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School of Army), and currently it is the only branch of service whose members all wear berets; the other berets used in the Chilean Army distinguished only specialists (mountain troops, paratroopers, or special forces) and, in the last years, the combined branch of service regiment, called Regimientos Reforzados.
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The maroon berets are worn by the Army Rangers Regiment known as Maghaweer and by the Navy Seals known as Maghaweer El Bahr (Naval Commando). The current commander in chief General Joseph Aoun, himself having been in Maghaweer, allowed military personnel who have a Ranger badge to keep wearing their
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Since the creation of the Armored Cavalry in the Army, all personnel who serve in the Armored Cavalry unit wear maroon berets, using the same badges regardless of each member's speciality. Specialists in Armored Cavalry are trained in the Escuela de Caballería Blindada del Ejército (Armored Cavalry
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Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA) policy from 1973 through 1979 permitted local commanders to encourage morale-enhancing distinctions. Airborne forces chose to wear the maroon international parachute beret as a mark of distinction. However, due to the variety to headgear utilized at unit
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wears the Maroon Beret with a brass emblem depicting a hunter's bugle on a black felt liner. The beret is issued after completion of 16 weeks of SF training. However, not before 1 year of additional satisfactory service in JGK is the wearer issued the shoulder patch "JÆGER" and may call himself by
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that took it from their initial Rapid Reaction Squad guarding the Parliament in 1991 that intended to become a paratrooper unit in the future. However, SKAT staff officers really liked it and started to wear and the other units followed them later replacing their traditional caps.
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The Regimiento de Inteligencia 1 (Intelligence Regiment 1) based in Valencia wears the maroon beret, as do all units belonging to the Cuartel General Terrestre de Alta disponibilidad (GTAD). Spanish airborne forces have traditionally worn a black beret.
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some British Army units followed the lead of the Armoured Corps and adopted the beret as a practical headgear, for soldiers who needed a hat that could be worn in confined areas, slept in and could be stowed in a small space when they wore
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infantry division, they do not wear maroon berets as an independent regiment or corps, but instead wear green berets (Kostrad berets), identifying an army infantry group which is in the internal scope of the Kostrad division command.
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was changed to maroon, replacing soviet-style blue, as a part of new army uniform. The Air Assault Forces also received its new insignia (the dome of a parachute "as a symbol of airborne units around the world" and the wings of
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in Polish, and also members of the air cavalry. The beret is always decorated with an embroidered White Eagle (Polish coat of arms) and rank insignia. It is worn with the ceremonial uniform as well as the field uniform.
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Maroon berets are worn by member of the Armed Forces Operational Command and, in the Argentinean Army, by the 601st Air Assault Regiment. Like all berets, its use is only authorized with the combat uniform.
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The beret was previously also worn by the Airborne Platoon Royal Australian Regiment 1951–1974, then the Australian Special Air Service Company (with the Royal Australian Infantry Corps Badge). When the
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maroon berets even when serving in other non special forces units. The current military council (6 members) includes two Maghaweer General Joseph Aoun and Major General Georges Chreim.
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being used in cavalry units, this permission was rescinded in 1979 when the army introduced a policy of standardized headgear. Exceptions were allowed for the continued wearing of the
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due to their original airborne capability before switching to entirely mechanized infantry role and therefore adopting the common Ground forces' khaki beret in 2023.
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also wore a maroon beret during certain combat operations and military parades, signifying their para-commando status and differentiating them from the rest of the
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wear Maroon Berets with respective cap badges. Besides, cadets of Mirzapur Cadet College, a military boarding school, are also entitled to wear maroon berets.
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wear the maroon beret. A maroon beret does not mean the wearer is qualified as a military parachutist. Personnel qualified as military parachutists wear the
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wore the beret (or their Special Air Service or Commando Regt beret as appropriate) with individual Corps / Regimental Badges until a few years ago.
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The tanks: the history of the Royal Tank Regiment and its predecessors, Heavy Branch, Machine-Gun Corps, Tank Corps, and Royal Tank Corps, 1914-1945
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Parachute Battalion Group from 1985 – 2012, when the parachute role was performed by 3 RAR. In addition to the battalion, the Group included
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now effectively perform the parachuting function formerly held by 3 RAR; they wear a Green Beret with a Commando Badge.
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meaning crimson. In a contrast to the Western style, Russian troops wear the badge on the beret over the right eye.
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The GEP was an elite paramilitary paratrooper unit, consisting of native volunteers, that were employed in
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Badge by Infantrymen at the battalion, and individual Corps badges for other Corps members as appropriate.
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was formed this was replaced by the tan beret (sometimes referred to as the sandy beret) with SASR Badge.
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A popular story is that the maroon colour was chosen by Major-General Frederick Browning, after his wife,
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The first British army unit to adopt the beret was the Armoured Corps in 1924 (for more information see
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has worn the maroon beret since its forerunner Army Parachute Ranger School establishment in 1965.
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to Vietnamese airborne forces wore the Vietnamese French-style red beret during the Vietnam War.
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wearing maroon beret with his Parachutist Badge and background trimming above his rank insignia,
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The maroon beret is not worn by any active French military unit, however. Since 1957, nearly all
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Maroon (also referred to as Dull Cherry) berets were worn by parachute qualified members of the
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and other soldiers with airborne specialization. Was formerly worn also by the soldiers of the
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wear the maroon, provided they are in a designated parachute position. These are as follows:
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is only used as cap badge until the successful completion of the basic selection course (
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In the Soviet Union, paratroopers wore a maroon beret until the late 1960s when General
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The Special Jäger Battalion (Finnish: Erikoisjääkäripataljoona) trains personnel in the
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battalions wear Maroon Berets with para commando cap badge. Besides all members of the
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wear a red beret; the sole exception among the conventional airborne forces being the
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The maroon beret is worn by all members of the 25th (Airborne) Infantry Battalion (
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decided that a maroon beret for paratroopers was a Western idea and introduced a
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wear a dark blue beret. The latter is also worn by the elite paratroopers of the
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British soldier from 21 (Gibraltar 1779–83) Air Assault Battery RA (serving with
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Personnel from Senoi Praaq of Royal Malaysia Police wearing the maroon beret
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The maroon berets are worn by Mexico's Parachute Rifle Brigade called the
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and by the qualified Slovak Air Force Search and Rescue service members.
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Army Black Beret: A Short History of the Use of Berets in the U.S. Army
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and the cornflower blue helmets worn by Soviet paratroopers during the
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celebration wearing a maroon beret with his battalion beret flash and
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Army Black Beret: A Short History of the Use of Berets in the US Army
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On 21 November 2017 (Ukraine's Paratroopers' Day) the color of the
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beret. This may have been influenced by the cornflower blue of the
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Poroshenko: 469 Ukrainian paratroopers killed in Donbas amid war
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wears the maroon beret, and is one of the two special forces in
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The 10th Parachute Brigade paratroopers wearing the maroon beret
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in a military configuration has been an international symbol of
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Churchill's Army: 1939–1945 The men, machines and organisation
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Members of the Burkina Faso Armed Forces wear a maroon beret.
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began to refer to members of the British Parachute Brigade as
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Instructors, packer/riggers and jump-slotted members of the
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PAF's elite Special Service Wing (SSW) wears maroon berets
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Paras: an illustrated history of Britain's airborne forces
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Both of the units had their maroon berets bestowed by the
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and authorized them to wear British-style maroon berets.
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and "the flaming sword with which he hits the enemies").
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Paratrooper Brigade and some elite special forces units (
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Navy's Special Service Group, SSG(N) wear maroon berets
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has a two units wearing the maroon berets. The unit is:
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wear the maroon beret with various types of cap badges.
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The Special Forces group of the Austrian Armed Forces (
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The maroon beret is the standard issue beret of the
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Because Indonesian Airborne Paratrooper Battalions (
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Uniforms of the Canadian Armed Forces § Berets
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Folgore Brigade

Carabinieri Regiment "Tuscania"
airborne forces
Second World War
British Army
Major-General
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British 1st Airborne Division
Parachute Regiment
action in North Africa
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Western Desert Campaign

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