USMA West Point Shako

Full dress  cadets Shako, from the United States Military Academy West Point,  the large shako badge. has a Spartan type helmet and sword on the shield The crown of the shako is leather, with black fabric plume. Felt brim, with leather hat band and visor. buttons on either side of the hat band with chain style false chin strap the actual chin strap is folded towards the rear of the shako

Infantry Officers Dress Cap

US Army full dress infantry company grade officers peaked cap, company grade officers status is denoted by the large eagle cap badge, gold chin strap and buttons but the lack of any embellishments to the visor, the branch of service (Infantry) is indicated by the sky blue hat band, This Cap is worn with the dress blue army uniform and also mess dress.

 Dress Blues Caps

(Left) - US Army dress blue cap, worn by enlisted servicemen

(Right) - US Army full dress Vietnam era company grade officers peaked cap,

US Army Garrison Caps

(Left) - US Army green class A garrison cap, worn by enlisted servicemen since 1954

(Right) - US Army Second Lieutenant tan overseas garrison cap

(rank device pined to wrong side in this example should be right side)

US Army Garrison Caps

(Left) - Other rank’s beret of E Company 504th Airborne Infantry part of the 82nd Airborne Division the regiment is denoted by the shield shaped patch worn behind the enamel DI and also the DI itself and as with most armies the use of the maroon beret to indicate airborne units, although the US have more Para variation’s than most armies

(Right) - Green Special Forces beret from the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) it would normally have special forces unit device on beret flash or rank device for officers