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A campaign hat, sometimes called campaign cover, is a broad-brimmed felt or straw hat, with a high crown, pinched symmetrically at the four corners. The campaign hat is occasionally referred to as a Stetson , derived from its origin in the company's Boss of the Plains model in the late 19th century.
USAF Military Training Instructor wearing a campaign hat. As with the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps, drill instructors in the U.S. Air Force—known as Military Training Instructors—are authorized to wear a campaign hat. The Air Force campaign hat is navy blue and features the Great Seal of the United States within a silver ring.
Drill instructors and certain range personnel (such as Primary Marksmanship Instructors) wear the campaign cover with the service and utility uniforms when they are in an instructing billet, such as at recruit training or related activities. Primary Marksmanship Coaches wear the American fiber helmet with the utility uniforms.
U.S. Army Drill Sergeants are authorized to wear a campaign hat while in the Army Combat Uniform. First adopted in 1911, the campaign hat was abandoned for drill instructor use during World War II, but readopted in 1964. Army campaign hats are olive green with the Great Seal of the United States centered on the front of the hat on a gold disc.
Field Cover – Campaign Cover, a broad-brimmed felt hat, originally with one straight crease down the middle, then with a Montana peak, worn on expeditionary missions from 1912 to 1942, and then again authorized in 1961 for wear at recruit depots by drill instructors and rifle ranges by marksmanship instructors. See also campaign cover, hat ...
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After completing a few 13-week cycles, the drill instructor is moved up to the position of experienced drill instructor (EDI), also called the "heavy", "drill hat" or "J Hat". The next step in a drill instructor career is becoming a senior drill instructor. Senior drill instructors hold a respected position which is distinguished by the wearing ...
A report by the U.S. Marine Corps found that the June 4, 2021 death of MCRD Parris Island recruit Dalton Beals could have been prevented and ‘was not due to his own misconduct.’