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It is still worn by members of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines</a> after passing the Commando Course, and personnel from other units of the Royal Navy, Army and RAF who serve within <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Commando_Force" title="United Kingdom Commando Force">UK Commando Force</a> and who have passed the <a href="/wiki/All_Arms_Commando_Course" title="All Arms Commando Course">All Arms Commando Course</a>. </p><p>There are certain other military organizations that also wear the green beret because they have regimental or unit histories that have a connection with the British Commandos. These include the <a href="/wiki/Australian_commandos" title="Australian commandos">Australian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Commandos_Marine" title="Commandos Marine">French</a> and <a href="/wiki/Korps_Commandotroepen" title="Korps Commandotroepen">Dutch</a> commandos. It is the norm in the armed forces of the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth Nations</a>, where most <a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">regiments</a> wear <a href="/wiki/Headgear" title="Headgear">headdresses</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cap_badge" title="Cap badge">cap badges</a> which reflect regimental history and traditions. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins">Origins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Green_beret&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Operation_Overlord_(the_Normandy_Landings)-_D-day_6_June_1944_B5098.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Operation_Overlord_%28the_Normandy_Landings%29-_D-day_6_June_1944_B5098.jpg/220px-Operation_Overlord_%28the_Normandy_Landings%29-_D-day_6_June_1944_B5098.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Operation_Overlord_%28the_Normandy_Landings%29-_D-day_6_June_1944_B5098.jpg/330px-Operation_Overlord_%28the_Normandy_Landings%29-_D-day_6_June_1944_B5098.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Operation_Overlord_%28the_Normandy_Landings%29-_D-day_6_June_1944_B5098.jpg/440px-Operation_Overlord_%28the_Normandy_Landings%29-_D-day_6_June_1944_B5098.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3508" data-file-height="2242" /></a><figcaption>Men of <a href="/wiki/No._4_Commando" title="No. 4 Commando">No. 4 Commando</a> in berets, being briefed before the <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">Normandy landings</a> in 1944</figcaption></figure> <p>Initially, those who joined the <a href="/wiki/British_Commandos" class="mw-redirect" title="British Commandos">British Commandos</a> kept their parent regimental headdress and cap badges. In 1941, No. 1 Commando had no fewer than 79 different cap badges and many different forms of headdress.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERM_staff_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERM_staff-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Thus a motley collection of caps, <a href="/wiki/Tam_o%27_Shanter_(cap)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tam o' Shanter (cap)">Tam o' Shanters</a>, bonnets, <a href="/wiki/Forage_cap" title="Forage cap">forage caps</a>, caps 'fore and aft', berets, peaked <a href="/wiki/Khaki_drill" title="Khaki drill">KD</a> caps, etc., appeared on the Commando parades," says Captain Oakley, "the forest being a veritable <a href="/wiki/Regimental_sergeant_major" title="Regimental sergeant major">RSM's</a> nightmare!"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOakley_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOakley-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>No. 2 Commando and No. 9 Commando faced with the same problem had adopted the <a href="/wiki/Tam_o%27_Shanter_(cap)#Military_use" class="mw-redirect" title="Tam o' Shanter (cap)">Tam o' Shanter</a>, but, as a traditional Scottish headdress, this was not considered suitable for what was a British unit. After some discussion it was agreed that if No. 1 Commando was to adopt a uniformed headdress then the beret, which had been worn by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="Royal Tank Regiment">Tank Regiment</a> since the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> (and had recently been adopted by the <a href="/wiki/Parachute_Regiment_(United_Kingdom)" title="Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)">Parachute Regiment</a>), would meet the requirements: it had no British regional affinity, it was difficult to wear improperly, and it could be easily stowed away without damage (when for example <a href="/wiki/Brodie_helmet" title="Brodie helmet">tin hats</a> were in use).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOakley_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOakley-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Having decided on the headdress, the next question to be resolved was the colour. The shoulder insignia of No. 1 Commando had been designed by the <a href="/wiki/Richmond_Herald" title="Richmond Herald">Richmond Herald</a> at the <a href="/wiki/College_of_Arms" title="College of Arms">College of Arms</a>. It incorporated three colours in its design of a green salamander going through fire: red, yellow and green. Green was chosen as the most suitable.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOakley_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOakley-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Scottish firm of tam-o-shanter makers in Irvine (Ayrshire) was chosen to design and manufacture the beret.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Once the design was agreed, Brigadier <a href="/wiki/Robert_Laycock" title="Robert Laycock">Robert Laycock</a> was approached by No. 1 Commando to seek his permission to wear it. He had been pondering on what the commandos should use for their headdress, and welcomed the green beret as a chance to introduce it as standard for all commandos formations, with No. 1 Commando being the first to don them.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOakley_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOakley-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The proposal that the commandos should start wearing green beret as their official headdress was submitted to the <a href="/wiki/Combined_Operations_Headquarters" title="Combined Operations Headquarters">Chief of Combined Operations</a> and forwarded by <a href="/wiki/Lord_Mountbatten" title="Lord Mountbatten">Lord Mountbatten</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary_of_State_for_War" title="Under-Secretary of State for War">Under-Secretary of State for War</a>. Approval was granted and in October 1942 the first green berets were issued to the Royal Marines.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERM_staff_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERM_staff-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Australian_Army">Australian Army</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Green_beret&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Australian Army"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Australian Commando berets are known as being "Sherwood Green" in colour. The corps badge on the beret is a black background and a gold combat dagger with the motto "<i>Foras Admonitio</i>" meaning "Without Warning" across the dagger.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The green beret is only awarded to a soldier upon becoming qualified as a Commando in either of the below regiments. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Commando_Regiment_(Australia)" title="1st Commando Regiment (Australia)">1st Commando Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Commando_Regiment_(Australia)" title="2nd Commando Regiment (Australia)">2nd Commando Regiment</a>. Formerly <a href="/wiki/4th_Battalion,_Royal_Australian_Regiment" title="4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment">4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Special_forces" title="Special forces">special forces</a> unit of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Army" title="Australian Army">Australian Army</a></li></ul> <p><br /> The Royal Australian Regiment also wears a "Rifle Green" Beret. The corps badge or "Skippy Badge" is a gold kangaroo and a wattle wreath with the motto "Duty First". </p> <ul><li>2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment</li> <li>3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment</li> <li>5/7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment</li> <li>6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment</li> <li>8/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment</li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Belgian_paracommandos">Belgian paracommandos</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Green_beret&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Belgian paracommandos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Consisting of two battalions within the <a href="/wiki/Light_Brigade_(Belgium)" class="mw-redirect" title="Light Brigade (Belgium)">light brigade</a>, only the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Commando_Battalion_(Belgium)" title="2nd Commando Battalion (Belgium)">2nd Commando Battalion</a> inherited the green beret along with other traditions from the <a href="/wiki/No._10_(Inter-Allied)_Commando#No._4_Belgian_Troop" title="No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando">4th Troop of No.10 Commando</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These paracommandos are the only "green berets" that are no longer a special operations force, but are considered to be elite. However, the <a href="/wiki/Special_Forces_Group_(Belgium)" title="Special Forces Group (Belgium)">Belgian special forces</a> usually only recruits from paracommandos. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dutch_commandos">Dutch commandos</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Green_beret&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Dutch commandos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Special Forces of the Netherlands consist mainly of the KCT (<a href="/wiki/Korps_Commando_Troepen" class="mw-redirect" title="Korps Commando Troepen">Korps Commando Troepen</a>). Their motto is "Nunc aut Nunquam" which is Latin for "Now or Never". The roots of the KCT go back to World War II. Under the name No. 2 (Dutch) Troop, the first Dutch commandos were trained in Achnacarry, Scotland, as part of <a href="/wiki/No._10_(Inter-Allied)_Commando" title="No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando">No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando</a>. The unit was formed on March 22, 1942, the birthday of the present KCT. </p><p>Members of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Marine_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Netherlands Marine Corps">Royal Netherlands Marine Corps</a> also receive upon completion of the Commando Course a green beret, but with the gold anchor on a red background. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Finnish_Coastal_Jaegers">Finnish Coastal Jaegers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Green_beret&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Finnish Coastal Jaegers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fingreenberet.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Fingreenberet.jpg/220px-Fingreenberet.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Fingreenberet.jpg/330px-Fingreenberet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Fingreenberet.jpg 2x" data-file-width="428" data-file-height="264" /></a><figcaption>Finnish Coastal Jaegers' green beret</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Finnish_Coastal_Jaegers" title="Finnish Coastal Jaegers">Finnish Coastal Jaegers</a></div> <p>The Finnish Coastal Jaegers primary role is to conduct counterattacks against enemy landings in the Finnish archipelago, an environment known for small islands and skerries. Jaegers can function independently or with the support of artillery units, including light or heavy mortars. A number of Coastal Jaeger troops receive training for unconventional warfare and reconnaissance behind enemy lines. </p><p>The right to wear the green beret must be earned & can be lost as a punishment. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="French_Navy_Commandos">French Navy Commandos</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Green_beret&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: French Navy Commandos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beret_commando_marine_fran%C3%A7ais.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Beret_commando_marine_fran%C3%A7ais.jpg/220px-Beret_commando_marine_fran%C3%A7ais.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Beret_commando_marine_fran%C3%A7ais.jpg/330px-Beret_commando_marine_fran%C3%A7ais.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Beret_commando_marine_fran%C3%A7ais.jpg/440px-Beret_commando_marine_fran%C3%A7ais.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="357" /></a><figcaption>Commandos Marine beret</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Commandos_Marine" title="Commandos Marine">Commandos Marine</a>, nicknamed <i>bérets verts</i> ("green berets"), are the <a href="/wiki/Special_operations_forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Special operations forces">special operations forces</a> unit of the <a href="/wiki/French_Navy" title="French Navy">French Navy</a>. As the unit traces its origins back to the United Kingdom, with the first generation being made up of <a href="/wiki/Free_France" title="Free France">Free French</a> volunteers trained alongside their British peers during the Second World War, the Commandos Marine wear the same green berets as the <a href="/wiki/British_Commandos" class="mw-redirect" title="British Commandos">British Commandos</a>, pulled to the right (a unique case in the <a href="/wiki/French_Armed_Forces" title="French Armed Forces">French Armed Forces</a> where berets are pulled to the left). </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="French_Foreign_Legion">French Foreign Legion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Green_beret&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: French Foreign Legion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/French_Foreign_Legion" title="French Foreign Legion">French Foreign Legion</a> regiments also notably wear a green beret. Although this tradition, unlike the former, is not linked to the UK. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Italian_Navy's_Special_Forces"><span id="Italian_Navy.27s_Special_Forces"></span>Italian Navy's Special Forces</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Green_beret&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Italian Navy's Special Forces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Comando_Subacquei_ed_Incursori_marching.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Comando_Subacquei_ed_Incursori_marching.jpg/220px-Comando_Subacquei_ed_Incursori_marching.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Comando_Subacquei_ed_Incursori_marching.jpg/330px-Comando_Subacquei_ed_Incursori_marching.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Comando_Subacquei_ed_Incursori_marching.jpg/440px-Comando_Subacquei_ed_Incursori_marching.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>COMSUBIN berets on march</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/COMSUBIN" class="mw-redirect" title="COMSUBIN">COMSUBIN</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/COMSUBIN" class="mw-redirect" title="COMSUBIN">COMSUBIN</a> are the elite <a href="/wiki/Special_operations" title="Special operations">special operations</a> unit of the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Navy" title="Italian Navy">Italian Navy</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Italian_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Italian Navy">Royal Italian Navy</a>'s Naval Assault Divisions is considered to be the precursor of modern Naval Special Forces. They are called <i>baschi verdi</i> (green berets). </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lithuanian_military">Lithuanian military</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Green_beret&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Lithuanian military"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Green berets are worn by soldiers of most of the <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Armed_Forces" title="Lithuanian Armed Forces">Lithuanian Armed Forces</a> with exception of the Military Police, Navy, Air Force, the Volunteer Forces, SOF and the Engineer Battalion. In 1991 the need arose to distinguish between Iron Wolf brigade and other forces wearing black berets so their commander has chosen the green beret as a mark of special forces although later it became regular mechanized infantry. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mexican_Army_Special_Forces_Corps">Mexican Army Special Forces Corps</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Green_beret&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Mexican Army Special Forces Corps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Exposici%C3%B3n_Centenario_del_Ej%C3%A9rcito_Mexicano_12.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Exposici%C3%B3n_Centenario_del_Ej%C3%A9rcito_Mexicano_12.jpg/200px-Exposici%C3%B3n_Centenario_del_Ej%C3%A9rcito_Mexicano_12.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Exposici%C3%B3n_Centenario_del_Ej%C3%A9rcito_Mexicano_12.jpg/300px-Exposici%C3%B3n_Centenario_del_Ej%C3%A9rcito_Mexicano_12.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Exposici%C3%B3n_Centenario_del_Ej%C3%A9rcito_Mexicano_12.jpg/400px-Exposici%C3%B3n_Centenario_del_Ej%C3%A9rcito_Mexicano_12.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Official Cuerpo de Fuerzas Especiales green beret</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Cuerpo_de_Fuerzas_Especiales" title="Cuerpo de Fuerzas Especiales">Cuerpo de Fuerzas Especiales</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Cuerpo_de_Fuerzas_Especiales" title="Cuerpo de Fuerzas Especiales">Mexican Army Special Forces</a> nicknamed the <b>COIFE</b>, formerly the GAFE (<i>Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales</i>), are a <a href="/wiki/Special_forces" title="Special forces">special operations</a> unit of the <a href="/wiki/Mexican_Army" title="Mexican Army">Mexican Army</a>. The COIFE adapted the green beret as their signature headgear, known as the <i>boina verde</i> (Spanish for green beret). The COIFE have received training from <a href="/wiki/Special_forces_of_Israel" title="Special forces of Israel">Israeli</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Forces" title="United States Army Special Forces">American</a> special forces. The COIFE have also played a key role against <a href="/wiki/Drug_cartel#Mexico" title="Drug cartel">Mexican drug cartels</a> during the on-going <a href="/wiki/Mexican_drug_war" title="Mexican drug war">Mexican drug war</a>. They are the Mexican Army's equivalent to the U.S. Army Special Forces. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Portuguese_Paratroopers">Portuguese Paratroopers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Green_beret&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Portuguese Paratroopers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Paratroopers" title="Portuguese Paratroopers">Portuguese Paratroopers</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paraquedistas_no_RPara.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Paraquedistas_no_RPara.jpg/220px-Paraquedistas_no_RPara.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Paraquedistas_no_RPara.jpg/330px-Paraquedistas_no_RPara.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Paraquedistas_no_RPara.jpg/440px-Paraquedistas_no_RPara.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="478" /></a><figcaption>Portuguese Army Paratroopers</figcaption></figure> <p>The Portuguese Paratroopers (<a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a>: <i>Tropas Paraquedistas</i>) are an elite infantry assault force, representing the bulk of the <a href="/wiki/Airborne_forces" title="Airborne forces">airborne forces</a> of <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a>. They were created in 1955 as part of the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Air_Force" title="Portuguese Air Force">Portuguese Air Force</a>, being transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Army" title="Portuguese Army">Portuguese Army</a> in 1993. Presently, most of the Paratroopers are part of the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Rapid_Reaction_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese Rapid Reaction Brigade">Portuguese Rapid Reaction Brigade</a> which also includes the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Army_Commandos" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese Army Commandos">Commandos</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Troops_Centre" title="Special Operations Troops Centre">Special Operations forces</a>. </p><p>In 1955, the Paratroopers were the first unit of the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Armed_Forces" title="Portuguese Armed Forces">Portuguese Armed Forces</a> to adopt a beret. Instead of the red beret, traditionally worn by most of the parachute units of the other Western countries, the then Portuguese minister of Defense <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Santos_Costa" title="Fernando Santos Costa">Santos Costa</a> opted for a green beret, allegedly because green was the color of the ink of the pen he used to sign his decrees. Because of that, the Portuguese Paratroopers are nicknamed <i>Boinas Verdes</i> ("Green Berets"). </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Portuguese_Special_Operations_(Army_Rangers)"><span id="Portuguese_Special_Operations_.28Army_Rangers.29"></span>Portuguese Special Operations (Army Rangers)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Green_beret&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Portuguese Special Operations (Army Rangers)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Troops_Centre" title="Special Operations Troops Centre">Special Operations Troops Centre</a></div> <p>The unit members wear a moss/dry green beret and are the heir of the Special Hunters: the beret badge includes a hunting horn—a symbol of the Special Hunters; and the unit is known as Rangers because the first instructors of the Special Hunters completed the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Rangers" title="United States Army Rangers">Ranger</a> Course and adapted the characteristics of that training to the Special Operations Course. This special forces unit has operated in <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a>, <a href="/wiki/East-Timor" class="mw-redirect" title="East-Timor">East-Timor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Royal_Marine_Commandos">Royal Marine Commandos</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Green_beret&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Royal Marine Commandos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marine" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Marine">Royal Marine</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Generals_1939-1945_H39029.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/British_Generals_1939-1945_H39029.jpg/220px-British_Generals_1939-1945_H39029.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/British_Generals_1939-1945_H39029.jpg/330px-British_Generals_1939-1945_H39029.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/British_Generals_1939-1945_H39029.jpg/440px-British_Generals_1939-1945_H39029.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1772" data-file-height="1783" /></a><figcaption>Major General Sir <a href="/wiki/Robert_Laycock" title="Robert Laycock">Robert Laycock</a>, Chief of Combined Operations, talking to Marine Commandos during an inspection shortly before <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">D Day</a>, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1944</figcaption></figure> <p>In the United Kingdom all Royal Marines who have passed the Commando Course wear the green beret. Personnel from the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> volunteering for service with <a href="/wiki/3_Commando_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="3 Commando Brigade">3 Commando Brigade</a> undertake the <a href="/wiki/All_Arms_Commando_Course" title="All Arms Commando Course">All Arms Commando Course</a>, completion of which allows individuals to wear the headdress. Commando-qualified Royal Marines always wear the green beret, with the Globe and Laurel cap badge and commando-qualified personnel from other armed services wear the beret, with their own <a href="/wiki/Cap_badge" title="Cap badge">cap badge</a>, when serving with commando units unless otherwise authorised.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Special Boat Service (SBS) also wear the green Commando beret but with their own cap badge consisting of a sword with two blue waved lines with the words "by strength and guile" </p><p>The Commando Badge of a <a href="/wiki/Fairbairn%E2%80%93Sykes_fighting_knife" title="Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife">Fairbairn-Sykes</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> fighting knife on a triangular patch/badge is worn on the sleeve in perpetuity by all those who have passed the course.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Russia">Russia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Green_beret&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Russia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are several organizations in Russia using Green berets. </p> <ul><li>Light green - used first by <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Border_Troops" title="Soviet Border Troops">Soviet Border Troops</a> of the KGB, and then by <a href="/wiki/Border_Service_of_the_Federal_Security_Service_of_the_Russian_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Border Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation">Russian Border Troops</a> of the FSB. Is worn with a green <a href="/wiki/Telnyashka" title="Telnyashka">Telnyashka</a>. Beret has a distinct emerald colour.</li> <li>Green - used by <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bailiffs_Service_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Bailiffs Service (Russia)">Federal Bailiffs Service</a> since 2011. The colour is bright green.</li> <li>Dark green - used in different <a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance" title="Reconnaissance">reconnaissance</a> troops of different branches of military and security. In particular used by reconnaissance troops of <a href="/wiki/National_Guard_of_Russia" title="National Guard of Russia">Rosgvadiya</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Spanish_Special_Operations">Spanish Special Operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Green_beret&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Spanish Special Operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Spanish_special_operations" title="Spanish special operations">Spanish special operations</a></div> <p>Army (<a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Command_(Spain)" title="Special Operations Command (Spain)">Special Operations Command</a>), Navy (Fuerza de Guerra Naval Especial, FGNS) and Air Force ( Escuadrón de Zapadores Paracaidistas, EZAPAC ) of Spain have their own special operations units, all wearing green berets with the unit badges. </p><p>Personnel attached to the <a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mando_Conjunto_de_Operaciones_Especiales_(Espa%C3%B1a)" class="extiw" title="es:Mando Conjunto de Operaciones Especiales (España)">MCOE (Mando Conjunto de Operaciones Especiales) (Joint Special Operations Command)</a> wear a green beret with the badge of the joint three military branches. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Thailand">Thailand</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Green_beret&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Thailand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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green beret</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:144px;max-width:144px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:212px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SWAT_member_Krabi_Province_Police.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/SWAT_member_Krabi_Province_Police.jpg/142px-SWAT_member_Krabi_Province_Police.jpg" decoding="async" width="142" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/SWAT_member_Krabi_Province_Police.jpg/213px-SWAT_member_Krabi_Province_Police.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/SWAT_member_Krabi_Province_Police.jpg/284px-SWAT_member_Krabi_Province_Police.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1333" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Special Operation Unit of <a href="/wiki/Krabi_province" title="Krabi province">Krabi</a> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Thai_Police" title="Royal Thai Police">Province Police</a></div></div></div></div></div> <p>In Thailand, there are two units of green beret users: </p> <ul><li>Khaki green – <a href="/wiki/Territorial_Defense_Student" title="Territorial Defense Student">Territorial Defense Student</a> of <a href="/wiki/Royal_Thai_Army" title="Royal Thai Army">Royal Thai Army</a></li> <li>Green – Provincial Special Operation Sub-Division of <a href="/wiki/Royal_Thai_Police" title="Royal Thai Police">Royal Thai Police</a>. It is a <a href="/wiki/SWAT" title="SWAT">SWAT</a>-level special operations unit, armed with full weapons and more intensive tactical training than local police. It is the first unit to deal with threats in the area at the provincial police and provincial police region.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If it exceeds its capabilities, it will request enforcement forces from a higher-level special operations unit, <a href="/wiki/Naresuan_261" title="Naresuan 261">Naresuan 261</a> from Sub-Division 3, Border Patrol Police Aerial Reinforcement Unit.</li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_States_Army_Special_Forces">United States Army Special Forces</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Green_beret&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: United States Army Special Forces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Forces" title="United States Army Special Forces">United States Army Special Forces</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Seven_Green_berets.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Seven_Green_berets.jpg/300px-Seven_Green_berets.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Seven_Green_berets.jpg/450px-Seven_Green_berets.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Seven_Green_berets.jpg/600px-Seven_Green_berets.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3758" data-file-height="2549" /></a><figcaption>Special Forces soldiers wearing their green berets</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Army_Special_Forces_UDT_training-1956.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/US_Army_Special_Forces_UDT_training-1956.png/270px-US_Army_Special_Forces_UDT_training-1956.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/US_Army_Special_Forces_UDT_training-1956.png/405px-US_Army_Special_Forces_UDT_training-1956.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/US_Army_Special_Forces_UDT_training-1956.png/540px-US_Army_Special_Forces_UDT_training-1956.png 2x" data-file-width="1051" data-file-height="661" /></a><figcaption>Special Forces soldiers prepare for a combat diving training operation on a US Naval ship near <a href="/wiki/Okinawa,_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Okinawa, Japan">Okinawa, Japan</a> in 1956, wearing green berets prior to their approved wear in 1961.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Military_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Military of the United States">U.S. armed forces</a>, the green beret may be worn only by soldiers awarded the <a href="/wiki/Special_Forces_Tab" title="Special Forces Tab">Special Forces Tab</a>, signifying they have been qualified as Special Forces (SF) soldiers. The Special Forces beret is officially designated "beret, man's, wool, rifle green, army shade 297". </p><p><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Forces" title="United States Army Special Forces">U.S. Special Forces</a> wear the green beret as a distinction of excellence and uniqueness within the Army. </p><p>The 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) had many <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Strategic_Services" title="Office of Strategic Services">OSS</a> World War II veterans in their ranks when it was formed in 1952. They began to unofficially wear a berets of varying colour while training. The color green became favored because it was reminiscent of the World War II British Commando-type beret.<sup id="cite_ref-www.army.mil_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www.army.mil-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) deployed to Bad Tölz, Germany in September 1953. The remaining cadre at Fort Bragg formed the 77th Special Forces Group. Members of the 77th SFG began searching through their collections of berets and settled on the Rifle Green colour of the British Rifle Regiments (as opposed to the Lovat Green of the Commandos) from Captain <a href="/wiki/Miguel_de_la_Pe%C3%B1a" title="Miguel de la Peña">Mike de la Pena's</a> collection. Captain Frank Dallas had the new beret designed and produced in small numbers for the members of the Special Forces.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Their new headdress was first worn at a retirement parade at Fort Bragg on 12 June 1955 for Major General <a href="/wiki/Joseph_P._Cleland" title="Joseph P. Cleland">Joseph P. Cleland</a>, the now-former commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps. Onlookers thought that the commandos were a foreign delegation from NATO.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1956 General <a href="/wiki/Paul_D._Adams" title="Paul D. Adams">Paul D. Adams</a>, the post commander at Fort Bragg, banned its wear, even though it was worn surreptitiously when deployed overseas. This was reversed on 25 September 1961 by <i>Department of the Army Message 578636,</i> which designated the green beret as the exclusive headdress of the Army Special Forces.<sup id="cite_ref-www.army.mil_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www.army.mil-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When visiting the Special Forces at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Bragg,_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Bragg, North Carolina">Fort Bragg</a> on 12 October 1961, President <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> asked Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/William_P._Yarborough" title="William P. Yarborough">William P. Yarborough</a> to make sure that the men under his command wore green berets for the visit. Later that day, Kennedy sent a memorandum which included the line: "I am sure that the green beret will be a mark of distinction in the trying times ahead".<sup id="cite_ref-LeFavor_2013,_p._90_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LeFavor_2013,_p._90-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By America's entry into the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, the green beret had become a symbol of excellence throughout the US Army. On April 11, 1962, in a <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> memorandum to the United States Army, President Kennedy reiterated his view: "The green beret is a symbol of excellence, a badge of courage, a mark of distinction in the fight for freedom".<sup id="cite_ref-LeFavor_2013,_p._90_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LeFavor_2013,_p._90-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To no avail, both Yarborough and <a href="/wiki/Edson_Raff" title="Edson Raff">Edson Raff</a> had previously petitioned the Pentagon to allow wearing of the green beret. The President, however, did not fail them.<sup id="cite_ref-LeFavor_2013,_p._90_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LeFavor_2013,_p._90-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to being the headdress of the United States Army Special Forces, "Green Berets" is also a well known nickname of the organization. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Army_soldier_with_1st_BN-60th_Inf_RGT-172nd_Inf_BDE_wearing_olive-drab_beret-circa_1970s.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/US_Army_soldier_with_1st_BN-60th_Inf_RGT-172nd_Inf_BDE_wearing_olive-drab_beret-circa_1970s.png/160px-US_Army_soldier_with_1st_BN-60th_Inf_RGT-172nd_Inf_BDE_wearing_olive-drab_beret-circa_1970s.png" decoding="async" width="160" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/US_Army_soldier_with_1st_BN-60th_Inf_RGT-172nd_Inf_BDE_wearing_olive-drab_beret-circa_1970s.png 1.5x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="274" /></a><figcaption>An Infantryman with 1st Bn, <a href="/wiki/60th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="60th Infantry Regiment (United States)">60th Infantry RGT</a>, 172nd Infantry BDE wearing olive-drab beret, c. 1970s</figcaption></figure> <p>Of historical note, an <a href="/wiki/Olive_drab" class="mw-redirect" title="Olive drab">olive drab</a> green beret was worn by <a href="/wiki/Northern_Warfare_Training_Center" title="Northern Warfare Training Center">arctic–qualified soldiers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/172nd_Infantry_Brigade_(United_States)" title="172nd Infantry Brigade (United States)">172nd Infantry Brigade</a> stationed in <a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a> from 1973 to 1979 when the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="United States Department of the Army">Department of the Army</a>'s morale-enhancing order was in force and various colored berets began to be worn by numerous units and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_branch_insignia" title="United States Army branch insignia">branches of the US Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-www.army.mil_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www.army.mil-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Beret_History_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beret_History-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Various_Army_Berets_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Various_Army_Berets-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Green_beret&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERM_staff-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERM_staff_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERM_staff_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRM_staff">RM staff</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEOakley-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOakley_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOakley_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOakley_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOakley_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFOakley">Oakley</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">There is a dependency in the sources. 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St Nazaire Society website. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stnazairesociety.org/Archives/greenberet.html">the original</a> on 11 October 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 October</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Origin+of+the+Green+Beret&rft.pub=St+Nazaire+Society+website&rft.aulast=Oakley&rft.aufirst=Captain+Derek&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stnazairesociety.org%2FArchives%2Fgreenberet.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGreen+beret" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFRM_staff" class="citation web cs1">RM staff. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120324144220/http://www.royalmarinesmuseum.co.uk/item/researching-family-and-royal-marine-history/the-crest-colours-beret-nicknames-and-prayers-of-the-royal-marines">"A Short History of the Royal Marines: The Crest, Colours, Beret, Nicknames and Prayers of the Royal Marines"</a>. Royal Marines Museum. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.royalmarinesmuseum.co.uk/item/researching-family-and-royal-marine-history/the-crest-colours-beret-nicknames-and-prayers-of-the-royal-marines">the original</a> on 24 March 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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cap">Boudoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boyar_hat" title="Boyar hat">Boyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bycocket" title="Bycocket">Bycocket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capotain" title="Capotain">Capotain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalier_hat" title="Cavalier hat">Cavalier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coal_scuttle_bonnet" title="Coal scuttle bonnet">Coal scuttle bonnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coif" title="Coif">Coif</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolly_Varden_(costume)" title="Dolly Varden (costume)">Dolly Varden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunce_cap" class="mw-redirect" title="Dunce cap">Dunce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fontange" title="Fontange">Fontange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_hood" title="French hood">French hood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phrygian_cap" title="Phrygian cap">Phrygian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hennin" title="Hennin">Hennin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kausia" title="Kausia">Kausia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kokoshnik" title="Kokoshnik">Kokoshnik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miner%27s_cap" title="Miner's cap">Miner's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobcap" title="Mobcap">Mob</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modius_(headdress)" title="Modius (headdress)">Modius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pamela_hat" title="Pamela hat">Pamela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petasos" title="Petasos">Petasos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pileus_(hat)" title="Pileus (hat)">Pileus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poke_bonnet" title="Poke bonnet">Poke bonnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baby_bumper_headguard_cap" title="Baby bumper headguard cap">Pudding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toque" title="Toque">Toque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Witch_hat" title="Witch hat">Witch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gediminas%27_Cap" title="Gediminas' Cap">Gediminas' Cap</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Folk_costume" title="Folk costume">Folk</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arakhchin" title="Arakhchin">Arakhchin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asian_conical_hat" title="Asian conical hat">Asian conical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aso_Oke_hat" class="mw-redirect" title="Aso Oke hat">Aso Oke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_military_fur_wedge_cap" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian military fur wedge cap">Astrakhan (hat)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayam_(cap)" title="Ayam (cap)">Ayam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balmoral_bonnet" title="Balmoral bonnet">Balmoral bonnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell-boy_hat" title="Bell-boy hat">Bell-boy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beonggeoji" title="Beonggeoji">Beonggeoji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhadgaunle_Topi" title="Bhadgaunle Topi">Bhadgaunle Topi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birke_topi" title="Birke topi">Birke topi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blangkon" title="Blangkon">Blangkon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_bonnet_(hat)" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue bonnet (hat)">Blue bonnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chapan" title="Chapan">Chapan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chullo" title="Chullo">Chullo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coloured_hat" title="Coloured hat">Coloured</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coonskin_cap" title="Coonskin cap">Coonskin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cork_hat" title="Cork hat">Cork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhaka_topi" title="Dhaka topi">Dhaka topi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doppa" title="Doppa">Doppa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_cap" title="Dutch cap">Dutch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_dome" title="Energy dome">Energy dome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fez_(hat)" title="Fez (hat)">Fez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Winds_hat" title="Four Winds hat">Four Winds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fujin_(headgear)" title="Fujin (headgear)">Fujin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulani_hat" title="Fulani hat">Fulani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Futou" title="Futou">Futou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gandhi_cap" title="Gandhi cap">Gandhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gat_(hat)" title="Gat (hat)">Gat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glengarry" title="Glengarry">Glengarry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandic_tail-cap" title="Icelandic tail-cap">Icelandic tail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaapi" title="Jaapi">Jaapi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeongjagwan" title="Jeongjagwan">Jeongjagwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jobawi" title="Jobawi">Jobawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalpak" title="Kalpak">Kalpak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karakul_(hat)" class="mw-redirect" title="Karakul (hat)">Karakul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasa_(hat)" title="Kasa (hat)">Kasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kashket" title="Kashket">Kashket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keffiyeh" title="Keffiyeh">Keffiyeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kofia_(hat)" title="Kofia (hat)">Kofia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kufi" title="Kufi">Kufi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuma_(cap)" title="Kuma (cap)">Kuma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labbadeh" title="Labbadeh">Labbadeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lika_cap" title="Lika cap">Lika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malahai" title="Malahai">Malahai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montenegrin_cap" title="Montenegrin cap">Montenegrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montera_picona" title="Montera picona">Montera picona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mooskappe" title="Mooskappe">Mooskappe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nambawi" title="Nambawi">Nambawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C3%B3n_quai_thao" class="mw-redirect" title="Nón quai thao">Nón quai thao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ochipok" title="Ochipok">Ochipok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paag" title="Paag">Paag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pahlavi_hat" title="Pahlavi hat">Pahlavi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakol" title="Pakol">Pakol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papakha" title="Papakha">Papakha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pashteen_hat" title="Pashteen hat">Pashteen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pungcha" title="Pungcha">Pungcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qeleshe" title="Qeleshe">Qeleshe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qing_official_headwear" title="Qing official headwear">Qing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rastacap" title="Rastacap">Rastacap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%A0ajka%C4%8Da" title="Šajkača">Šajkača</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salako" title="Salako">Salako</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salakot" title="Salakot">Salakot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senufo_bird" title="Senufo bird">Senufo bird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyade" title="Shyade">Shyade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%A0ibenik_cap" title="Šibenik cap">Šibenik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sindhi_cap" title="Sindhi cap">Sindhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sombrero" title="Sombrero">Sombrero</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sombrero_cala%C3%B1%C3%A9s" title="Sombrero calañés">sombrero calañés</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cordovan_hat" title="Cordovan hat">sombrero cordobés</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sombrero_de_catite" title="Sombrero de catite">sombrero de catite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sombrero_vueltiao" title="Sombrero vueltiao">sombrero vueltiao</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Song_official_headwear" class="mw-redirect" title="Song official headwear">Song</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Songkok" title="Songkok">Songkok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stormy_Kromer_cap" title="Stormy Kromer cap">Stormy Kromer cap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Straw_hat" title="Straw hat">Straw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%A0ubara" title="Šubara">Šubara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_hat" title="Sun hat">Sun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tam_o%27_shanter_(cap)" title="Tam o' shanter (cap)">Tam o' shanter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tang_official_headwear" title="Tang official headwear">Tang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanggeon" title="Tanggeon">Tanggeon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tantour" title="Tantour">Tantour</a></li> 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