We, the undersigned, as duly elected representatives of our respective veterans organizations, are for retaining the Black Beret as a unique symbol of earned accomplishment solely for U.S. Army Rangers. The Army-wide issuance of the Ranger Black Beret would erode the power of the symbol.

We do, however, support the efforts of General Shinseki in transforming our Army into a more lethal, deployable and professional armed force.

Thank you,

Emmett Hiltibrand, President, 75th Ranger Regiment Association	Jim Grimshaw, President, U.S. Army Ranger Association	Minor Kelso, President, Ranger Infantry Companies of the Korean War
Phil Piazza, President, Merrill's Marauder's Association	Jim Joiner, President 101st Airborne Division Association	Wayne Lawley, President, Special Forces Association
John Kormann, President, 17th Airborne Division Association	Bob Nesbitt, President 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team Association	Merle W. McMorrow, President, 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team
We would also like to thank individuals in the following organizations for visiting 'rangerblackberet.com':
senate.gov - The United States Senate	osd.mil - Office of the Secretary of Defense	hqda.army.mil - Headquarters, Department of the Army
hq.af.mil - USAF Headquarters	southcom.mil - Southern Command	navair.navy.mil - U.S. Navy Aviation
bragg.army.mil - Ft. Bragg, home to the 82nd Airborne and USASOC	hurlburt.af.mil - USAF Special Operations	korea.army.mil - US Army Korea
usarso.army.mil - US Army South	tacom.army.mil - Tank-automotive and Armaments Command	carlisle.army.mil - The Army War College
motorola.com - Motorola	disa.mil - Defense Information Systems Agency	desc.dla.mil - Defense Energy Support Center
irwin.army.mil - Ft. Irwin	usdoj.gov - Department of Justice	natick.army.mil - Soldier System Center
apgea.army.mil - Soldier and Biological Chemical Command	5sigcmd.army.mil - 5th Signal Command, US Army Europe	ansbach.army.mil - US Army Europe
ngb.army.mil - Army National Guard	wuerzburg.army.mil - US Army Europe, home to the 98th Area Support Group	elmendorf.af.mil - Elmendorf AFB
hood.army.mil - Ft. Hood	carson.army.mil - Ft. Carson, home to 10th Special Forces Group	boeing.com - Boeing Aircraft
hoffman.army.mil	afit.af.mil - Air Force Institute of Technology	polk.army.mil - Ft. Polk, home of the Joint Readiness Training Center
mfr.usmc.mil - USMC Reserves	areur.army.mil -	ang.af.mil - Air National Guard
attmil.ne.jp - US Armed Forces Stationed in Japan.	campbell.amedd.army.mil - Ft. Campbell	nipr.mil - The Army's Intranet
lewis.army.mil - Ft. Lewis
More to come!