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When the Canadian Forces unified in the late 1960s, the rifle green beret was adopted as the CF standard. The [[Royal Canadian Armoured Corps|RCAC]] successfully fought to retain its distinctive black beret, and the [[Canadian Airborne Regiment]] wore the [[maroon beret]] until the unit was disbanded. Scottish and Irish infantry regiments wear [[tam o'shanter]]s, glengarries, [[balmoral]]s or [[caubeen]]s instead of berets. The berets listed below are the current standard: | When the Canadian Forces unified in the late 1960s, the rifle green beret was adopted as the CF standard. The [[Royal Canadian Armoured Corps|RCAC]] successfully fought to retain its distinctive black beret, and the [[Canadian Airborne Regiment]] wore the [[maroon beret]] until the unit was disbanded. Scottish and Irish infantry regiments wear [[tam o'shanter]]s, glengarries, [[balmoral]]s or [[caubeen]]s instead of berets. The berets listed below are the current standard: | ||
* [[Maroon beret|Maroon]] — jump-qualified personnel in parachute units<ref>Bercuson, David J. ''Eye on Defence'', article in ''Legion Magazine'' Mar/Apr 2006: "As time passed, and the very name "Airborne" lost its ability to put government ministers into shock, Canada's paratroopers were even allowed to don the [[maroon beret]], the international symbol for parachute soldiers."</ref>. These are currently Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry; Mike Company, 3rd Battalion [[Royal Canadian Regiment]]; Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion | * [[Maroon beret|Maroon]] — jump-qualified personnel in parachute units<ref>Bercuson, David J. ''Eye on Defence'', article in ''Legion Magazine'' Mar/Apr 2006: "As time passed, and the very name "Airborne" lost its ability to put government ministers into shock, Canada's paratroopers were even allowed to don the [[maroon beret]], the international symbol for parachute soldiers."</ref>. These are currently Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry; Mike Company, 3rd Battalion [[Royal Canadian Regiment]]; Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion Royal 22e Régiment; Para Company, [[The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada]] | ||
* Black — [[Royal Canadian Armoured Corps]], other personnel employed in armoured trades, [[Canadian Navy]] | * Black — [[Royal Canadian Armoured Corps]], other personnel employed in armoured trades, [[Canadian Navy]] | ||
* Scarlet — qualified [[Military Police]] | * Scarlet — qualified [[Military Police]] | ||
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=== France === | === France === | ||
[[Image:Chasseur alpin FAMAS.gif|thumb|right|150px|The French [[Chasseurs alpins]] wear a special wide beret.]] | [[Image:Chasseur alpin FAMAS.gif|thumb|right|150px|The French [[Chasseurs alpins]] wear a special wide beret.]] | ||
The military beret originated in the French Army, in the form of the wide and floppy headdress worn by the [[Chasseur Alpin|Chasseurs alpins]] (mountain light infantry) from their foundation in the early 1880s. A tight-fitting version was subsequently adopted by French armoured troops towards the end of World War I. Between the wars special fortress units raised to garrison the | The military beret originated in the French Army, in the form of the wide and floppy headdress worn by the [[Chasseur Alpin|Chasseurs alpins]] (mountain light infantry) from their foundation in the early 1880s. A tight-fitting version was subsequently adopted by French armoured troops towards the end of World War I. Between the wars special fortress units raised to garrison the Maginot Line wore khaki berets. The beret in red, blue or green was a distinction of the Metropolitan, Colonial and [[French Foreign Legion|Foreign Legion]] paratroop regiments during the [[First Indochina War|Indochina]] and [[Algerian War of Independence|Algerian]] wars. After 1962 the beret in either khaki or the colours specified above became the standard French Army headdress for ordinary use. | ||
* Wide black — ''[[Chasseurs alpins]]'' and other mountain troops (the wide beret's nickname is the ''tarte'' (tart)) | * Wide black — ''[[Chasseurs alpins]]'' and other mountain troops (the wide beret's nickname is the ''tarte'' (tart)) | ||
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[[Israeli Defense Forces]] soldiers wear berets only on formal occasions, such as ceremonies and roll calls, and in disciplinary situations such as court martials and imprisonments. The beret is placed beneath the left [[epaulette]] The beret colors are as follows: | [[Israeli Defense Forces]] soldiers wear berets only on formal occasions, such as ceremonies and roll calls, and in disciplinary situations such as court martials and imprisonments. The beret is placed beneath the left [[epaulette]] The beret colors are as follows: | ||
*Olive green — | *Olive green — general corps, recruits, general logistic corps | ||
*Black — [[Israeli Armored Corps|armored corps]] | *Black — [[Israeli Armored Corps|armored corps]] | ||
*Turquoise — [[Israeli Artillery Corps|artillery corps]] | *Turquoise — [[Israeli Artillery Corps|artillery corps]] | ||
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=== Russia/USSR === | === Russia/USSR === | ||
[[Image:Russian paratroopers 106th VDD.JPG|right|thumb|Russian paratroopers wearing the blue beret.]] | [[Image:Russian paratroopers 106th VDD.JPG|right|thumb|Russian paratroopers wearing the blue beret.]] | ||
Russian military structures (both Armed Forces and | Russian military structures (both Armed Forces and Internal Troops) use the following types of berets: | ||
*Sky blue — Airborne troops ([[VDV]]) | *Sky blue — Airborne troops ([[VDV]]) | ||
*Black — [[Russian Marines|Marines]] | *Black — [[Russian Marines|Marines]] | ||
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* Claret — mechanics; logistics troops; maintenance troops; territorial troops | * Claret — mechanics; logistics troops; maintenance troops; territorial troops | ||
* Grey — "Military Security": military police, fortification maintenance personnel, NBC specialists, special military security (''Festungswachkorps'') | * Grey — "Military Security": military police, fortification maintenance personnel, NBC specialists, special military security (''Festungswachkorps'') | ||
* Deep blue — | * Deep blue — Air Force (including paratroopers) | ||
* Light blue — medical and veterinary personnel | * Light blue — medical and veterinary personnel | ||
* Yellow — military observers on [[OSCE]] missions | * Yellow — military observers on [[OSCE]] missions | ||
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*Khaki — [[Foot Guards]], [[Honourable Artillery Company]], [[Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment]], [[Royal Anglian Regiment]], [[Duke of Lancaster's Regiment]], [[Royal Welsh]], [[Yorkshire Regiment]] | *Khaki — [[Foot Guards]], [[Honourable Artillery Company]], [[Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment]], [[Royal Anglian Regiment]], [[Duke of Lancaster's Regiment]], [[Royal Welsh]], [[Yorkshire Regiment]] | ||
*Light grey — | *Light grey — Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, [[Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps]] | ||
*Brown — [[King's Royal Hussars]], [[Royal Wessex Yeomanry]] | *Brown — [[King's Royal Hussars]], [[Royal Wessex Yeomanry]] | ||
*Black — [[Royal Tank Regiment]], [[Westminster Dragoons|W (Westminster Dragoons) Squadron, Royal Yeomanry]] | *Black — [[Royal Tank Regiment]], [[Westminster Dragoons|W (Westminster Dragoons) Squadron, Royal Yeomanry]] | ||
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*RAF blue — Royal Air Force (including [[RAF Regiment]]) <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A867008 BBC website on British headdress]</ref> | *RAF blue — Royal Air Force (including [[RAF Regiment]]) <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A867008 BBC website on British headdress]</ref> | ||
Members of the Royal Tank Regiment, Army Air Corps, Parachute Regiment and SAS never wear any other form of uniform headgear except the beret (i.e. they do not wear [[Combination Cap|peaked caps]]). Troops from other services, regiments or corps on attachment to units with distinctive coloured berets often wear those berets (with their own cap badge). Colonels, | Members of the Royal Tank Regiment, Army Air Corps, Parachute Regiment and SAS never wear any other form of uniform headgear except the beret (i.e. they do not wear [[Combination Cap|peaked caps]]). Troops from other services, regiments or corps on attachment to units with distinctive coloured berets often wear those berets (with their own cap badge). Colonels, brigadiers and generals usually continue to wear the beret of the regiment or corps to which they used to belong with the cap badge distinctive to their rank. The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, the only remaining independent fusilier regiment, wears a feather [[hackle]] on the beret. Other ranks of the [[Royal Welsh]] also wear hackles. | ||
Former regiments and corps, now amalgamated, that did not wear navy blue berets included: | Former regiments and corps, now amalgamated, that did not wear navy blue berets included: | ||
*Khaki — [[Green Howards]], [[King's Own Royal Border Regiment]], [[Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire]], | *Khaki — [[Green Howards]], [[King's Own Royal Border Regiment]], [[Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire]], Duke of Wellington's Regiment, [[Reconnaissance Corps]], infantry motor battalions in World War II | ||
*Dark (Rifle) green — Light Infantry, [[Royal Green Jackets]], [[Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry]], [[Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry]], [[Rifle Brigade]], [[King's Royal Rifle Corps]], [[2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)]], [[6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles]], [[7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles]], [[10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles]] | *Dark (Rifle) green — Light Infantry, [[Royal Green Jackets]], [[Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry]], [[Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry]], [[Rifle Brigade]], [[King's Royal Rifle Corps]], [[2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)]], [[6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles]], [[7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles]], [[10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles]] | ||
*Black — all [[Royal Armoured Corps]] regiments in World War II, Westminster Dragoons, [[Berkshire and Westminster Dragoons]] | *Black — all [[Royal Armoured Corps]] regiments in World War II, Westminster Dragoons, [[Berkshire and Westminster Dragoons]] | ||
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*Berets are worn by some [[Scouting|scout]] groups, notably in Hong Kong and Britain, where green berets are worn. The Hong Kong Air Scouts wear blue berets.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} Canadian Scouts eliminated their navy blue beret in the late 1990s, but it is slowly making a comeback among the older members in various forms, such as red for [[Rover Scouts]] in British Columbia. | *Berets are worn by some [[Scouting|scout]] groups, notably in Hong Kong and Britain, where green berets are worn. The Hong Kong Air Scouts wear blue berets.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} Canadian Scouts eliminated their navy blue beret in the late 1990s, but it is slowly making a comeback among the older members in various forms, such as red for [[Rover Scouts]] in British Columbia. | ||
*In Britain, berets are worn by the | *In Britain, berets are worn by the Sea Cadet Corps (SCC), [[Army Cadet Force]] (ACF), [[Air Training Corps]] (ATC) and [[Combined Cadet Force]] (CCF). These are in the appropriate service colour, with ACF and CCF Army Section units wearing the beret of the regiment or corps to which they are affiliated. | ||
*Berets are worn by the [[Royal Canadian Army Cadets]]. They wear the same colour as their affiliated regular force unit, unless there is no affiliated unit, in which case a black beret is worn.<ref>[http://cadets.ca/support/cato-oaic/intro_e.asp?cato=46-01 Army Cadet Dress Regualtions CATO 46-01]</ref> | *Berets are worn by the [[Royal Canadian Army Cadets]]. They wear the same colour as their affiliated regular force unit, unless there is no affiliated unit, in which case a black beret is worn.<ref>[http://cadets.ca/support/cato-oaic/intro_e.asp?cato=46-01 Army Cadet Dress Regualtions CATO 46-01]</ref> | ||
*Navy blue berets have been the standard headdress of the [[Royal Canadian Legion]] as well as other veterans' groups in Canada. <ref>[http://www.legionmagazine.com/frontline/news/06-01.asp Article in ''Legion Magazine'', Jan-Feb 2006]</ref> | *Navy blue berets have been the standard headdress of the [[Royal Canadian Legion]] as well as other veterans' groups in Canada. <ref>[http://www.legionmagazine.com/frontline/news/06-01.asp Article in ''Legion Magazine'', Jan-Feb 2006]</ref> | ||
*The | *The Guardian Angels have adopted a red beret as a recognizable item of clothing <ref>[http://www.guardianangels.org/ Guardian Angels website]</ref> | ||
*Some security companies in Hong Kong such as [[Securicor]] wear berets. | *Some security companies in Hong Kong such as [[Securicor]] wear berets. | ||
*Members of the youth committee of the Mexican Red Cross used to wear a red beret, and black berets were worn by parachutists of the same institution. These were phased out in 2006, when a new uniform was issued. | *Members of the youth committee of the Mexican Red Cross used to wear a red beret, and black berets were worn by parachutists of the same institution. These were phased out in 2006, when a new uniform was issued. | ||
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== External link == | == External link == | ||
* [http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/mediawiki-1.5.5/index.php?title=Beret Page at canadiansoldiers.com on berets in the Canadian military] | * [http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/mediawiki-1.5.5/index.php?title=Beret Page at canadiansoldiers.com on berets in the Canadian military] | ||
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