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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]
This unit trained with the British 1st Parachute Brigade in England, earned the honorary title "Red Devils", and were authorized to wear the maroon beret. The maroon beret remains an iconic symbol of airborne units. Paratroopers wear it today.
The colors were relieved on 9 May 1960 from assignment to the inactive 11th Airborne Division and assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division and reactivated on 1 July 1960, and then reorganized and redesignated on 25 May 1964 as the 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 504th Infantry, joined 1-504th as an element of the 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division.
In 1973, Army leaders authorized the wear of the maroon beret by airborne forces. [27] [30] Within a year or so, paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division began incorporating organizational beret flashes onto their maroon berets pattered after their unit's airborne background trimming.
English: Former U.S. Army, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment Beret Flash and jacket patch of World War II Background: According to some historians, the first US military use of a beret flash was created and worn by the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) who trained with the British 1st Airborne Division during World War II.
The 8th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (French: 8 e Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine, 8 e RPIMa) is an airborne regiment of the Troupes de Marine. The 8 e RPIMa was created on 28 February 1951 and the men wear the red beret. It is part of the 11th Parachute Brigade.
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 ...