[That Guy]

Originally Posted by angryssg

Marines and Navy do not wear Berets.

and i never said they did. you said they never wear red, but the marines have red around their rank insignia's on their dress uniforms. this movie was 100% airforce though.


USAF para-rescue (maroon beret):
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so that's not only for army airborne. CC's in the USAF wear scarlet berets, so saying no one uses them isn't really correct either. BOTH AFSC's are considered special ops.

United States

Berets were originally worn by elite forces in the United States Army. Hence, there was controversy when in 2001 the United States Army adopted the black beret, previously reserved for the Rangers, as standard headgear for all army units.[11] The Rangers are now distinguished by tan berets. The United States Army Special Forces are generally known as "green berets" for the colour of their headgear. Soldiers in special operations units wear distinctive organisational flashes. Conventional forces wear a pale blue flash with thirteen white stars. Officers wear their rank emblem within the flash, while enlisted ranks wear their regimental unit insignia. United States Army units can be distinguished by the colour of their berets, as follows:

• Jungle green — Special Forces, JFK Special Warfare School
• Tan — 75th Ranger Regiment, Ranger Training Brigade
• Maroon — paratroopers and all other Airborne units except 101st Airborne Division, other special operators (Civil Affairs, PSYOP) on jump status or under an airborne unit. Soldiers do not have to be jump qualified to wear the maroon beret
• Black — all other Army units

The wearing of berets in the United States Air Force is less common, but several career fields are authorised to wear berets of specific colours, as follows:

• Scarlet — Combat Controllers
• Maroon — Pararescue
• Navy blue — Security Forces
• Black — Tactical Air Control Party
• Pewter grey — Special Operations Weather Technicians
• Grey — Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape
• Academy blue — First Class (Senior) Academy Cadets

Black berets are authorised as an optional-wear item for women E1-E9 in the United States Navy.