These are individual choices and are to be respected. I myself have no present aspirations of attending Ranger school, the first step in earning the present-day black beret. The other issue to be dealt with is the impracticality of the berets as an Army-wide headgear. This is clearly an aesthetic solution to many tougher issues. Also, the wear of the beret as a standard headgear is much less comfortable.
Berets get dirty very easily and are difficult to wash.
The transition to berets is unquestionably fraud, waste, and abuse of government and individual soldier's funds since it will not accomplish any goal except to make a few new soldiers feel special for the weeks between it's issue and their arrival at their first permanent duty station. Otherwise, it just irritates those of us already in and is becoming a final straw for many, causing a decline in retention. Being airborne qualified and having served in the 82d Airborne Division, I know the value of the beret. It alone does not inspire. It is doing something that not everyone does that gave soldiers the pride they had.