I've never been in a command where officers/aviators wear ball caps until my current squadron. And yes, I bought my first one, lost it immediately, bought my second one specifically for one function, and wore it exactly that one time. I also bought a whole set of NWU's for one specific function and ended up wearing them 0 times. I don't even know where they are anymore, last I saw them was 2014. I'd have to look at my mess bill to know what the price was for either hat, but $20 doesn't sound that unrealistic. I hate ball caps in uniform. It's probably a good option for folks who wear NWU's or type III's, but both of those uniforms are abominations IMO. If only we had a uniform, called coveralls, that both 1) were a useful uniform, and 2) looked 100000 times sharper than NWU's, and 3) we also already had them in the inventory and in people's wardrobes........