someone thinks them for their service, some of them have the common decency to say that they’re not but they enjoy the attention of it. That’s also why I hate airsoft cosplayers with a passion. They think everything is so cool just to put a kit on when they’re garbage at the actual thing

[@RonnieEverette]

@Boobienoobie147 I've seen it several times myself.. Just recently I saw a guy in Lowes trying to get a military discount, when he was asked to present his ID he said he lost it but his camo should be proof enough 😂

[@huntdogg0035]

Didn't know that we were all actually going to a fashion show when we we're in the field..pretty sure our enemies aren't stopping to look at our get up b4 they shoot at us..he probably uses a mirror to apply his face paint

[@Boobienoobie147]

Nope actually use my buddies when I have them to help get a better idea of what shoes to break up hence why I don’t leave my brim flat