With the introduction of the Army Green Service Uniform, the Army has officially brought back the Garrison Cap as an official uniform component, partially reversing the 2001 decision that replaced the Garrison Cap—first issued during World War I as the “overseas cap”—with the black beret (although the black beret will still be worn with the blue Army Dress Uniform).
Manufactured in the Heritage Green 564 shade, the cap is worn with its front crease centered on the forehead, with the lower portion of the cap about an inch (approximately the width of the forefinger and middle finger when held together) above the eyebrows. The ridge of the cap should be parallel to the ground when the wearer is standing at attention, and the crown of the cap may not be crushed or shaped in an attempt to form peaks at the top front or rear of the cap.
Enlisted Soldiers will wear their Distinctive Unit Insignia, or unit crest, on the left curtain of the cap, one inch from the front vertical crease and centered vertically between the bottom and top of the curtain. Officers wear their non-subdued insignia of grade in the same location.