Found My Hats

dread

Lifer

Jun 19, 2013

1,617

9

• Jul 18, 2017

• #1

I've been moving a lot my whole life. Navy, school, job, job, job, job. Different countries and states. We bought a house in March and I finally got to digging around in some boxes I've been toting around for a long time. I stumbled across my old ships' hats from the Navy! I am giddy like a kid at Christmas finding these. They remind my of some damn fine people I had the honor of serving with. I cleaned them up and they are in pretty good shape. I can't wait to start wearing them around town.

 

nevadablue

Lifer

Jun 5, 2017

1,192

4

• Jul 19, 2017

• #2

Thank you for your service! Nice hats too!

 

cortezattic

Lifer

Nov 19, 2009

15,147

7,638

Chicago, IL

• Jul 19, 2017

• #3

Wear'em proudly! :clap:

 

madox07

Lifer

Dec 12, 2016

1,823

1,690

• Jul 19, 2017

• #4

It seems you had a good naval career ... congrats, wear them in good health.

 

bluegrassbrian

Your Mom's Favorite Pipe Smoker

Aug 27, 2016

6,077

53,304

41

Louisville

• Jul 19, 2017

• #5

I've got a good Naval hat.. I'll post a picture up when I get home today.

 

tbradsim1

Lifer

Jan 14, 2012

9,099

11,051

Southwest Louisiana

• Jul 19, 2017

• #6

You made me smile, know the feeling, it's like finding part of yourself in a box, Enjoy.

 

tslex

Lifer

Jun 23, 2011

1,482

15

• Jul 19, 2017

• #7

Bravo Zulu!

 

hobie1dog

Lifer

Jun 5, 2010

6,888

233

67

Cornelius, NC

• Jul 19, 2017

• #8

Post up a picture of you wearing one of these beautiful hats.

 

dread

Lifer

Jun 19, 2013

1,617

9

• Jul 19, 2017

• #9

Thanks all. Yep, folks who have been tight with a military unit get how nice it feels to find something like this. I am definitely a happy camper.

 

phantomwolf

Starting to Get Obsessed

Apr 14, 2017

266

1

Pittsburgh, PA

• Jul 19, 2017

• #10

I'm jealous. I went through my 'Army boxes' a few months back and either wool shrinks or my head somehow got fatter, as my berets no longer fit. haha

 

philobeddoe

Lifer

Oct 31, 2011

7,433

11,713

East Indiana

• Jul 20, 2017

• #11

Phantomwolf, you are probably a wee bit shaggier on top than you were in the Army.

 

bluegrassbrian

Your Mom's Favorite Pipe Smoker

Aug 27, 2016

6,077

53,304

41

Louisville

• Jul 20, 2017

• #12

A Pacific theater sub that had a fair amount of success..

I myself was never a sailor but I do collect hats and the quality of this one is splendid.

 

dread

Lifer

Jun 19, 2013

1,617

9

• Jul 20, 2017

• #13

Nice cover Brian!
Per request - I wore one out when I took the kiddos to dinner. It is mommy' night off. Things devolved quickly after this pic!

 

sablebrush52

The Bard Of Barlings

Jun 15, 2013

19,747

45,289

Southern Oregon

jrs457.wixsite.com

• Jul 21, 2017

• #14

That's a nice collection! Thanks for your service and for posting these!

 

agnosticpipe

Lifer

Nov 3, 2013

3,345

3,483

In the sticks in Mississippi

• Jul 21, 2017

• #15

That's a very nice collection of hats, and thank you for your service! Glad to see you found these, and you have at least one for every day of the week, just like your pipes.
bluegrassbrian: do you have a S. Bang pipe to go with that hat? :lol:

 

mso489

Lifer

Feb 21, 2013

41,210

60,455

• Jul 21, 2017

• #16

You had quite a career! I bounced around quite a bit myself in the Navy -- San Diego, USS Gallant at Subic, off Vietnam, back across the Pac with a long dry dock in Guam, Long Beach, Midway Island, and Miwaukee. Then back to school -- I think I moved about ten times in nine years, maybe more depending on how you count. You just don't accumulate stuff because you can't. I had to learn to live in an actual residence again, after living out of a locker, in barracks, a welfare hotel, rented rooms. Like a rolliing stone.