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The Armed Forces field boundary has remained virtually unchanged since the 1960s. Now you have to scrap it and make a new type. Until then, soldiers can wear caps.
New recruits to the Sør-Varanger garrison wore the field hat in 2001. It has been in use since the 1960s. Photo: Ole Magnus Rapp / Aftenposten / File Photo
The idea of getting a new kind of campaign hat is not new, work on it has been going on for a decade, but now it is only a matter of a few months before it is temporarily replaced by a hat, writes the Forum of the Armed forces.
– We have seen that today’s campaign hat, which was produced mainly in the 60s, is unpopular and associated with a draft garment that everyone hopes to get rid of, says Army Sgt. Rune Wenneberg.
In 1975, 80 volunteer recruits from the field artillery training department worked to control a forest fire in Tune. Some of them wore field caps. Photo: Aftenposten / File Photo
A commercial plug has been tried among recruits and with some modifications it is not far off. But it can take a long time before a new field hat is implemented, as there are several projects that are prioritized before acquiring a new type of field hat.
Among the defense recruits, spirits are divided. Some people are happy to ditch the garment, others think it is perfectly fine, had it not been for the ugly ear flaps.
