On 3 Mar 2005 09:01:21 -0800, in a place far, far away, "Cecil
Trotter" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:

Yup. Instituted during the Clinton administration (by Shalikashvili,
I believe) with much unhappiness from the Special Forces. The idea
was to make everyone feel "special."

And none of the regular Army I've talked to are very happy with their
new headgear either.

There was also the little issue that they ended up being manufactured
in China...