Inside, Mr. Hobson's 5 ½-pound Yorkshire terrier was on patrol, dressed as a "war dog" in a blue United Nations beret made by his wife.
Gaga dons a bikini and a tiny beret made from raw steaks and her lips and nails are painted red.
A beret made you a dapper, worldly gentleman, and yet if you had come from the ghettoes of Eastern Europe, it eased your conscience about your naked head.
A wool bucket hat or beret makes a nice option for a more sophisticated look, and earmuffs will keep your ears warm without messing up your hair.
"The Army chief of staff has determined that U.S. troops shall not wear berets made in China or berets made with Chinese content," the deputy secretary of defense, Paul Wolfowitz, said in a statement today.
Facing growing criticism from Congress, the Army has decided to recall and dispose of hundreds of thousands of black berets made in China, officials announced today.
As a result of tension over China's detention of the crew of an American surveillance plane, the Army is no longer buying berets made in China.
When the Army came under fire for paying $27 million for berets made in China -- "an exquisitely dumb idea," Mr. Smith said -- he made the uproar part of his Beret Day event.
His clever and charming wife, who served as top campaign adviser and is now de facto chief of staff, is a huge improvement over his '90s Sancho Panza, Jacques Barzaghi, who wore a black beret and made strange comments like: "We are not disorganized.
Usually a pattern will specify the weight of the yarn to use, so that the beret you make will end up the right size.
When I visited Dostum in his compound in his home base of Sheberghan, he proudly showed me a Sig pistol given to him by Central Command head General Tommy Franks and a plaque given to him by a Green Beret A Team making him an honorary member.
