uboat509..... Don't know about now, but when I was at Bragg that was definately the case and sure doubt it's changed. I was there in 1969. At that time the riggers in the 82nd packed all the chutes for SF at Bragg, at least those of us in training. There was a time for several weeks or so, there was this rash of malfunctions. An investigation was conducted and they found a couple 82nd riggers were, well.... rigging chutes tagged for SF... TO... malfunction.
There was also a SHORT period of time, where somewhere up thier chain of command some officer was offering 82nd guys a 3 day pass if they brought in a beret ( the beret itself). Notice. I said "SHORT"? Wellllll one of our officers upped it one. He told us if we bring back an 82nd soldier, we would get a 3 day pass. That was the end of stolen berets.
