Uniform beret
Encyclopedia
This article describes the use of the beret
as part of the uniform
of various organizations. The use of the beret as military headgear is covered in a dedicated article, Military beret
.
of the Hong Kong Police Force
. Officers are nicknamed the "Blue Berets" or the "Blue Caps". These berets are also being worn by the officers of the Emergency Unit and the Airport Security Unit
of the Hong Kong Police Force
.
Cadets, Riot unit and the members of the Special Operations Unit of the National Commissioner of Icelandic Police
(Víkingasveitin) wear black berets. High ranking members of the Reykjavík Air Rescue Unit are entitled to wear red berets after 5 T-10 army parachutes jumps(3 hollywood jumps and 2 with full gear).
and blue berets by the Polizia Penitenziaria
.
Dark blue berets with Black Hackle are worn by all the regular aviations of Royal Malaysian Police
including Suksis
. For paramilitary organizations consisting of General Operations Forces, the beret worn by the units is dark blue with Khaki Hackle for ceremony, and the paramilitary Senoi Praaq
Brigade wear maroon berets also with Khaki Hackle. The dark blue berets with Light Blue Hackle was worn by high school students' Royal Police Cadet Corps. The anti-riot Federal Reserve Unit
s (FRU) wearing the red berets with black hackle. The Marine Operations Force
wore the light blue berets.
The berets are also worn by Police Counter-Terrorism Forces, such as operators of Pasukan Gerakan Khas
, the main anti-terror special forces. Some sub-division units of the PGKs, including the Special Actions Unit (UTK), wear the maroon beret
s and VAT 69 Commandos wore tan (sand) berets, berets which honored by British
22nd Special Air Service
. The newly maritime anti-terror special force, known as UNGERIN
and United Nations
police branch wear the light blue berets.
Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency
(Coast Guard) operators wear black berets. The specialist force team wear the Sky Blue Beret, bestowed by the trainer, Royal Malaysian Air Force PASKAU
.
Others
Other security organisations like Pertahanan Awam/ Civil Defence, their personnel wear the orange beret and RELA
personnel wear the yellow beret. In school, uniform body wear berets too: such as Kadet Remaja Sekolah Malaysia
(KRS)(a.k.a School Youth Cadet) who wear matching dark green berets.
and PCG Special Operations Group.
(PSP) Intervention Corps wear navy blue berets, the Personal Security Corps (Corpo de Segurança Pessoal) (VIP bodyguards) wear sky blue berets, CIEXSS teams (explosive disposal) wear black berets, and the PSP Special Operations Group
wear emerald green berets.
The Guarda Prisional (Prison Guards) wear black berets.
The members of the paramilitary Rescue Corps of the Portuguese Red Cross wear purple berets.
Until their disbandment in 1975, the Angola and Mozambique paramilitary civil defence volunteers wore black berets.
until 1969, when the peaked cap was introduced. The beret was, however, retained for specialist forces, such as officers of the Special Operations Command
(SOC) and the Police Coast Guard
, as well as the Gurkha Contingent
. A dark blue beret is worn, although the Police Tactical Unit
of the SOC switched to red berets in 2005. The Gurkha Contingent began wearing khaki-coloured berets from 2006. TransCom (Public Transport Security Command) officers wear light grey berets.
Members of the Singapore Civil Defence Force
attached to a headquarters element, or on overseas missions, also wear black berets. These are adorned with the SCDF crest, and may sport a flash in certain specialist units, such as the Rescue Dog Unit and the elite Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team
.
Auxiliary police
officers of Certis CISCO and Aetos Security Management
don dark blue berets when performing escort and other high-risk duties, as do specialist forces of the Singapore Prison Service
. In addition, student cadets of uniformed youth organizations such as the National Cadet Corps
also wear berets of different colours. National Cadet Corps
has three distinct beret colours for each of its services (Land, Sea and Air), these are NCC Green, NCC Blue and blue for each service respectively.National Police Cadet Corps
wear their own separate dark blue berets.
wear camouflage berets.
teams belonging to different municipalities wear either maroon or green berets; Seoul Metropolitan Police SWAT team (Unit 868) wears maroon berets, while Incheon
Metropolitan Police SWAT team (Unit 313) wears green berets.
The beret, txapela in Basque
, where it was especially popular, has been in common usage in Basque Country for centuries. Some believe it was introduced in the sixteenth century from the Low Countries
, which at the time shared the same monarchy.
The Txapelgorriak (from Basque txapel gorri, "red beret") were a Isabelline troop, but later the red beret became a symbol of Carlism
.
The red beret became a Falange
symbol when Carlism was temporarily merged into it after the Spanish Civil War
.
Today the Basque police force, Ertzaintza
, wears red berets, as did their Miquelete forebears
of the Sri Lanka Police wear green berets. Sri Lanka Army Commandos wear a maroon beret while special forces
wear a black beret.
Metropolitan Police
, used to wear dark blue berets, and were nicknamed the 'Blue Berets'. Today, they generally wear helmets or baseball caps.
Beret
A beret is a soft, round, flat-crowned hat, designated a "cap", usually of woven, hand-knitted wool, crocheted cotton, or wool felt, or acrylic fiber....
as part of the uniform
Uniform
A uniform is a set of standard clothing worn by members of an organization while participating in that organization's activity. Modern uniforms are worn by armed forces and paramilitary organizations such as police, emergency services, security guards, in some workplaces and schools and by inmates...
of various organizations. The use of the beret as military headgear is covered in a dedicated article, Military beret
Military beret
Berets have been a component of the uniforms of many armed forces throughout the world since the mid-20th century. Military berets are usually pushed to the right to free the shoulder that bears the rifle on most soldiers, but the armies of some European countries have influenced the push to the...
.
Hong Kong
The navy blue beret is the standard headgear of officers of the Police Tactical UnitPolice Tactical Unit (Hong Kong)
The Police Tactical Unit is a paramilitary riot control unit of the Hong Kong Police Force. The Police Tactical Unit provides an immediate manpower reserve for use in any emergency, Unit companies are attached to all land Regions and are available for internal security, crowd control, anti-crime...
of the Hong Kong Police Force
Hong Kong Police Force
The Hong Kong Police Force is the largest disciplined service under the Security Bureau of Hong Kong. It is the world's second, and Asia's first, police agency to operate with a modern policing system. It was formed on 1 May 1844, with a strength of 32 officers...
. Officers are nicknamed the "Blue Berets" or the "Blue Caps". These berets are also being worn by the officers of the Emergency Unit and the Airport Security Unit
Airport Security Unit (Hong Kong)
The Airport Security Unit formed in 1977, is a special force of the Hong Kong Police Force tasked with the security of the Hong Kong International Airport....
of the Hong Kong Police Force
Hong Kong Police Force
The Hong Kong Police Force is the largest disciplined service under the Security Bureau of Hong Kong. It is the world's second, and Asia's first, police agency to operate with a modern policing system. It was formed on 1 May 1844, with a strength of 32 officers...
.
Iceland
The PoliceIcelandic Police
The Icelandic National Police is the main police force of Iceland. It is responsible for law enforcement on all Icelandic territories except at sea where the Icelandic Coast Guard enforces the law. The two services assist each other as needed.- History :...
Cadets, Riot unit and the members of the Special Operations Unit of the National Commissioner of Icelandic Police
Víkingasveitin
Víkingasveitin , officially Sérsveit ríkislögreglustjórans , is Iceland's elite counter-terrorism unit, specializing in various types of armed and unarmed infantry combat. It is in many ways modeled on the Norwegian Delta counter-terrorist unit with which it conducts many exercises, both in Norway...
(Víkingasveitin) wear black berets. High ranking members of the Reykjavík Air Rescue Unit are entitled to wear red berets after 5 T-10 army parachutes jumps(3 hollywood jumps and 2 with full gear).
Italy
Dark blue berets are worn by the Polizia di StatoPolizia di Stato
The Polizia di Stato is one of the national police forces of Italy.It is the main police force for providing police duties and it is also responsible for patrolling motorways , railways , airports , customs as well as certain waterways, and assisting the local police...
and blue berets by the Polizia Penitenziaria
Polizia Penitenziaria
The Polizia Penitenziaria is a law enforcement agency in Italy.Subordinate to the Italian Ministry of Justice, the Polizia Penitenziaria operate the Italian prison system as corrections officers. It ensures the security of Italian prisons, keeping unauthorized people out and preventing escape by...
.
Malaysia
Royal Malaysian PoliceDark blue berets with Black Hackle are worn by all the regular aviations of Royal Malaysian Police
Royal Malaysian Police
The Royal Malaysia Police is a part of the security forces structure in Malaysia. The force is a centralised organization with responsibilities ranging from traffic control to intelligence gathering. Its headquarters is located at Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur. The police force is led by an...
including Suksis
Suksis
SUKSIS which stands for Kor Sukarelawan Polis Siswa Siswi or Police Undergraduate Voluntary Corp is an undergraduate police volunteer organization in Malaysia.-History:...
. For paramilitary organizations consisting of General Operations Forces, the beret worn by the units is dark blue with Khaki Hackle for ceremony, and the paramilitary Senoi Praaq
Senoi Praaq
The Senoi Praaq is a unit of the Royal Malaysian Police made up almost entirely of the tribal people of Peninsular Malaysia known as the Orang Asli . The name Senoi Praaq means “war people” or “those who fight” in the Semai language...
Brigade wear maroon berets also with Khaki Hackle. The dark blue berets with Light Blue Hackle was worn by high school students' Royal Police Cadet Corps. The anti-riot Federal Reserve Unit
Federal Reserve Unit
The Federal Reserve Unit , or better known by the abbreviation as FRU was established as a riot control forces and a special response team as well as a paramilitary that can be deployed regardless of time to engage on any emergency or public unrest that happens in Malaysia.-Role:The main role of...
s (FRU) wearing the red berets with black hackle. The Marine Operations Force
Marine Operations Force
The Marine Operations Force is the Marine Police division of the Royal Malaysia Police tasked with maintaining law and order and coordinating search and rescue operations in the Malaysian Maritime Zone and on the high seas...
wore the light blue berets.
The berets are also worn by Police Counter-Terrorism Forces, such as operators of Pasukan Gerakan Khas
Pasukan Gerakan Khas
The Pasukan Gerakan Khas is an elite high-profile counter-terrorism and special operations tactical unit of the Royal Malaysia Police...
, the main anti-terror special forces. Some sub-division units of the PGKs, including the Special Actions Unit (UTK), wear the maroon beret
Maroon beret
The maroon beret is a military beret and has been an international symbol of elite airborne forces since it was chosen for British airborne forces in World War II. This distinctive head dress was officially introduced in 1942, at the direction of General Frederick Browning, commander of the British...
s and VAT 69 Commandos wore tan (sand) berets, berets which honored by British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
22nd Special Air Service
Special Air Service
Special Air Service or SAS is a corps of the British Army constituted on 31 May 1950. They are part of the United Kingdom Special Forces and have served as a model for the special forces of many other countries all over the world...
. The newly maritime anti-terror special force, known as UNGERIN
UNGERIN
The Marine Combat Unit is a maritime Special Operations squad under the command of the Royal Malaysian Police. Fully operational on 2007, the UNGERIN conducts anti-piracy and counter-terrorism operations in the coastal waters surrounding Malaysia and assists the marine police to respond...
and United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
police branch wear the light blue berets.
Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency
Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency , the Malaysian Coast Guard version, is the principal government agency tasked with maintaining law and order and coordinating search and rescue operations in the Malaysian Maritime Zone and on the high seas. It is in effect the Coast Guard of Malaysia...
(Coast Guard) operators wear black berets. The specialist force team wear the Sky Blue Beret, bestowed by the trainer, Royal Malaysian Air Force PASKAU
Paskau
Paskau may refer to:* PASKAU, a special forces unit of the Royal Malaysian Air Force* the town of Paskov in the Czech Republic...
.
Others
Other security organisations like Pertahanan Awam/ Civil Defence, their personnel wear the orange beret and RELA
RELA
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personnel wear the yellow beret. In school, uniform body wear berets too: such as Kadet Remaja Sekolah Malaysia
Kadet Remaja Sekolah Malaysia
Kadet Remaja Sekolah Malaysia is a scout-like movement organized by the Government of Malaysia as a youth organisation.-History:...
(KRS)(a.k.a School Youth Cadet) who wear matching dark green berets.
Philippines
Black berets for the PNP Special Action ForceSpecial Action Force
The Special Action Force is the National Mobile Unit of the Philippine National Police. It is formed along the lines of the British Army Special Air Service, but with different recruitment and selection procedures...
and PCG Special Operations Group.
Poland
The Polish Police Anti-Terrorist Units wear dark blue berets. Dark blue berets are also worn by other Police special units such as pyrotechnics. Polish Border Guards wear light green berets.Portugal
The Polícia de Segurança PúblicaPolícia de Segurança Pública
The Polícia de Segurança Pública - PSP is the Portuguese police force that works in large urban areas. Rural towns and areas are under the protection of the Portuguese Republican National Guard...
(PSP) Intervention Corps wear navy blue berets, the Personal Security Corps (Corpo de Segurança Pessoal) (VIP bodyguards) wear sky blue berets, CIEXSS teams (explosive disposal) wear black berets, and the PSP Special Operations Group
Grupo de Operações Especiais (Portugal)
Grupo de Operações Especiais - GOE is the Portuguese PSP special operations unit, manned slightly over 200 elements....
wear emerald green berets.
The Guarda Prisional (Prison Guards) wear black berets.
The members of the paramilitary Rescue Corps of the Portuguese Red Cross wear purple berets.
Until their disbandment in 1975, the Angola and Mozambique paramilitary civil defence volunteers wore black berets.
Singapore
Black berets were worn by all members of the Singapore Police ForceSingapore Police Force
The Singapore Police Force is the main agency tasked with maintaining law and order in the city-state. Formerly known as the Republic of Singapore Police , it has grown from an 11-man organisation to a 38,587 strong force...
until 1969, when the peaked cap was introduced. The beret was, however, retained for specialist forces, such as officers of the Special Operations Command
Special Operations Command (Singapore)
The Special Operations Command is a frontline unit of the Singapore Police Force grouping together various specialist units into a single strategic reserve of the regular forces to be called upon in any contingency and serious case of public disorder.Today, the unit is composed of:The SOC also...
(SOC) and the Police Coast Guard
Police Coast Guard
The Police Coast Guard is the Marine Police division of the Singapore Police Force which also takes on roles of the coast guard typically handled by the military or as separate organisations in other countries...
, as well as the Gurkha Contingent
Gurkha Contingent
The Gurkha Contingent is a line department of the Singapore Police Force. Members of the GC are trained to be highly-skilled and are selected for their display of strong discipline and dedication in their tasks...
. A dark blue beret is worn, although the Police Tactical Unit
Police Tactical Unit (Singapore)
The Police Tactical Unit is a paramilitary specialist unit of the Singapore Police Force and comes under the direct command of the Special Operations Command. Based in Queenstown, it is the main anti-rioting and disaster-management unit of the police force. They are also called upon to handle...
of the SOC switched to red berets in 2005. The Gurkha Contingent began wearing khaki-coloured berets from 2006. TransCom (Public Transport Security Command) officers wear light grey berets.
Members of the Singapore Civil Defence Force
Singapore Civil Defence Force
The Singapore Civil Defence Force is the main agency in charge of the provision of emergency services in Singapore during peacetime and emergency.A uniformed organisation under the purview of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the main role of SCDF is to provide...
attached to a headquarters element, or on overseas missions, also wear black berets. These are adorned with the SCDF crest, and may sport a flash in certain specialist units, such as the Rescue Dog Unit and the elite Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team
Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team
The Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team is an elite team within the Singapore Civil Defence Force , formed in 1990 to handle complex rescue and fire fighting incidents, such as urban search and rescue; prolonged fire fighting; height and confined space operations; and water rescue.One of the very...
.
Auxiliary police
Auxiliary police
Auxiliary police or special constables in England) are usually the part-time reserves of a regular police force. They may be armed or unarmed. They may be unpaid volunteers or paid members of the police service with which they are affiliated...
officers of Certis CISCO and Aetos Security Management
Aetos Security Management
AETOS Security Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings, provides security solutions to a diverse clientele.Established in 2004, AETOS commenced operations following the strategic merger of the Auxiliary Police Forces of PSA Corporation Ltd, Singapore Technologies Kinetics Ltd and...
don dark blue berets when performing escort and other high-risk duties, as do specialist forces of the Singapore Prison Service
Singapore Prison Service
The Singapore Prison Service is an agency of the Government of Singapore under the hierarchy of the Ministry of Home Affairs. It runs 14 prisons and drug rehabilitation centres in Singapore. It is situated at Upper Changi Road....
. In addition, student cadets of uniformed youth organizations such as the National Cadet Corps
National Cadet Corps (Singapore)
The National Cadet Corps is a youth organisation in Singapore. As of December 2010, it had a total strength of 19877 members. This consists of 823 Officers, 726 Cadet Officers and 17157 cadets, amongst others.The NCC is represented in 144 Secondary Schools and there are a total 176 School...
also wear berets of different colours. National Cadet Corps
National Cadet Corps (Singapore)
The National Cadet Corps is a youth organisation in Singapore. As of December 2010, it had a total strength of 19877 members. This consists of 823 Officers, 726 Cadet Officers and 17157 cadets, amongst others.The NCC is represented in 144 Secondary Schools and there are a total 176 School...
has three distinct beret colours for each of its services (Land, Sea and Air), these are NCC Green, NCC Blue and blue for each service respectively.National Police Cadet Corps
National Police Cadet Corps
The National Police Cadet Corps is the largest uniformed group for youths in Singapore in terms of membership. As of 31 March 2004, the organisation has 596 teacher officers and 20,146 student members in 155 secondary schools, 2 polytechnics open units and 2 University Open Units.With the support...
wear their own separate dark blue berets.
South Africa
The Special Task Force of the South African Police ServiceSouth African Police Service
The South African Police Service is the national police force of the Republic of South Africa. Its 1116 police stations in South Africa are divided according to the provincial borders, and a Provincial Commissioner is appointed in each province...
wear camouflage berets.
South Korea
Several police SWATSWAT
A SWAT team is an elite tactical unit in various national law enforcement departments. They are trained to perform high-risk operations that fall outside of the abilities of regular officers...
teams belonging to different municipalities wear either maroon or green berets; Seoul Metropolitan Police SWAT team (Unit 868) wears maroon berets, while Incheon
Incheon
The Incheon Metropolitan City is located in northwestern South Korea. The city was home to just 4,700 people when Jemulpo port was built in 1883. Today 2.76 million people live in the city, making it Korea’s third most populous city after Seoul and Busan Metropolitan City...
Metropolitan Police SWAT team (Unit 313) wears green berets.
Spain
Basque language
Basque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is spoken by 25.7% of Basques in all territories...
, where it was especially popular, has been in common usage in Basque Country for centuries. Some believe it was introduced in the sixteenth century from the Low Countries
Low Countries
The Low Countries are the historical lands around the low-lying delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse rivers, including the modern countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and parts of northern France and western Germany....
, which at the time shared the same monarchy.
The Txapelgorriak (from Basque txapel gorri, "red beret") were a Isabelline troop, but later the red beret became a symbol of Carlism
Carlism
Carlism is a traditionalist and legitimist political movement in Spain seeking the establishment of a separate line of the Bourbon family on the Spanish throne. This line descended from Infante Carlos, Count of Molina , and was founded due to dispute over the succession laws and widespread...
.
The red beret became a Falange
Falange
The Spanish Phalanx of the Assemblies of the National Syndicalist Offensive , known simply as the Falange, is the name assigned to several political movements and parties dating from the 1930s, most particularly the original fascist movement in Spain. The word means phalanx formation in Spanish....
symbol when Carlism was temporarily merged into it after the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
.
Today the Basque police force, Ertzaintza
Ertzaintza
The Ertzaintza , is the police force of the Basque Country, one of the autonomous communities of Spain. An Ertzaintza member is an ertzaina .- Origins :...
, wears red berets, as did their Miquelete forebears
Sri Lanka
The Special Task ForceSpecial Task Force
The Special Task Force is an elite special forces unit of the Sri Lanka Police Service specializing in Counter-Terrorist and Counter-Insurgency operations. It was formed in 1983 not as a military force but rather as a highly specialised police unit...
of the Sri Lanka Police wear green berets. Sri Lanka Army Commandos wear a maroon beret while special forces
Special forces
Special forces, or special operations forces are terms used to describe elite military tactical teams trained to perform high-risk dangerous missions that conventional units cannot perform...
wear a black beret.
United Kingdom
CO19, the armed response unit of the LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
Metropolitan Police
Metropolitan Police Service
The Metropolitan Police Service is the territorial police force responsible for Greater London, excluding the "square mile" of the City of London which is the responsibility of the City of London Police...
, used to wear dark blue berets, and were nicknamed the 'Blue Berets'. Today, they generally wear helmets or baseball caps.
Civilian organizations
Berets are associated with a variety of other organizations:- Berets are worn by some scoutScoutingScouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society....
groups, notably in Hong Kong and Britain, where green berets were once worn, Thailand, where khaki berets are worn and in Poland where berets in different colors are one of few caps . The British and Hong Kong Air Scouts wear blue berets. The official Scouts Canada uniform included a beret between 1968 and 1998 (it was green until 1992, then navy blue). It has made a comeback with the older members in Rover ScoutsRover ScoutsRover Scouting is a service division of Scouting for young men, and in most countries, women. A group of Rovers, analogous to a Scout troop, is called a 'Crew.'...
having adopted the red beret as part of their uniform. The Boy Scouts of AmericaBoy Scouts of AmericaThe Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with over 4.5 million youth members in its age-related divisions...
are authorized to wear a red beret, although the BSA itself no longer makes them and very few scout troops or scouts wear them. The Girl Scouts of the USAGirl Scouts of the USAThe Girl Scouts of the United States of America is a youth organization for girls in the United States and American girls living abroad. It describes itself as "the world's preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls". It was founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912 and was organized after Low...
have worn green berets that often led to members of rival military units reminding the United States Army Special ForcesUnited States Army Special ForcesThe United States Army Special Forces, also known as the Green Berets because of their distinctive service headgear, are a special operations force tasked with six primary missions: unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, special reconnaissance, direct action, hostage rescue, and...
of the fact. - In Britain, berets are worn by the Sea Cadet Corps (SCC), Army Cadet ForceArmy Cadet ForceThe Army Cadet Force is a British youth organisation that offers progressive training in a multitude of the subjects from military training to adventurous training and first aid, at the same time as promoting achievement, discipline, and good citizenship, to boys and girls aged 12 to 18 and 9...
(ACF), Air Training CorpsAir Training CorpsThe Air Training Corps , commonly known as the Air Cadets, is a cadet organisation based in the United Kingdom. It is a voluntary youth group which is part of the Air Cadet Organisation and the Royal Air Force . It is supported by the Ministry of Defence, with a regular RAF Officer, currently Air...
(ATC) and Combined Cadet ForceCombined Cadet ForceThe Combined Cadet Force is a Ministry of Defence sponsored youth organisation in the United Kingdom. Its aim is to "provide a disciplined organisation in a school so that pupils may develop powers of leadership by means of training to promote the qualities of responsibility, self reliance,...
(CCF). These are in the appropriate service colour, with ACF and CCF Army Section units wearing the beret of the regiment or corps to which they are affiliated. Some Cadet units who are affiliated to the Rifles regiment are permitted to wear the 'Back Badge'. Also the St John Ambulance Cadets of the UK can also wear black berets. - Berets are worn by the Royal Canadian Army CadetsRoyal Canadian Army CadetsThe Royal Canadian Army Cadets is a Canadian national youth program sponsored by the Canadian Forces and the civilian Army Cadet League of Canada. Administered by the Canadian Forces, the program is funded through the Department of National Defence with the civilian partner providing support in...
. They wear the same color as their affiliated regular force unit, unless there is no affiliated unit, in which case a green beret is worn. - Navy blue berets have been the standard headdress of the Royal Canadian LegionRoyal Canadian LegionThe Royal Canadian Legion is a non-profit Canadian ex-service organization founded in 1925, with more than 400,000 members worldwide. Membership includes people who have served as current and former military, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, provincial and municipal police, direct relatives of...
as well as other veterans' groups in Canada. Members of the Canadian Merchant Navy Veterans Association wear a blue beret with a white crown. - The Guardian AngelsGuardian AngelsThe Guardian Angels is a non-profit international volunteer organization of unarmed citizen crime patrollers. The Guardian Angels organization was founded February 13, 1979 in New York City by Curtis Sliwa and has chapters in 15 countries and 144 cities around the world.Sliwa originally created the...
have adopted a red beret as a recognizable item of clothing - Some security companies in Hong Kong such as SecuricorSecuricorSecuricor plc was one of the United Kingdom's largest security businesses. It was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but merged with Group 4 Falck in 2004.-History:...
wear berets. - Members of the youth committee of the Mexican Red Cross used to wear a red beret, and black berets were worn by parachutists of the same institution. These were phased out in 2006, when a new uniform was issued.
- SousaphoneSousaphoneThe sousaphone is a type of tuba that is widely employed in marching bands. Designed so that it fits around the body of the musician and is supported by the left shoulder, the sousaphone may be readily played while being carried...
players in marching bandMarching bandMarching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...
s typically wear berets because the regular combination cap would get in the way of the bell. All members of the Ohio State UniversityOhio State UniversityThe Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
Marching Band wear scarlet berets with a "Diamond Ohio" flash when not wearing their uniform hat (essentially, whenever they are outdoors and not performing). - Members of the Civil Air PatrolCivil Air PatrolCivil Air Patrol is a Congressionally chartered, federally supported, non-profit corporation that serves as the official civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force . CAP is a volunteer organization with an aviation-minded membership that includes people from all backgrounds, lifestyles, and...
who attend National Blue Beret (NBB) in Oshkosh, WisconsinOshkosh, WisconsinAs of the census of 2000, there were 62,916 people, 24,082 households, and 13,654 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,662.2 people per square mile . There were 25,420 housing units at an average density of 1,075.6 per square mile...
during the EAA AirVenture airshow can earn blue berets along with the Saint Alban's Cross, and the title of Blue Beret. Members of the Indiana Wing who achieve the classification of Ground Team Member level 3 (GTM3) are also awarded blue berets. - Members of the Civil Aid ServiceCivil Aid ServiceThe Civil Aid Service or CAS in short is a civil organisation that assist in a variety of auxiliary emergency roles, including search and rescue operations in Hong Kong:...
in Hong KongHong KongHong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
were black berets as part of their uniform. - In Peru, the Music Band of San Ignacio de Recalde School was formed as a percussion band in 1994. Wind instruments were first acquired in 2004. The band wears green berets are part of their uniform.
- Members of the Assemblies of God boys program Royal RangersRoyal RangersRoyal Rangers is a worldwide ministry of the Assemblies of God and is designed to provide youth with challenging activities while providing them with Christian instruction. Royal Rangers International is open to participation of both boys and girls, while the US only allows boy participation in...
typically wear a beret as a part of their class A and Class B dress uniforms, with specific color and symbols dependent upon the age group. - Pathfinders (Seventh-day Adventist)Pathfinders (Seventh-day Adventist)The Pathfinder Club is a worldwide program organized and directed by the Youth Department of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church...
wear a black beret with the badge in the middle; their leaders also use it, but with a different insignia