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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Germany"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.17</span> <span>Germany</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Germany-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Greece" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Greece"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.18</span> <span>Greece</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Greece-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-India" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#India"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.19</span> <span>India</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-India-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Indonesia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Indonesia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.20</span> <span>Indonesia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Indonesia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Iraq" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Iraq"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.21</span> <span>Iraq</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Iraq-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ireland" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ireland"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.22</span> <span>Ireland</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ireland-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Israel" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Israel"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.23</span> <span>Israel</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Israel-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Italy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Italy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.24</span> <span>Italy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Italy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Luxembourg" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Luxembourg"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.25</span> <span>Luxembourg</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Luxembourg-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lithuania" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lithuania"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.26</span> <span>Lithuania</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lithuania-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Malaysia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Malaysia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.27</span> <span>Malaysia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Malaysia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Namibia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Namibia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.28</span> <span>Namibia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Namibia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Nigeria" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nigeria"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.29</span> <span>Nigeria</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nigeria-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Netherlands" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Netherlands"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.30</span> <span>Netherlands</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Netherlands-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-New_Zealand" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#New_Zealand"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.31</span> <span>New Zealand</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-New_Zealand-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Norway" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Norway"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.32</span> <span>Norway</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Norway-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Philippines" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Philippines"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.33</span> <span>Philippines</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Philippines-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pakistan" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pakistan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.34</span> <span>Pakistan</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pakistan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Poland" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Poland"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.35</span> <span>Poland</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Poland-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Portugal" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Portugal"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.36</span> <span>Portugal</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Portugal-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Russia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Russia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.37</span> <span>Russia</span> </div> </a> <ul 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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Somalia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.41</span> <span>Somalia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Somalia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-South_Africa" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#South_Africa"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.42</span> <span>South Africa</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-South_Africa-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-South_Korea" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#South_Korea"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.43</span> <span>South Korea</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-South_Korea-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sri_Lanka" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sri_Lanka"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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href="/wiki/File:General_Sir_Bernard_Montgomery_in_England,_1943_TR1037_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/General_Sir_Bernard_Montgomery_in_England%2C_1943_TR1037_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-General_Sir_Bernard_Montgomery_in_England%2C_1943_TR1037_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/General_Sir_Bernard_Montgomery_in_England%2C_1943_TR1037_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-General_Sir_Bernard_Montgomery_in_England%2C_1943_TR1037_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/General_Sir_Bernard_Montgomery_in_England%2C_1943_TR1037_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-General_Sir_Bernard_Montgomery_in_England%2C_1943_TR1037_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1340" data-file-height="1787" /></a><figcaption>Field Marshal <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Montgomery,_1st_Viscount_Montgomery_of_Alamein" class="mw-redirect" title="Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein">Montgomery</a> wearing his black beret</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>black beret</b> is a colour of <a href="/wiki/Beret" title="Beret">beret</a>, a type of headgear. It is commonly worn by paramilitaries and militaries around the world, particularly armored forces such as the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="Royal Tank Regiment">Royal Tank Regiment</a> (RTR), the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Armoured_Corps" title="Royal Canadian Armoured Corps">Royal Canadian Armoured Corps</a> (RCAC), and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Armoured_Corps" title="Royal Australian Armoured Corps">Royal Australian Armoured Corps</a> (RAAC) and the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Army_Armoured_Corps" title="Indian Army Armoured Corps">Indian Army Armoured Corps</a> and Indian <a href="/wiki/Border_Security_Force" title="Border Security Force">Border Security Force</a>. Notable non-armored military units to wear the black beret include the non-military police and non-special forces elements of the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Defence_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Defence Forces">Irish Defence Forces</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_Guard_Service" title="Ministry of Defence Guard Service">MOD Guard Service</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russian_Naval_Infantry" title="Russian Naval Infantry">Russian Naval Infantry</a> (and formerly <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russian</a> <a href="/wiki/OMON" title="OMON">OMON</a> units, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> (USAF) <a href="/wiki/Tactical_Air_Control_Party" title="Tactical Air Control Party">Tactical Air Control Party</a> (TACP), <a href="/wiki/Philippine_National_Police-Special_Action_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine National Police-Special Action Force">Philippine National Police-Special Action Force</a> (PNP-SAF) members, and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Navy" title="Royal Canadian Navy">Royal Canadian Navy</a> ("navy blue"). It was also worn by the United Kingdom's <a href="/wiki/Royal_Observer_Corps" title="Royal Observer Corps">Royal Observer Corps</a> (ROC) with their <a href="/wiki/Royal_air_force" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal air force">Royal Air Force</a> (RAF) uniform, <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Manila_Development_Authority" title="Metropolitan Manila Development Authority">Metropolitan Manila Development Authority</a> (MMDA). </p><p>Black berets are also worn by navies. In some navies, the naval color called black is officially "very dark blue". The <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Dutch Navy">Dutch Navy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_Marine_Corps" title="Netherlands Marine Corps">Marines</a> wear dark navy blue berets; a silver anchor for the Navy and a gold or dark brown (field duty) anchor on a red background for the Marines. The <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Marines" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese Marines">Portuguese Marines</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Marco_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="San Marco Regiment">San Marco Regiment</a>, the Marines of the Italian Navy also wear a dark blue beret. The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Air_Force" title="Royal Norwegian Air Force">Royal Norwegian Air Force</a> also use a dark blue beret. Finnish Marine Infantry wear a dark blue beret with the Navy insignia.(Finnish Coastal Jaegers - marine commandos - part of the same Nylands Brigade, wear the green beret). </p><p>Perhaps the most famous Commonwealth wearer of the black beret was <a href="/wiki/Field_Marshal_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Field Marshal (United Kingdom)">Field Marshal</a> <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Law_Montgomery,_1st_Viscount_Montgomery_of_Alamein" class="mw-redirect" title="Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein">Montgomery</a> who wore a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="Royal Tank Regiment">Royal Tank Regiment</a> (RTR) beret complete with <a href="/wiki/Cap_badge" title="Cap badge">cap badge</a>, presented to him by the regiment, to which he added his own <a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">general</a>'s (later <a href="/wiki/Field_marshal" title="Field marshal">field marshal</a>'s) <a href="/wiki/British_Army_officer_rank_insignia" title="British Army officer rank insignia">rank insignia</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The usage of black berets by militaries dates to <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. During the war, the <a href="/wiki/French_Army" title="French Army">French Army</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Chasseurs_Alpins" title="Chasseurs Alpins">Chasseurs Alpins</a></i> wore large black berets as a <a href="/wiki/Forage_cap" title="Forage cap">forage cap</a>. In 1918, near the end of the war, <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> officers <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Elles" title="Hugh Elles">Hugh Elles</a> and <a href="/wiki/J._F._C._Fuller" title="J. F. C. Fuller">J. F. C. Fuller</a> decided to outfit members of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="Royal Tank Regiment">Royal Tank Corps</a> with black berets as the colour was least likely to show oil stains. The decision was approved by King <a href="/wiki/George_V" title="George V">George V</a> on 5 March 1924, and black berets were used exclusively within the <a href="/wiki/British_Armed_Forces" title="British Armed Forces">British Armed Forces</a> as the headdress of the Royal Tank Corps during the <a href="/wiki/Interwar_period" title="Interwar period">interwar period</a> and <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. When uniforms were issued to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Observer_Corps" title="Royal Observer Corps">Royal Observer Corps</a> (ROC), there was a surplus of <a href="/wiki/Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="Royal Armoured Corps">Royal Armoured Corps</a> black berets which were given to the ROC.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Usage_by_country">Usage by country</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Usage by country"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-state_actors">Non-state actors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Non-state actors"><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:Che_Guevara_-_Guerrillero_Heroico_by_Alberto_Korda.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Che_Guevara_-_Guerrillero_Heroico_by_Alberto_Korda.jpg/180px-Che_Guevara_-_Guerrillero_Heroico_by_Alberto_Korda.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Che_Guevara_-_Guerrillero_Heroico_by_Alberto_Korda.jpg/270px-Che_Guevara_-_Guerrillero_Heroico_by_Alberto_Korda.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Che_Guevara_-_Guerrillero_Heroico_by_Alberto_Korda.jpg/360px-Che_Guevara_-_Guerrillero_Heroico_by_Alberto_Korda.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2827" data-file-height="3274" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Che_Guevara" title="Che Guevara">Che Guevara</a> wearing his iconic black beret</figcaption></figure> <p>One of the most famous photographs of <a href="/wiki/Che_Guevara" title="Che Guevara">Che Guevara</a> taken by <a href="/wiki/Alberto_Korda" title="Alberto Korda">Alberto Korda</a> was of him wearing a black beret with a gold star. <a href="/wiki/Fidel_Castro" title="Fidel Castro">Fidel Castro</a> also wore a black beret during the <a href="/wiki/Cuban_Revolution" title="Cuban Revolution">revolution</a> against the Batista government of Cuba.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1960s several activist groups adopted the beret. </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Black_Panther_Party" title="Black Panther Party">Black Panther Party</a>, of the United States formed in 1966, wore black berets.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A similar <a href="/wiki/Black_Power" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Power">Black Power</a> organisation in <a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a> was named the Black Beret Cadre.<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></li> <li>Chicano activists wore the black beret in the 1960s and 70s (in homage to Che Guevara) as a symbol of militancy and organized the <i>Black Berets por La Justicia</i> throughout California and the Southwestern United States.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_National_Liberation_Army" title="Irish National Liberation Army">Irish National Liberation Army</a> members wore a black beret.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patriotic_League_(Bosnia_and_Herzegovina)" title="Patriotic League (Bosnia and Herzegovina)">Patriotic League of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina</a> members typically wore black berets (among other colours) that were common among the older <a href="/wiki/Bosniak" class="mw-redirect" title="Bosniak">Bosniak</a> male population, usually with the <i>Ljiljani</i> coat of arms stitched on the front of the beret. It was also common among other Bosniak paramilitary forces during the <a href="/wiki/Bosnian_War" title="Bosnian War">Bosnian War</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army" title="Provisional Irish Republican Army">Provisional Irish Republican Army</a> members wore a black beret.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ETA_(separatist_group)" title="ETA (separatist group)">ETA</a> wore black berets over hoods in public appearances.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/THRUSH" class="mw-redirect" title="THRUSH">THRUSH</a> troops on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_from_UNCLE" class="mw-redirect" title="The Man from UNCLE">The Man from UNCLE</a></i> wore black berets.</li> <li>Since August 2017, the <a href="/wiki/Knights_of_Columbus" title="Knights of Columbus">Knights of Columbus</a> Fourth Degree members are now wearing black berets as part of their new uniform.<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></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Argentina">Argentina</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Argentina"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Argentine_Navy" title="Argentine Navy">Argentine Navy</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Batall%C3%B3n_de_Infanter%C3%ADa_de_Marina_5" class="mw-redirect" title="Batallón de Infantería de Marina 5">Batallón de Infantería de Marina 5</a> (5th Marine Battalion), of <a href="/wiki/Falklands_War" title="Falklands War">Falklands War</a> <a href="/wiki/Mount_Tumbledown" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Tumbledown">Mount Tumbledown</a> fame (1982), wears a black beret. This was introduced by (then) Commander Manuel Tomé around 1977, and the beret was awarded on completion of a Cold Weather and Mountain Warfare Course. Today, all units of the Southern Marine Force of the <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps#Argentina" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Corps">Argentine Marine Corps</a> wear black berets with unit badges. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Australia">Australia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the Australian Army, All RAAC Units (Royal Australian Armoured Corps), wear the black beret. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Austria">Austria</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Austria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the Austrian <a href="/wiki/Austrian_Armed_Forces" title="Austrian Armed Forces">Bundesheer</a> all armored units (Armored Battalions, Mechanized Infantry Battalions, Artillery Battalions and Mechanized Headquarter Battalions), wear the black beret. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Azerbaijan"><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:Ilham_Aliyev_attended_event_organized_on_the_occasion_of_Victory_Day_in_Shusha_22.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Ilham_Aliyev_attended_event_organized_on_the_occasion_of_Victory_Day_in_Shusha_22.jpg/220px-Ilham_Aliyev_attended_event_organized_on_the_occasion_of_Victory_Day_in_Shusha_22.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Ilham_Aliyev_attended_event_organized_on_the_occasion_of_Victory_Day_in_Shusha_22.jpg/330px-Ilham_Aliyev_attended_event_organized_on_the_occasion_of_Victory_Day_in_Shusha_22.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Ilham_Aliyev_attended_event_organized_on_the_occasion_of_Victory_Day_in_Shusha_22.jpg/440px-Ilham_Aliyev_attended_event_organized_on_the_occasion_of_Victory_Day_in_Shusha_22.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1960" data-file-height="1286" /></a><figcaption>Unit of underwater offence of Azerbaijani Navy with black beret</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijani</a> <a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="Armed Forces of Azerbaijan">Armed Forces</a> armored units of underwater offence of Azerbaijani Navy wear the black beret. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Bangladesh"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Army" title="Bangladesh Army">Bangladesh Army</a>, all units of the Armoured, Cavalry and Lancer Corps wear black berets.the Rapid Action Battalion of Bangladesh Police also uses black beret. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Belgium">Belgium</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Belgium"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian Army">Belgian Army</a>, the black beret is worn by cavalry and engineer units. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brazil">Brazil</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Brazil"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazilian</a> armour and mechanized troops also wear the black beret, as well as the special forces unit of the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro, <a href="/wiki/Batalh%C3%A3o_de_Opera%C3%A7%C3%B5es_Policiais_Especiais" title="Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais">Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais</a> (BOPE). </p><p>In the Brazilian auxiliary military forces of the Polícia Militar (Military Police), specially in <a href="/wiki/Minas_Gerais" title="Minas Gerais">Minas Gerais</a> state, officers sometimes wears black berets as official parts of patrol gear. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Canada">Canada</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Armed_Forces" title="Canadian Armed Forces">Canadian Armed Forces</a>, black berets are worn by <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Armoured_Corps" title="Royal Canadian Armoured Corps">Royal Canadian Armoured Corps</a> soldiers and by all sailors (except military police and <a href="/wiki/Special_operations" title="Special operations">special operations</a> sailors). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chile">Chile</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Chile"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Chilean_Army" title="Chilean Army">Chilean Army</a>, the black beret is worn by the paras and the special forces. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Croatia">Croatia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Croatia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Military_of_Croatia" class="mw-redirect" title="Military of Croatia">Croatian Army</a> black berets are worn by military police units, <a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1._mehanizirana_bojna_%22Tigrovi%22" class="extiw" title="hr:1. mehanizirana bojna "Tigrovi"">1st Mechanized Battalion</a> and the Cadet Battalion. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cuba">Cuba</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Cuba"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Special unit of the police.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cyprus">Cyprus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Cyprus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Cypriot_National_Guard" title="Cypriot National Guard">Cypriot National Guard</a>, the black beret is exclusively given to soldiers of the Armoured Forces and to Officers of the same branch after graduating from the Greek Armoured Forces officers' school. The school is considered the toughest academy of the Greek Army, bar special forces, and therefore the black beret is considered an honour for the bearer. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Czech_Republic">Czech Republic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Czech Republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Czech_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Czech Army">Czech Army</a>, military policemen wear black berets. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Denmark">Denmark</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Denmark"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Danish_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Danish Army">Danish Army</a>, the black beret was originally used by all combat regiments, but now it is worn by the <a href="/wiki/Jutland_Dragoon_Regiment" title="Jutland Dragoon Regiment">Jutland Dragoons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guard_Hussar_Regiment_(Denmark)" title="Guard Hussar Regiment (Denmark)">Guard Hussars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Life_Guards_(Denmark)" title="Royal Life Guards (Denmark)">Royal Life Guard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Army_Combat_and_Fire_Support_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Combat and Fire Support Center">Army Combat and Fire Support Center</a>, Garnisonskommandant Vordingborg and <a href="/wiki/1st_Danish_Artillery_Battalion" title="1st Danish Artillery Battalion">1st Danish Artillery Battalion</a>.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Finland">Finland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Finland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Only members of the <a href="/wiki/Armoured_Brigade_(Finnish_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="Armoured Brigade (Finnish Army)">Armored Brigade</a> wear black berets. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Germany">Germany</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Germany"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/German_Army_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="German Army (Wehrmacht)">German Army</a>, an oversized black beret was introduced during the <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">National Socialist era</a> for <a href="/wiki/Panzer" class="mw-redirect" title="Panzer">tank</a> crews, to be worn over the crash helmet; however this was dropped in favour of a black <a href="/wiki/Garrison_cap" class="mw-redirect" title="Garrison cap">garrison cap</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. Today the black beret (of conventional size) is worn by the Armoured Corps and the Armoured Reconnaissance Corps. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Greece">Greece</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Greece"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Greek_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Army">Greek Army</a>, black berets are worn by the Panzer (Armored Vehicles) branch, tracing back to the tradition of the original cavalry units. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="India">India</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Indian Army</a>, all Cavalry and Armoured Corps, <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Guards" class="mw-redirect" title="National Security Guards">National Security Guards</a> & Border Security Force wear black berets. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indonesia">Indonesia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Indonesia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Indonesian_Army" title="Indonesian Army">Indonesian Army</a>, black beret is worn by the members of <a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">Cavalry Corps</a> (except cavalry battalions under <a href="/wiki/Kostrad" title="Kostrad">Kostrad</a> strategic reserve command which wearing dark green beret universal to all of its soldiers). </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Indonesian_Navy" title="Indonesian Navy">Indonesian Navy</a>, members of the <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">Submarine Corps</a> wear black berets. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iraq">Iraq</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Iraq"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the pre-2003 <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraqi Army">Iraqi Army</a>, the black beret was the most commonly worn headgear and continues to be worn by both army and police personnel of the post-2003 Iraqi Army. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ireland">Ireland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Army" title="Irish Army">Irish Army</a> the majority of the members of the Permanent Defence Forces, specifically the infantry, wear black berets except for certain combat support units such as MPs, Cavalry etc. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Israel">Israel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Israel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" title="Israel Defense Forces">Israel Defense Forces</a>, soldiers serving in the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Armor_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli Armor Corps">Armor Corps</a> wear black berets. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Italy">Italy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Italy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Army" title="Italian Army">Italian Army</a> most units wear a black beret. Exceptions are: Paratroopers, <a href="/wiki/Alpini" title="Alpini">Alpini</a>, Army Aviation Corps (AVES), <a href="/wiki/Lagunari" class="mw-redirect" title="Lagunari">Lagunari</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bersaglieri" title="Bersaglieri">Bersaglieri</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Luxembourg"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The black beret is worn by all soldiers in the <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Luxembourg Army">Luxembourg Army</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lithuania">Lithuania</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Lithuania"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The black beret is worn by Juozas Vitkus Engineer battalion soldiers in the <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Armed_Forces" title="Lithuanian Armed Forces">Lithuanian Armed Forces</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Malaysia">Malaysia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Malaysia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Malaysian_Army" title="Malaysian Army">Malaysian Army</a>, the members of the Royal Armor Corps wear the black berets. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Namibia">Namibia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Namibia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Namibian_Army" title="Namibian Army">Namibian Army</a>, the black beret is worn by members from <a href="/wiki/4_Artillery_Brigade_(Namibia)" title="4 Artillery Brigade (Namibia)">Artillery Brigade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Engineer_Regiment_(Namibia)" title="Engineer Regiment (Namibia)">Engineer Regiment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Signal_Regiment_(Namibia)" title="Signal Regiment (Namibia)">Signal Regiment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Logistic_Support_Battalion_(Namibia)" title="Logistic Support Battalion (Namibia)">Logistic Support Battalion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Air_Defence_Brigade_(Namibia)" title="Air Defence Brigade (Namibia)">Air Defence Brigade</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Namibian_Air_Force" title="Namibian Air Force">Namibian Air Force</a> and <a href="/wiki/Namibian_Navy" title="Namibian Navy">Namibian Navy</a> also wear the black beret </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nigeria">Nigeria</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Nigeria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Air_Force" title="Nigerian Air Force">Nigerian Air Force </a>, the black beret is worn by Nigerian airforce regiment and Navy personnel </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Netherlands">Netherlands</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Netherlands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Dutch Army">Dutch Army</a>, the black beret is worn by cavalry battalions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Zealand">New Zealand</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: New Zealand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Police" title="New Zealand Police">New Zealand Police</a>, members of the <a href="/wiki/Armed_Offenders_Squad" title="Armed Offenders Squad">Armed Offenders Squad</a> wore the black beret. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Norway">Norway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Norway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Army" title="Norwegian Army">Norwegian Army</a> <a href="/wiki/Panserbataljonen" class="mw-redirect" title="Panserbataljonen">Panserbataljonen</a> (armoured) and other cavalry units wear black berets. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Philippines">Philippines</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Philippines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Army" title="Philippine Army">Philippine Army</a>, the members of the <a href="/wiki/1st_Scout_Ranger_Regiment" title="1st Scout Ranger Regiment">1st Scout Ranger Regiment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Security_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidential Security Group">Presidential Security Group</a> and Tank Officers from the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Philippine_Army_Light_Armor_Division&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Philippine Army Light Armor Division (page does not exist)">Philippine Army Light Armor Division</a> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Air_Force" title="Philippine Air Force">Philippine Air Force</a>, members of the <a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Operations Wing">Special Operations Wing</a> wears black berets. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_National_Police" title="Philippine National Police">Philippine National Police</a>, members of the <a href="/wiki/Special_Action_Force" title="Special Action Force">Special Action Force</a> wears black berets. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Manila_Development_Authority" title="Metropolitan Manila Development Authority">Metropolitan Manila Development Authority</a>, members of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Traffic_Enforcers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Traffic Enforcers (page does not exist)">Traffic Enforcers</a> wears black berets. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pakistan">Pakistan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Pakistan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a>, the Armoured Corps wears black berets as well as special forces. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Poland">Poland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Poland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Polish_Armed_Forces" title="Polish Armed Forces">Polish Armed Forces</a>, the black berets are worn by armored units of <a href="/wiki/Polish_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish Army">Polish Army</a>, and by <a href="/wiki/Polish_Navy" title="Polish Navy">Polish Navy</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Portugal">Portugal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Portugal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Army" title="Portuguese Army">Portuguese Army</a>, the black beret is worn by the <a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">cavalry branch</a>, including the armoured troops and the <a href="/wiki/Military_police" title="Military police">military police</a>. The black beret is also worn by several Portuguese civil forces, like the <a href="/wiki/Bomb_disposal" title="Bomb disposal">Bomb disposal</a> unit of the <a href="/wiki/Public_Security_Police" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Security Police">Public Security Police</a>, the Prison Guard Corps and the Civil Defense. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russia">Russia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Russia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Both the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Naval_Infantry" title="Russian Naval Infantry">Russian Naval Infantry</a> and <a href="/wiki/OMON" title="OMON">OMON</a> special police wears the black beret with its dress and field uniforms, when not wearing helmets. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Serbia">Serbia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Serbia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Members of the <a href="/wiki/Military_of_Serbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Military of Serbia">Serbian military police</a> wear black berets. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singapore">Singapore</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Singapore"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The black beret is worn by the <a href="/wiki/Armour_(Singapore_Army)" title="Armour (Singapore Army)">Armour</a> formation of the <a href="/wiki/Singapore_Armed_Forces" title="Singapore Armed Forces">Singapore Armed Forces</a> (SAF). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spain">Spain</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Spain"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Traditionally in the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Armed_Forces" title="Spanish Armed Forces">Spanish Armed Forces</a> black berets were used to denote paratroopers units. The custom originating in the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish Air Force">Spanish Air Force</a>, although it is now used also by other non-paratroopers units in the Army and the Air Force. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Army" title="Spanish Army">Spanish Army</a>, the black beret is worn by the Mechanized Brigades and the <a href="/wiki/Paratrooper_Brigade_(Spain)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paratrooper Brigade (Spain)">Parachutist Brigade BRIPAC</a>. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish Air Force">Spanish Air Force</a>, the black beret is worn by the paratroopers units, the Air Deployment Support Squads EADA and SEADA, as well as by Air Force Police Units. The special operations unit <a href="/w/index.php?title=EZAPAC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EZAPAC (page does not exist)">EZAPAC</a> used to wear the black beret until 1997 that was change to a <a href="/wiki/Military_beret#Spain" title="Military beret">Green Beret</a>, to denote their Special Forces specialization. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Somalia">Somalia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Somalia"><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:Col_Xaaji_Masalle.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Col_Xaaji_Masalle.png/220px-Col_Xaaji_Masalle.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="242" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Col_Xaaji_Masalle.png/330px-Col_Xaaji_Masalle.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Col_Xaaji_Masalle.png/440px-Col_Xaaji_Masalle.png 2x" data-file-width="476" data-file-height="524" /></a><figcaption>Major General <a href="/wiki/Omar_Haji_Mohamed" title="Omar Haji Mohamed">Omar Haji Masalle</a>, an Armoured battalion commander wearing his black beret</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Somali_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Somali Army">Somali Army</a>, members of the <a href="/wiki/Armoured_warfare" title="Armoured warfare">Armoured Battalions</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Rear_(military)" title="Rear (military)">Army's rear</a> wear a black beret, inherited from British military tradition. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Somali_Navy" title="Somali Navy">Somali Navy</a>, the black beret is the standard issue headgear. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_Africa">South Africa</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: South Africa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/South_African_Army" title="South African Army">South African Army</a>, members of the <a href="/wiki/South_African_Army_Armoured_Formation" class="mw-redirect" title="South African Army Armoured Formation">South African Armour Corps</a>, the South African Intelligence Corps, <a href="/wiki/Defence_Intelligence_Division_(SANDF)" title="Defence Intelligence Division (SANDF)">Defence Intelligence Division</a> and the Technical Service Corps wear the black beret, each with their respective corps badge. </p><p>Members of the <a href="/wiki/South_African_Navy" title="South African Navy">South African Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Maritime_Reaction_Squadron" title="Maritime Reaction Squadron">Maritime Reaction Squadron</a> also wear the black beret. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_Korea">South Korea</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: South Korea"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Army" title="Republic of Korea Army">South Korean army</a>, black berets are worn by <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Army_Special_Warfare_Command" title="Republic of Korea Army Special Warfare Command">South Korean army special operations forces</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sri_Lanka">Sri Lanka</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Sri Lanka"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan Army">Sri Lankan Army</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Armoured_Corps" title="Sri Lanka Armoured Corps">Armoured Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mechanized_Infantry_Regiment" title="Mechanized Infantry Regiment">Mechanized Infantry</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Army_Special_Forces_Regiment" title="Sri Lanka Army Special Forces Regiment">Special Forces</a> wear black berets. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan Navy">Sri Lankan Navy</a>, the black beret is worn by the Members of the elite <a href="/wiki/Special_Boat_Squadron_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Special Boat Squadron (Sri Lanka)">Special Boat Squadron</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sweden">Sweden</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Sweden"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Army" title="Swedish Army">Swedish Army</a>, all armour and mechanized units wear black berets. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Switzerland">Switzerland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Switzerland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss Army">Swiss Army</a>, black berets are worn by Tank Branch, Pioneers, Rescue Troops, Communication and Command Troops, high command, Tank Grenadiers, Chaplains, armed forces legal service and other troops. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Turkey">Turkey</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Turkey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Land_Forces" title="Turkish Land Forces">Turkish Land Forces</a>, the black berets are worn by armor personnel. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><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:Mgs-dog-section-lakenheath.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="An officer from the MOD Guard Service's Dog Section patrolling near helicopters." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Mgs-dog-section-lakenheath.jpg/220px-Mgs-dog-section-lakenheath.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Mgs-dog-section-lakenheath.jpg/330px-Mgs-dog-section-lakenheath.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Mgs-dog-section-lakenheath.jpg/440px-Mgs-dog-section-lakenheath.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>An officer from the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_Guard_Service" title="Ministry of Defence Guard Service">MOD Guard Service's Dog Section</a> patrolling</figcaption></figure> <p>In the United Kingdom's <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a> the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_Guard_Service" title="Ministry of Defence Guard Service">Ministry of Defence Guard Service</a> don a very dark blue beret. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the United States military, the beret was unofficially worn by a variety of <a href="/wiki/Special_operations" title="Special operations">special operations</a> units during and following World War II. In the spring of 1951, the 10th and 11th Ranger Companies wore black berets during their training at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Carson" class="mw-redirect" title="Camp Carson">Camp Carson</a>, Colorado, before their deployment to Japan. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="U.S._Air_Force">U.S. Air Force</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: U.S. Air Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Capt_Daniel_Hall-Commander-at_activation_ceremony-2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Capt_Daniel_Hall-Commander-at_activation_ceremony-2019.jpg/125px-Capt_Daniel_Hall-Commander-at_activation_ceremony-2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="125" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Capt_Daniel_Hall-Commander-at_activation_ceremony-2019.jpg/188px-Capt_Daniel_Hall-Commander-at_activation_ceremony-2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Capt_Daniel_Hall-Commander-at_activation_ceremony-2019.jpg/250px-Capt_Daniel_Hall-Commander-at_activation_ceremony-2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="356" data-file-height="418" /></a><figcaption>Air Force TACP officer wearing black beret (2019)</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1979, the black beret was authorized for wear by enlisted personnel in the <a href="/wiki/Tactical_Air_Control_Party" title="Tactical Air Control Party">Tactical Air Control Party</a> (TACP). In 1984, two airmen from Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina submitted the current <a href="/wiki/United_States_military_beret_flash" title="United States military beret flash">flash</a> and badge design. It was approved for all TACP airmen in 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-Beret_History_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beret_History-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> TACP specialists (AFSC 1C4X1) are currently the only United States Air Force specialty allowed to wear the coveted black beret as part of their daily duty uniform wear.<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 class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="U.S._Army">U.S. Army</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: U.S. Army"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/US_Army_Ranger_School_graduating_class_11-71.png/191px-US_Army_Ranger_School_graduating_class_11-71.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/US_Army_Ranger_School_graduating_class_11-71.png 2x" data-file-width="235" data-file-height="305" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">A US Army <a href="/wiki/Ranger_School" title="Ranger School">Ranger School</a> Class commander wearing black beret with his Ranger Tab and rank insignia, 1971<sup id="cite_ref-Ranger_Graduation_11-71_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ranger_Graduation_11-71-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:130px;max-width:130px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:164px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Former_US_Army_11th_Armored_Cavalry_Regiment_black_beret-circa_1970s.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Former_US_Army_11th_Armored_Cavalry_Regiment_black_beret-circa_1970s.jpg/128px-Former_US_Army_11th_Armored_Cavalry_Regiment_black_beret-circa_1970s.jpg" decoding="async" width="128" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Former_US_Army_11th_Armored_Cavalry_Regiment_black_beret-circa_1970s.jpg/192px-Former_US_Army_11th_Armored_Cavalry_Regiment_black_beret-circa_1970s.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Former_US_Army_11th_Armored_Cavalry_Regiment_black_beret-circa_1970s.jpg/256px-Former_US_Army_11th_Armored_Cavalry_Regiment_black_beret-circa_1970s.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="581" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">A U.S. Army NCO with the <a href="/wiki/11th_Armored_Cavalry_Regiment" title="11th Armored Cavalry Regiment">11th Armored Cavalry Regiment</a> wearing black beret with Armored Cavalry Oval, DUI, and rank insignia, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1970s<sup id="cite_ref-Various_Army_Berets_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Various_Army_Berets-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:153px;max-width:153px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:164px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Historical_US_Army_Medical_Officer_female_service_dress_beret.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Historical_US_Army_Medical_Officer_female_service_dress_beret.png/151px-Historical_US_Army_Medical_Officer_female_service_dress_beret.png" decoding="async" width="151" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Historical_US_Army_Medical_Officer_female_service_dress_beret.png 1.5x" data-file-width="183" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">A <a href="/wiki/US_Army_Medical_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="US Army Medical Corps">US Army Medical Corps</a> officer wearing black female beret with Officer Cap Device, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1975<sup id="cite_ref-Army_Med_History_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Army_Med_History-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:141px;max-width:141px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:177px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Former_US_Army_1st_Cavalry_Division_soldier_wearing_TRICAP_black_beret-1976.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Former_US_Army_1st_Cavalry_Division_soldier_wearing_TRICAP_black_beret-1976.png/139px-Former_US_Army_1st_Cavalry_Division_soldier_wearing_TRICAP_black_beret-1976.png" decoding="async" width="139" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Former_US_Army_1st_Cavalry_Division_soldier_wearing_TRICAP_black_beret-1976.png/209px-Former_US_Army_1st_Cavalry_Division_soldier_wearing_TRICAP_black_beret-1976.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Former_US_Army_1st_Cavalry_Division_soldier_wearing_TRICAP_black_beret-1976.png/278px-Former_US_Army_1st_Cavalry_Division_soldier_wearing_TRICAP_black_beret-1976.png 2x" data-file-width="923" data-file-height="1179" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">An infantryman with <a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United States)">1st Cavalry Division</a>, 1st Brigade, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry wearing black beret, 1976<sup id="cite_ref-TRICAP_Example_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TRICAP_Example-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:141px;max-width:141px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:177px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Former_US_Army_Armor_School_cadre_wearing_black_beret-1976.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Former_US_Army_Armor_School_cadre_wearing_black_beret-1976.jpg/139px-Former_US_Army_Armor_School_cadre_wearing_black_beret-1976.jpg" decoding="async" width="139" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Former_US_Army_Armor_School_cadre_wearing_black_beret-1976.jpg/209px-Former_US_Army_Armor_School_cadre_wearing_black_beret-1976.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Former_US_Army_Armor_School_cadre_wearing_black_beret-1976.jpg/278px-Former_US_Army_Armor_School_cadre_wearing_black_beret-1976.jpg 2x" data-file-width="323" data-file-height="412" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">An armor officer with the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Armor_School" title="United States Army Armor School">US Army Armor School</a> wearing black beret with Armor School Instructor Flash and rank insignia, 1976<sup id="cite_ref-Various_Army_Berets_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Various_Army_Berets-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:129px;max-width:129px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:177px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:YoungestBeret1stBattalion23rdInfantryRegiment.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/YoungestBeret1stBattalion23rdInfantryRegiment.jpg/127px-YoungestBeret1stBattalion23rdInfantryRegiment.jpg" decoding="async" width="127" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/YoungestBeret1stBattalion23rdInfantryRegiment.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="146" data-file-height="205" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">A soldier from 1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/23rd_Infantry_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="23rd Infantry Regiment">23rd Infantry Regiment</a> wearing black beret with Department of the Army Beret Flash and his regiment's DUI, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 2001</span></div></div></div></div></div> <p>In 1973, permission was granted to local commanders to encourage distinctive, morale-enhancing uniform items and the black beret was adopted by armor and armored cavalry units in the United States. </p><p>A black beret was authorized for wear by female soldiers in 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 30, 1975, it was officially assigned as part of the newly created battalions of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Rangers" title="United States Army Rangers">United States Army Rangers</a> who had worn it unofficially during the Vietnam War. </p><p>In 1979, the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Chief_of_Staff" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Chief of Staff">U.S. Army Chief of Staff</a> ruled that the black beret was restricted to just ranger and airborne units (the latter receiving their distinctive maroon berets on November 28, 1980). However, since June 14, 2001, the black beret is worn by all <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> troops unless the soldier is approved to wear a different distinctive beret. The Rangers now wear <a href="/wiki/Tan_beret" title="Tan beret">tan berets</a>, alluding to the buckskins worn by <a href="/wiki/Rogers%27_Rangers" title="Rogers' Rangers">Rogers' Rangers</a> during the <a href="/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a>. </p><p>The black beret is worn as part of the <a href="/wiki/Army_Service_Uniform" title="Army Service Uniform">Army Service Uniform</a> (ASU), the U.S. Army's dress uniform. It also became the official garrison headgear to be worn with the <a href="/wiki/Battle_Dress_Uniform" title="Battle Dress Uniform">Battle Dress Uniform</a> (BDUs) in 2001, and from 2005 the <a href="/wiki/Army_Combat_Uniform" title="Army Combat Uniform">Army Combat Uniform</a> (ACU). The change was implemented by General <a href="/wiki/Eric_Shinseki" title="Eric Shinseki">Eric Shinseki</a>, Army Chief of Staff at the time, who stated that it was about promoting "...our values as an institution."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the beginning, the beret was unpopular with soldiers because the headgear required two hands to put it on, provided no shade from the sun (unlike the <a href="/wiki/Patrol_cap" title="Patrol cap">patrol cap</a>), had to be shaved and shaped upon acquisition and, as black wool, was hot and uncomfortable in warm weather. When worn improperly, the beret prompted several nicknames for the resulting look, such as "the Cyclops", "the Pirate", or "the Princess."<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite years of negative feedback, the beret remained part of the ACU until 2011, when incoming Sergeant Major of the Army <a href="/wiki/Raymond_F._Chandler" title="Raymond F. Chandler">Raymond F. Chandler</a> made it his first order of business to address the wishes "thousands of soldiers" who wanted the army to end the wear of the beret with the ACU, and the army subsequently did just that.<sup id="cite_ref-Army_Dumps_Beret_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Army_Dumps_Beret-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The black beret remained the headgear for the ASU, but was replaced as the default headgear with the ACU patrol cap.<sup id="cite_ref-Beret_replacement_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beret_replacement-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="U.S._Navy">U.S. Navy</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: U.S. Navy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:348px;max-width:348px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:217px;max-width:217px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:428-GX-USN_1142474_(26370944616).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/428-GX-USN_1142474_%2826370944616%29.jpg/215px-428-GX-USN_1142474_%2826370944616%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="215" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/428-GX-USN_1142474_%2826370944616%29.jpg/323px-428-GX-USN_1142474_%2826370944616%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/428-GX-USN_1142474_%2826370944616%29.jpg/430px-428-GX-USN_1142474_%2826370944616%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1176" data-file-height="947" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">CNO and COMRIVPATFOR wearing black berets with the River Patrol Force TF-116 patch (1969)</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:127px;max-width:127px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Historical_US_Navy_Female_Black_Beret.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Historical_US_Navy_Female_Black_Beret.png/125px-Historical_US_Navy_Female_Black_Beret.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Historical_US_Navy_Female_Black_Beret.png/188px-Historical_US_Navy_Female_Black_Beret.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Historical_US_Navy_Female_Black_Beret.png/250px-Historical_US_Navy_Female_Black_Beret.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="528" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">U.S. sailor wearing female-only black beret (d/c 2016)</div></div></div></div></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a> U.S. Navy personnel assigned to <a href="/wiki/Patrol_Boat,_River" title="Patrol Boat, River">patrol boats</a> and members of Inshore Undersea Warfare Group 1, WESTPAC Division wore the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Vietnam_Navy" title="Republic of Vietnam Navy">South Vietnamese navy</a> black beret with badge. Unlike the U.S. Navy SEAL teams, the beret was authorized for wear In Country only. Unit tradition had the back ribbon cut into two pennants after first contact with the enemy with the ends of the pennant notched in a "V" to signify he had made an enemy "kill".<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until October 2016, a black beret was authorized to be worn in the U.S. Navy,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> albeit solely by female sailors of all pay-grades.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Female commissioned officers wore the U.S. Navy officer crest on the beret above the left eyebrow, female petty officers and seamen wore the combination cover's device, and female chief petty officers wore their rate insignia instead. The female black beret's usage was discontinued along with the officer's tiara by the navy in 2016 as part of a naval effort to reduce the number of uniform items, make them appear more unisex, and also due to a lack of widespread use.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ukraine">Ukraine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: Ukraine"><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:Ukrainian_Navy_1st_Company_Marine.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Ukrainian_Navy_1st_Company_Marine.jpg/220px-Ukrainian_Navy_1st_Company_Marine.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Ukrainian_Navy_1st_Company_Marine.jpg/330px-Ukrainian_Navy_1st_Company_Marine.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Ukrainian_Navy_1st_Company_Marine.jpg/440px-Ukrainian_Navy_1st_Company_Marine.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2256" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>A Ukrainian naval infantryman armed with a <a href="/wiki/Dragunov_sniper_rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="Dragunov sniper rifle">Dragunov sniper rifle</a> takes part in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Exercise_Northern_Light_%2703&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Exercise Northern Light '03 (page does not exist)">Exercise Northern Light '03</a> on the west coast of <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> in 2003.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Naval_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian Naval Infantry">Ukrainian Marines</a> formerly wore, and were known as the "Black Berets" until 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Venezuela">Venezuela</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_beret&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: Venezuela"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Venezuelan Army">Venezuelan Army</a>, black berets are of general use except for Paratroopers, 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title="Kippah">Kippah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolpik" title="Kolpik">Kolpik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spodik" title="Spodik">Spodik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shtreimel" title="Shtreimel">Shtreimel</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/Casual_wear" title="Casual wear">Casual</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Animal_hat" title="Animal hat">Animal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ascot_cap" title="Ascot cap">Ascot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barretina" title="Barretina">Barretina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beanie_(seamed_cap)" title="Beanie (seamed cap)">Beanie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beret" title="Beret">Beret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobble_hat" class="mw-redirect" title="Bobble hat">Bobble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breton_(hat)" title="Breton (hat)">Breton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bucket_hat" title="Bucket hat">Bucket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilote_cap" title="Chilote cap">Chilote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowboy_hat" title="Cowboy hat">Cowboy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boss_of_the_Plains" title="Boss of the Plains">Boss of the Plains</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fruit_hat" title="Fruit hat">Fruit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knit_cap" title="Knit cap">Knit</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Monmouth_cap" title="Monmouth cap">Monmouth</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Party_hat" title="Party hat">Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shower_cap" title="Shower cap">Shower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tin_foil_hat" title="Tin foil hat">Tin foil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umbrella_hat" title="Umbrella hat">Umbrella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whoopee_cap" title="Whoopee cap">Whoopee</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cricket_cap" title="Cricket cap">Cricket</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baggy_green" title="Baggy green">baggy green</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balaclava_(clothing)" title="Balaclava (clothing)">Balaclava</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Facekini" title="Facekini">facekini</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baseball_cap" title="Baseball cap">Baseball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trucker_hat" title="Trucker hat">trucker</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bicycle_clip_hat" title="Bicycle clip hat">Bicycle clip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casquette" title="Casquette">Casquette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deerstalker" title="Deerstalker">Deerstalker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jockey%27s_cap" title="Jockey's cap">Horse racing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mounteere_cap" title="Mounteere cap">Mounteere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rally_cap" title="Rally cap">Rally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_visor" title="Sports visor">Sports visor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Green_eyeshade" title="Green eyeshade">green eyeshade</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stormy_Kromer_cap" title="Stormy Kromer cap">Stormy Kromer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swim_cap" title="Swim cap">Swimming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_polo_cap" title="Water polo cap">Water polo</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/History_of_Western_fashion" title="History of Western fashion">Historical</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Attifet" title="Attifet">Attifet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apex_(headdress)" title="Apex (headdress)">Apex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaver_hat" title="Beaver hat">Beaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berg%C3%A8re_hat" title="Bergère hat">Bergère</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boudoir_cap" title="Boudoir 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> 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