An airman's boonie hat rests on an M4 at a guard post in Southwest Asia in May 2017. (photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel/U.S. Air Force) Airmen at Nellis Air Force Base are out of luck for now.

Boonie hats are round, wide-brimmed sun hats worn by troops in particularly hot or tropical climates, such as the jungles of Vietnam, that call for more-breathable headgear with greater skin coverage.

The boonie hat, or "sun hat," is mostly intended to be worn in the field. That headgear is light, better protects the soldier from the sun, is breathable and camouflage can easily be added in ...

These New York Giants boonie hats will protect you from the sun. The solid is on the left, while the other is the desert camo style. (Foco.com photo) ...

MEHLVILLE, Mo. - A man wearing a camouflage boonie hat robbed a bank in Mehlville, Mo., Wednesday afternoon. At around 1:40, a man entered the First Bank on the 2900 block of Telegraph with a red ...