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Old 10-26-2013, 06:02 AM
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"so “girly” that they would make the French blush."
Somehow, I don't think so.
This is what the French (~=)Marines wear:

On the other hand, they also have this uniform, which I think looks fairly snappy;
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Old 10-26-2013, 06:22 AM
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Let's just conveniently leave out the fact that US Army Special Forces took a piece of French women's fashion and turned it into the ultimate symbol of manliness and badassery on the face of the earth.



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Old 10-26-2013, 08:33 AM
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Let's just conveniently leave out the fact that US Army Special Forces took a piece of French women's fashion and turned it into the ultimate symbol of manliness and badassery on the face of the earth.



But only because they nicked it from the Royal Marines, who'd already done that.
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Old 10-26-2013, 11:25 AM
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They made it look much more badass than those USMC wannabes ever could.
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Still hate the Rangers for stealing the Tan Beret off of the SAS.
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