United States Marine Corps (USMC) digital desert camouflage field cover; all round brim; tan nylon equipment tape; brown embroidered Marine Corp Eagle, Globe and Anchor insignia front center; four brass screened air gromets (two on each side of cap); cord chin strap with black plastic lanyard keep.
Summary:
This is an example of a standard issue U.S. Marine Field Cover or boonie cap. It has the MARPAT or Marine Pattern digital desert camouflage.
This cap was worn by the donor Capt. Matthew Dwyer. He was the first 1st Lieutenant selected by the Marine Corps to fly the MV-22 out of Marine Squadron VT-2 in Milton, Florida. He then received V-22 flight training in VMMT-204 in August 2006 and was assigned to VMM-162, the second operational V-22 squadron. He was then assigned as the Aviation Life Support Systems officer and deployed to Al Asad Air base in Iraq March-October 2008. He had the privilege of flying Barack Obama, then the Democratic presidential candidate, from Ar Ramadi, Iraq to Amman, Jordan, a flight only capable in a V-22 aircraft. Following his deployment and flying numerous combat missions in the Middle East, he was then deployed with VMM-162 (reinforced) as part of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in 2010 to Haiti for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief after the earthquake.
