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Thetan beret, also known as abeige beret, has been adopted as official headgear by severalspecial operations forces as a symbol of their unique capabilities.
Afghan National Army Special Forces members were awarded a tan beret after successfully completing ANA Special Forces Qualification and serving honorably for two deployment cycles. All ANA Special Forces candidates were selected from theAfghan National Army Commandos, where they earned a maroon beret for completing the ANA Commando Qualification Course at Camp Morehead,Kabul Province.[citation needed]
Troops assigned to one of the three Mountain Brigades of theArgentine Army wear a sand-coloured beret with an embroidered flash.[citation needed]
Sailors assigned to the "Agrupacion Guardacostas" -Riot Control Unit- of thePrefectura Naval Argentina wear a sand-coloured beret with a metal flash.[citation needed]
Qualified members of theAustralian Special Air Service Regiment wear a sand-coloured beret with a metal gold and silver downward pointing Excalibur sword, wreathed in flames (often incorrectly referred to as a winged dagger) with the motto Who Dares Wins on black cloth Crusader shield.[citation needed]
A sand-coloured beret is worn by Airmobile personnel, mostly concentrated in the 12th Light Infantry Brigade (Airmobile) in the State of São Paulo, regardless of Arm of Service. Berets are worn in the French manner, with Army Badge over the right eye and extra material pulled to the left.[citation needed]
The sand-coloured beret of theSpecial Air Service is officially designated thebeige beret.[1] The beige beret was worn from 1942 till 1944. In 1944, when the SAS returned to the UK they were forced to adopt the maroon beret of the airborne forces as they became part of that command (seeSpecial Air Service Troops). When the SAS was re-raised in 1947 as 21st SAS Artist Rifles they again wore the maroon beret. In 1956 however the SAS officially adopted the beige beret again, an attempt was made to match the original sand coloured cloth beret from those in the possession of veterans. This proved impossible to do from existing approved cloth colour stocks held by the British authorities, so, as a compromise and with no authorisation for expenditure on a new colour dye the nearest acceptable colour was selected and approved by an all ranks committee of the Regimental Association. In 1958 all SAS personnel switched from maroon tobeige. Personnel attached to the regiment also wear this beret but with their own badges in accordance with usual British practice.[citation needed]
Only members ofCanadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM) wear the tan beret, regardless of whether they wear Army, Navy or Air Force uniform. This includes members ofJoint Task Force 2 (JTF2), theCanadian Special Operations Regiment (CSOR), theCanadian Joint Incident Response Unit (CJIRU) and427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron.[2] The standard berets of Navy, Army and Air Force uniforms are black, green and blue, respectively. SeeMilitary beret § Canada for details.
Brown berets were worn by fortress troops assigned to theMaginot Line during the interwar period of the 1920s through the invasion of 1940. It was also later worn by tirailleur units of the Colonial Army in lieu of the Bonnet de Police.[citation needed]
The 2nd Special Operations Brigade has worn tan berets with special ops wings with dagger since 12 October 2018.[3]
Tan berets are worn by the17º Stormo Incursori, the raiders corp of Italian Air Force. Its primary missions are: raids on aeronautical compounds, Forward Air Control, Combat Controlling, and Combat Search and Rescue. Its origins are in theA.D.R.A Arditi Distruttori Regia Aeronautica (Air Force Commandos), a corp of WW2. They were used in little-known missions against bridges and allied airfields in north-Africa after the fall of Tunisia. The only well-known mission reported the destruction with explosive charges of 25 B-17s and the killing of 50 bomber crew members.[citation needed]
Sand-coloured berets are worn by theCombat Intelligence Collection Corps of theIsrael Defense Forces.[citation needed]
The sand-coloured beret, with a downward pointing Excalibur sword, wreathed in flames (often incorrectly referred to as a winged dagger) with the motto Who Dares Wins on black Crusader shield badge worn by members of theNew Zealand Special Air Service and are awarded to personnel who are accepted as members of the unit after passing the arduous selection course and 9 month basic cycle of training.
The2nd Battalion of the Norwegian Army Brigade Nord (North Brigade) uses a sand-coloured beret. However, they are not considered special forces, as their role is mechanised infantry.[citation needed]
69 Commando of theRoyal Malaysia Police adopted the tan beret as part of their uniform after the beret was conferred by the United Kingdom's22 SAS to the founding members of 69 Commando (also known as VAT 69 - Very Able Trooper 69) after completing SAS training in 1969. 69 Commando is the only unit in Malaysia that wears the tan beret.See:Pasukan Gerakan Khas.[citation needed]
Spanish Light Infantry Brigade "CANARIAS XVI" uses a sand-coloured beret since April 2011. The BRILCAN, directly subordinated to Canarias General Command, possesses preparation for the aeromobility, combat in population and for the operations in the desert within the framework of the Rapid Action Force that they justify the color of his beret.[4][additional citation(s) needed]
TheSwedish Home Guard (Hemvärnet) wears a tan beret.[citation needed]
All members of theSpecial Forces Command wear a tan beret with their uniform.[citation needed]
On June 14, 2001 theU.S. Army Rangers assigned to the75th Ranger Regiment were authorized to wear a distinctive tan beret to replace the black berets that had become the army-wide standard.[5][6][7] In the U.S. Army, the tan beret can be worn only by those soldiers assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment, theAirborne and Ranger Training Brigade, or have served with the regiment for at least one year and is still serving within a unit under theU.S. Army Special Operations Command.
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