Thank You!

We, the undersigned, as duly elected representatives of our respective veterans organizations, are for retaining the Black Beret as a unique symbol of earned accomplishment solely for U.S. Army Rangers. The Army-wide issuance of the Ranger Black Beret would erode the power of the symbol.

We do, however, support the efforts of General Shinseki in transforming our Army into a more lethal, deployable and professional armed force.

Thank you,

Emmett Hiltibrand, President,
75th Ranger Regiment Association
Jim Grimshaw, President,
U.S. Army Ranger Association
Minor Kelso, President,
Ranger Infantry Companies of the Korean War
Phil Piazza, President,
Merrill's Marauder's Association
Jim Joiner, President
101st Airborne Division Association
Wayne Lawley, President,
Special Forces Association
John Kormann, President,
17th Airborne Division Association
Bob Nesbitt, President
187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team Association
Merle W. McMorrow, President,
517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team
We would also like to thank individuals in the following organizations for visiting 'rangerblackberet.com':
senate.gov - The United States Senate osd.mil - Office of the Secretary of Defense hqda.army.mil - Headquarters, Department of the Army
hq.af.mil - USAF Headquarters southcom.mil - Southern Command navair.navy.mil - U.S. Navy Aviation
bragg.army.mil - Ft. Bragg, home to the 82nd Airborne and USASOC hurlburt.af.mil - USAF Special Operations korea.army.mil - US Army Korea
usarso.army.mil - US Army South tacom.army.mil - Tank-automotive and Armaments Command carlisle.army.mil - The Army War College
motorola.com - Motorola disa.mil - Defense Information Systems Agency desc.dla.mil - Defense Energy Support Center
irwin.army.mil - Ft. Irwin usdoj.gov - Department of Justice natick.army.mil - Soldier System Center
apgea.army.mil - Soldier and Biological Chemical Command 5sigcmd.army.mil - 5th Signal Command, US Army Europe ansbach.army.mil - US Army Europe
ngb.army.mil - Army National Guard wuerzburg.army.mil - US Army Europe, home to the 98th Area Support Group elmendorf.af.mil - Elmendorf AFB
hood.army.mil - Ft. Hood carson.army.mil - Ft. Carson, home to 10th Special Forces Group boeing.com - Boeing Aircraft
hoffman.army.mil afit.af.mil - Air Force Institute of Technology polk.army.mil - Ft. Polk, home of the Joint Readiness Training Center
mfr.usmc.mil - USMC Reserves areur.army.mil - ang.af.mil - Air National Guard
attmil.ne.jp - US Armed Forces Stationed in Japan. campbell.amedd.army.mil - Ft. Campbell nipr.mil - The Army's Intranet
lewis.army.mil - Ft. Lewis    
More to come!