Sergeant's Drill Hat

“

Take your lumps like a man, Private Twinkletoes. Click to listen — The Soldier

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The Sergeant's drill hat is a headwear item for the Soldier and was chosen by Valve to be released with the second wave of community-contributed content due to its outstanding quality. It appears as a brown campaign hat with the Team Fortress symbol on the front.

Trivia

• This type of hat, also known as a campaign hat, is still worn today by army drill sergeants, park rangers, and various law enforcement officers.
• The hat is a nod to Sergeant Hartman of the film Full Metal Jacket, as well as other stereotypical American drill sergeants, to whom Soldier's character owes a great deal.
• This is the only official class specific hat for the Soldier that isn't a helmet or resembles one.
• This hat resembles the one worn by the Drill Sergeants in the Boot Camp section of Half-Life: Opposing Force
• A BLU version of this hat was released by Gerre but the normal, green version was the version accepted by Valve.
• This item is one of two contributed items made by Gerre, the other being the Physician's procedure mask.