Doesn ' t really make sense from Mercedes ' point of view . <| sep |> Ranger rolling your cap is when you flatten your PC patrol cap onto the top of your head to make that weird divit in the front . Then you flatten the front against your forehead and bend the rim of your cap super hard like a baseball cap in the 90 s . If you look at his cap you ' ll see what I mean . Your unit won ' t let you do it unless you are in a ranger battalion never been in a ranger battalion so I ' m not sure what the low down is over there . Sometimes people do it to be cool and then get chewed out by an NCO because they are attempting to portray themselves in a light that isn ' t genuine . Also , AR 6701 is always trying to stick a dick in your ass . ' Operators ' and more ' high speed ' type units don ' t generally have to follow AR 6701 and they will basically just wear their uniform however the fuck they want , some grow beards etc . Low speed privates love to try to emulate that shit even though they are literally worthless . There are actually three or more possible reasons this is douchey . 1 . If he wasn ' t a ranger and is wearing his cap this way it ' s seen as super try hard . 2 . If he was a ranger and is doing this with a random hat while wearing all the rest of the ' operator ' gear he is douchey because he is really trying to stand out as a soldier , and a high speed one at that . This is also seen as try hard , even if he IS high speed , but in a different way . 3 . He ' s in a shopping mall talking to santa spouting some dramatic bullshit , that ' s just lame no matter the context .