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The following military units wear red berets: Parachute units of the Argentinean Army, including members not qualified as paratroopers. The Saudi Arabian National Guard. The Special Services Group of the Pakistan Army. Support troops in the German Bundeswehr (light red – called coral red, maroon only for airborne troops).
A maroon beret has been adopted as official headdress by the Airborne forces, a tan beret by the 75th Ranger Regiment, a brown beret by the Security Force Assistance Brigades, and a green beret by the Special Forces. In 2011, the Army replaced the black wool beret with the patrol cap as the default headgear for the Army Combat Uniform. [1] [2] [3]
The advent of World War II ushered in a need for highly mobile units capable of quick insertion within the theater of battle by the Allies.Originally constituted on March 14, 1941, as the 504th Parachute Infantry Battalion (PIB) and activated on October 5, the 509th PIB qualified its first paratroopers at Fort Benning, Georgia.
The first British army unit to adopt the beret was the Armoured Corps in 1924 (for more information see black beret).During World War II some British Army units followed the lead of the Armoured Corps and adopted the beret as a practical headgear, for soldiers who needed a hat that could be worn in confined areas, slept in and could be stowed in a small space when they wore steel helmets.
The brigade's soldiers and airborne Marines wear the red beret (amaranth) except for the Legionnaires of the 2 ème REP who wear the green beret. [ 1 ] The 11th Parachute Brigade, originally the 11th Light Intervention Division (11 e DLI), was created from airborne units of the 10th Parachute Division 10 e D.P and 25th Parachute Division 25 e D ...
On August 1, 1944, the 3rd and 4th Air Infantry battalions were renamed the 2nd and 3rd Chasseur Parachute battalions. As a reward for their bravery, King George VI awarded the Free French SAS the right to wear the red beret
A veteran paratrooper of the 508th Infantry Regiment shows his regimental "Red Devil" tattoo. On 26 March 2003, the 173rd Airborne Brigade conducted the 44th combat jump in US history, dropping 965 paratroopers into northern Iraq to secure a lodgement at Bashur during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF).
The Guards Parachute Platoon is made up of volunteers who have passed P Company from the five Regiments of Foot Guards and Infantry qualified members of the Household Cavalry; they can be distinguished from other paratroopers by a "blue red blue" patch sewn to their beret beneath the Parachute Regiment cap badge.