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USAF Special Operations Command Hat
This is a retexture of the Minuteman Hat, or Preston Garveys Hat with an Air Commando Patch
UPDATED- Now Green Authentic Bush Hat in 4k Available
- Permissions and credits
This is a Re-texture of the Minuteman Hat to represent a Special Operations Command Air Commando Bush Hat.
There is a lot of History and Heritage represented in this simple article of clothing, stemming back to Vietnam where it was integrated and declared "Official USAF headgear for commando units"
Obviously there isn't a direct correlation between the Minutemen and the Special Operations Command, but depending on your play style, you might find yourself in some hairy situations that only a bad ass Hat can save you from!
Here is a brief History of the Commando Bush Hat-
Col Robert Gleason, USAF Retired, commanded Det 2 at Bien Hoa Air Base
after Gen King left in late 1961 or early 1962, provided me the following
history of the Air Commando Hat in his 30 July 1996 letter.
"It first appeared(BF hat) on Commando's head during our first tour(1961)
in SVN(South Vientam). It was worn by several ARVIN(Army Republic of Vietnam)
at the time. To the best of my recollection Arnie Tillmen and some of his
people were the first to bring it into our group. At first there was some
discussion as to whether it was proper USAF attire. The next day Col King
showed up wearing one and the issue was settled.Some time after Col King left we were visited by Admiral Sharp(CINCPAC)
After I briefed him on our unit he turned to B/Gen Anthis(Commander 2nd ADVON)
and told him that two things had to go stop immediately. One was our wearing
those "crazy cowboy hats" and the other was our wearing sidearms in the compound
area. Although not even asked to comment on these subjects, I argued for the
sidearms and also for the "good morale" hats. Obviously I could advance a much
stronger argument for the side arms than I could for the hats. Adm Sharp backed
off the gun order but reiterated his order that the hats must go. That night I sent
a back channel message to Col King protesting the hat order. Within 24 hours I
received a message sent through channels, including CINPAC, stating that this
headgear has now been declared official USAF headgear for Commando units. It was
signed by Curtis Lemay, C/S USAF. And that settled that issue."
Installation-
Because only Preston seems to have this Hat, use the tilde key (~) to bring up the console, then type "help minuteman 4"
scroll up to where it says "ARMOR Minuteman Hat" with the item ID in (...) brackets.
type "player.additem ..........." to put the Hat into your inventory.
UPDATES-
DEC 23rd:
NEW Official Green Canvas Version of the Air Commando Hat. This Version is more accurate to the real life counterpart. The color matches with the OCP Railway outfit very well. Download this and Disable previous version! IN 4K!
Updated the mod to include a normal map file to give the patch depth (hard to capture)
Recommended mods to use with this Mod
-Minuteman Hat Charisma Fix by sk1dmarkz
Gives the Minuteman Hat Charisma
-Wasteland Operator by Taereus
Multi-cam/OCP Texture overhaul for the Railroad outfit and Backpack, plus tons more!
-Army Multicam Military Fatigues by Primez
OCP/Multicam texture for the Army and Military uniforms
There is a lot of History and Heritage represented in this simple article of clothing, stemming back to Vietnam where it was integrated and declared "Official USAF headgear for commando units"
Obviously there isn't a direct correlation between the Minutemen and the Special Operations Command, but depending on your play style, you might find yourself in some hairy situations that only a bad ass Hat can save you from!
Here is a brief History of the Commando Bush Hat-
Col Robert Gleason, USAF Retired, commanded Det 2 at Bien Hoa Air Base
after Gen King left in late 1961 or early 1962, provided me the following
history of the Air Commando Hat in his 30 July 1996 letter.
"It first appeared(BF hat) on Commando's head during our first tour(1961)
in SVN(South Vientam). It was worn by several ARVIN(Army Republic of Vietnam)
at the time. To the best of my recollection Arnie Tillmen and some of his
people were the first to bring it into our group. At first there was some
discussion as to whether it was proper USAF attire. The next day Col King
showed up wearing one and the issue was settled.Some time after Col King left we were visited by Admiral Sharp(CINCPAC)
After I briefed him on our unit he turned to B/Gen Anthis(Commander 2nd ADVON)
and told him that two things had to go stop immediately. One was our wearing
those "crazy cowboy hats" and the other was our wearing sidearms in the compound
area. Although not even asked to comment on these subjects, I argued for the
sidearms and also for the "good morale" hats. Obviously I could advance a much
stronger argument for the side arms than I could for the hats. Adm Sharp backed
off the gun order but reiterated his order that the hats must go. That night I sent
a back channel message to Col King protesting the hat order. Within 24 hours I
received a message sent through channels, including CINPAC, stating that this
headgear has now been declared official USAF headgear for Commando units. It was
signed by Curtis Lemay, C/S USAF. And that settled that issue."
Installation-
Because only Preston seems to have this Hat, use the tilde key (~) to bring up the console, then type "help minuteman 4"
scroll up to where it says "ARMOR Minuteman Hat" with the item ID in (...) brackets.
type "player.additem ..........." to put the Hat into your inventory.
UPDATES-
DEC 23rd:
NEW Official Green Canvas Version of the Air Commando Hat. This Version is more accurate to the real life counterpart. The color matches with the OCP Railway outfit very well. Download this and Disable previous version! IN 4K!
Updated the mod to include a normal map file to give the patch depth (hard to capture)
Recommended mods to use with this Mod
-Minuteman Hat Charisma Fix by sk1dmarkz
Gives the Minuteman Hat Charisma
-Wasteland Operator by Taereus
Multi-cam/OCP Texture overhaul for the Railroad outfit and Backpack, plus tons more!
-Army Multicam Military Fatigues by Primez
OCP/Multicam texture for the Army and Military uniforms