United States military beret flash

In the United States (US) Department of Defense, a beret flash is a shield-shaped embroidered cloth that is 2.25 in (5.72 cm) tall and 1.875 in (4.76 cm) wide with a semi–circular base that is attached to a stiffener backing of a military beret.[1][2][3] These flashes—a British word for colorful cloth patches attached to military berets—are worn over the left eye with the excess cloth of the beret shaped, folded, and pulled over the right ear giving it a distinctive appearance.[1][2][4] The embroidered designs of the Army's beret flashes represent the heraldic colors and patterns of a unit with a unique mission or represent the Army overall.[5] The Air Force's beret flashes represent their Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) or their assignment to a unit with a unique mission.[4] Joint beret flashes—such as those worn by the Joint Communications Support Element (JCSE) and the Multinational Force and Observers—are worn by all who are assigned, given their uniform regulations allow.[6][7]

Wear of beret flashes in the US military
US Army Special Forces NCOs wearing rifle–green berets with various organizational beret flashes representing different special forces groups under the 1st Special Forces Command, how's DUI is affixed
A US Army officer wearing tan beret with the 75th Ranger Regiment Beret Flash bearing lieutenant colonel rank insignia
A US Air Force officer wearing black beret with TACP Beret Flash and Crest along with miniature captain rank insignia
A US Air Force NCO and officer wearing brown berets and Combat Aviation Advisor Beret Flash with the officer affixing his rank insignia (major) to its center
A US Air Force officer and US Army NCO wearing maroon berets with JCSE Beret Flash, the officer affixing his colonel rank insignia and the NCO her JCSE DUI
A Canadian Army officer and a US Army NCO wearing orange berets with Multinational Force and Observers Beret Flash, one metal (left) and one embroidered (right)

With some exceptions, Army soldiers and Non–Commissioned Officers (NCOs) affix their Distinctive Unit Insignia (DUI) to the center of their beret flash.[1] Army warrant officers and commissioned officers affix their polished metal rank insignia to the center of their beret flash while chaplains affix their polished metal branch insignia.[1] Air Force commissioned officers in the security forces or assigned to a combat aviation advisor squadron wear their beret flash in the same manner as the Army while Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) officers attach a miniature version of their polished metal rank insignia below the TACP Crest on the TACP Beret Flash.[4][8] Air Force airman and NCOs only wear their beret flash or beret flash with crest.[4][8]

The design of all Department of Defense beret flashes are created and/or approved by The Institute of Heraldry, Department of the Army.[9] If authorized, the institute will conduct research into a requesting unit's heraldry, as well as design suggestions from the unit, in the creation of a new unit–specific beret flash.[10][11] Leveraging geometrical divisions, shapes, and colors, a heraldic artist will create a design that will represent the history and mission of the requesting unit.[10][11] Once the unit agrees upon a design, the institute will create manufacturing instructions and monitor their creation by companies authorized to produce the beret flash.[11][12][13]

Department of Defense beret flash history

US Army
509th Parachute Infantry Battalion's WWII beret flash

Throughout its history, Army units have adopted different headgear and headgear devices—such as various color accoutrements and insignias—to identify specific units, the unique mission of a unit, and/or the unique roles of soldiers.[3][14][15] According to some historians, the first US military use of a beret flash was created and worn by the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion.[2][16][17] The 509th trained with the British 1st Airborne Division during World War II (WWII) and was made honorary members of the British airborne forces in 1943, entitling them to wear the maroon beret worn by British paratroopers.[17][18] Some 509th paratroopers had a small hand–embroidered version of their regiment's gold and black pocket–patch created for use as their beret flash on their honorary maroon berets.[2][16][17][19] The design of the 509th's pocket–patch depicts a stylized figure of a paratrooper standing at the exit–door of an aircraft wearing a reserve parachute with an artistic rendering of the number "509" surrounding the paratrooper's head and the word "GERONIMO" displayed at the base of the door.[2][16][17][19]

11th Special Forces Group Beret Flash—note design similarities with the unit's recognition bar
11th Special Forces Group Recognition Bar
A medical corps paratrooper with the 11th Special Forces Group wearing rifle-green beret with 1st Special Forces DUI above his unit's recognition bar, c. 1967[20]

The official start of the Army's beret flashes began in 1961 with Department of the Army Message 578636 authorizing the establishment of organizational beret flashes for wear on the special forces' rifle–green beret.[2][21] In this message, the beret flash is described as shield–shaped with a semi–circular base made of felt 2 in (51 mm) tall and 1.625 in (41 mm) wide using solid colors to represent each of the special forces groups of the era.[2][21] The message also described who was authorized to wear the organizational beret flash stating that only special operations qualified paratroopers would be permitted to wear their special forces unit's organizational beret flash.[21] Each of these special forces group beret flashes were to be worn centered over the left eye with either the 1st Special Forces—later designated 1st Special Forces Command—DUI, polished metal officer rank insignia, or chaplain branch insignia centered on the flash.[3][21] Later, non–qualified soldiers assigned to a special forces unit wore a cloth rectangular beret flash, known as a recognition bar, 1.875 in (4.76 cm) long and 0.5 in (1.27 cm) wide color and pattern matched to their group's organizational beret flash below their 1st Special Force DUI, polished metal officer rank insignia, or chaplain branch insignia on the rifle–green beret.[3][22][23]

1st Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment cloth insignias
Airborne background trimming—worn behind the Parachutist or Air Assault Badge of designated air-insertion units[1]
Organizational beret flash
Note the design similarities between the airborne background trimming and organizational beret flash
A color guard from the 82nd Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade, 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry stand in review wearing maroon berets with their new Battalion specific organizational beret flash with there regiment's DUI affixed, 1975[24]

Various beret accouterments began to appear in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly between 1973 and 1979 when the Department of the Army had its morale–enhancing order in effect and different colored berets began to be worn by numerous units and branches of the Army.[25][26][27][28] Historical photographs from the 1960s through the 1970s show soldiers assigned to reconnaissance, ranger, and armor units informally wearing black berets with reconnaissance and ranger units affixing a wide variety of custom beret flashes that were worn over the left eye (see Example 1).[28] In 1975, the Army formally authorized its ranger units to wear the black beret.[29] If earned, some of these ranger units had their rangers affix their Ranger Tab to the top edge of their organizational beret flash along with the 75th Ranger Regiment DUI or polished metal officer rank insignia affixed to its center and worn over the left eye (see Example 2).[28][29] Wearing of the black beret by armor units expanded in the 1970s with some adopting organizational beret flashes.[26][27][28] For example, armored cavalry regiments stationed in West Germany began wearing black berets in the 1970s with a maroon and white oval as their beret flash.[26][27][28] The oval beret flash was worn vertically on the black beret behind their DUI to the left of their metal rank insignia or chaplain branch insignia and positioned over the left temple (see Example 3).[26][27][28][30] Another example is the 1st Cavalry Division's use of various colored berets representing the different skills of the division that started in 1971 with the Army's "Triple Capability (TRICAP)" experiment: black for armor, light–blue for infantry, red for artillery, and kelly–green for support.[28][31][32] The division eventually settled on the use of black berets for all 1st Cavalry soldiers.[28][31] As they became available, 1st Cavalry soldiers would affix a battalion or squadron specific organizational beret flash of various shapes, colors, and materials to their beret.[2][28] Historical photographs show many 1st Cavalry soldiers wearing black berets in the same manner as US armored cavalry soldiers in West Germany.[28][30] The use of black berets extended to training units as well, such as the US Army Training and Doctrine Command and its armor school.[26][27][28] Historical photographs of the era show plastic triangles being worn on patrol caps and black berets of Army Armor School cadre and were worn centered over the left eye with either their DUI or polished metal officer rank insignia affixed, just as beret flashes are worn today (see Example 4).[28] In 1973, Army leaders authorized the wear of the maroon beret by airborne forces.[25][28] 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.[1][24][33] These organizational beret flashes representing various 82nd Airborne units were and are worn in the same manner as they are today.[1][24][33] Similarly, in 1974 Army leaders authorized the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell to wear the dark–blue beret when it was reorganized into an air assault division.[14][26][28][34][35][36] Army articles and historical photographs of 101st soldiers show them wearing organizational beret flashes patterned after their unit's airborne background trimming and worn in the same manner as beret flashes are today.[1][14][28][34][36] Between 1976 and 1977, 101st soldiers would add their Airmobile Badge—renamed Air Assault Badge in 1978—to their berets and wore them to the left of their beret flash (see Example 5).[14][28][36][37] Other Fort Campbell units of the era also wore the dark–blue beret as well as red for headquarters command and light-green for military police, all with traditional organizational beret flashes that were worn in the same manner as they are today.[26][28] Also during the 1970s, arctic–qualified soldiers of the 172nd Infantry Brigade began to wear locally authorized olive–drab berets with traditional organizational beret flashes that were unique to each battalion, and were worn in the same manner as beret flashes are today (see Example 6).[1][27][28][38] By 1979, the Army put a stop to the use of berets by conventional forces, leaving only special forces and ranger units the authority to wear berets.[26][27][28]

Example 1
2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, Recon. Platoon Beret Flash
An infantryman with 1st Cavalry Division, 1st Brigade, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, Reconnaissance Platoon wearing black beret with platoon beret flash, 1970[28]
Example 2
Ranger Department Beret Flash
An infantry NCO with the US Army Infantry School wearing black beret with Ranger Department Beret Flash and 75th Ranger Regiment DUI below his Ranger Tab, c. 1975[39]
Example 3
Armored Cavalry Oval Beret Flash
An artillery NCO with the 11th Armored Cavalry Reg. wearing black beret with sergeant rank insignia next to an Armored Cavalry Oval with DUI affixed, c. 1970s[28]
Example 4
US Army Armor School Instructor Flash (made of plastic)
An officer assigned to the US Army Armor School wearing black beret with Armor School Instructor Flash and captain rank insignia affixed, 1976[28]
Example 5
326th Engineer Battalion Background Trimming—note the design similarities with the battalion's beret flash (right)
326th Engineer Battalion Beret Flash
An engineer officer with 101st Airborne Division wearing dark–blue beret with 326th Engineer Battalion Beret Flash, lieutenant colonel rank insignia, and Airmobile Badge affixed, 1977[28]
Example 6
1st Battalion, 60th Infantry Beret Flash
An infantryman with 172nd Infantry Brigade wearing olive–drab beret with 1st Battalion, 60th Infantry Beret Flash and DUI, c. 1970s[28][38]
Two officers, one wearing a maroon beret and the other a rifle-green beret, with 7th Special Forces Group Beret Flash and rank insignia (major) affixed—the officer wearing the green beret is special forces qualified, as indicated by his Special Forces Tab and beret—2017[1][40]

In 1980, the Army reversed part of its decision allowing airborne units to wear maroon berets, ranger units black berets—which switched to tan berets in 2001[27]—and special forces units rifle–green berets.[26][27][41] The Army's 1981 uniform regulation describes the wear of these newly approved berets with the only authorized accoutrements being officer rank insignias, chaplain branch insignias, DUIs, organizational beret flashes, and recognition bars.[3][42] The organizational beret flash did not become the norm until 1984 when the recognition bar was discontinued after the Special Forces Tab became authorized for wear by special forces qualified paratroopers.[22] Today, all soldiers assigned to a special forces unit wear their unit's organizational beret flash on either the rifle–green beret for special forces qualified paratroopers or maroon beret for support paratroopers.[1][40]

Signal Corps NCOs wearing maroon and black berets with 55th Signal Company Beret Flash—only those assigned to the company's Airborne Combat Camera Documentation Team are authorized to wear the maroon beret—2012[1][43]

In 2000, General Eric Shinseki, Chief of Staff of the Army, decided to make the black beret the standard headgear of the Army.[1][9][27] General Shinseki also decided that a new Department of the Army Beret Flash be worn on the black beret.[9][27][44] According to The Institute of Heraldry, the Department of the Army Beret Flash is designed to resemble the flag of the Commander–in–Chief of the Continental Army at the time of its victory at Yorktown in 1781 (see Example 1).[1][27][45] According to Department of the Army Pamphlet 670–1, the Department of the Army Beret Flash is to be worn by all units "unless authorization for another flash was granted before implementing the black beret as a standard Army headgear".[1][43] Army units can request an organizational beret flash for their formation from The Institute of Heraldry given it is not for wear on the black beret.[1][10][46] A good example of this is The Institute of Heraldry's 2018 authorization of organizational beret flashes for the Security Force Assistance Command and its brigades—known as an SFAB (pronounced ESS-fab)—for wear on their brown berets (see Example 2).[1][47][48][49][50][51][52][53] In the 21st century, Army organizational beret flashes are worn to signify a specific formation of a specialized unit, such as an active airborne, ranger, special forces, or combat advisor unit.[1][5][15][25] However, there is a unique beret flash worn by special forces soldiers on their rifle–green beret when assigned to a unit not authorized an organizational beret flash (see Example 3).[1]

Example 1
Department of the Army Beret Flash
A soldier from 2nd Infantry Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment wearing black beret with Department of the Army Beret Flash and unit DUI affixed at Army Beret donning ceremony, c. 2001[54][55]
Example 2
1st SFAB Beret Flash
A soldier from 1st SFAB wearing brown beret with unit beret flash and DUI affixed, 2018[56]—it is noteworthy to recognize that the 1st SFAB Beret Flash is the first organizational beret flash authorized for a non–airborne unit in the modern Army[10][48]
Example 3
Beret flash for special forces personal assigned to non–special forces units
A special forces qualified officer wearing rifle–green beret with beret flash for special forces personnel not assigned to special forces units with rank insignia (general) affixed, 2019[57]

US Air Force
Commando Weatherman Flash
5th Weather Squadron insignias
The 5th Weather Squadron Emblem (left) and Beret Flash (right)—note the alchemical symbol for water with representative colors green (Earth), blue (air), and red (fire)[58]

In the mid 1960s, Air Force commando weathermen,[59] formally known as weather parachutists, with Detachment 26 of the 30th Weather Squadron and Detachment 32 of the 5th Weather Squadron informally wore black berets.[58] A black cloth rectangle with a yellow embroidered anemometer surmounted by a fleur–de–lis with the words “Combat Weather” split by the anemometer was used as their beret flash.[58] From 1970 through the 1980s, weather parachutists with the 5th Weather Squadron wore maroon berets with an Army style beret flash that incorporated the squadron's design and colors from their emblem's alchemical symbol for water and affixed their Parachutist Badge to the flash.[10][58] In 1979, weather parachutists, now called Special Operations Weather Teams (SOWTs), were authorized to wear navy–blue berets with an Army style beret flash consisting of a blue and black field surrounded by yellow piping.[10][58] Enlisted and NCOs affixed their Parachutist Badge to the flash while officers affixed their polished metal rank insignia.[58] In 1986, the gray beret was authorized for wear by all SOWTs who continued to wear the aforementioned cloth beret flash until a new large color metallic SOWT Crest was authorized.[58] In 1992, the Air Force approved the return of the SOWT's blue, black, and yellow beret flash from the 1970s and affixed their large color metallic SOWT Crest to it.[58] In 1996, the SOWTs assigned to Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) wore a new Army style beret flash while those assigned to Air Combat Command, known as Combat Weather Teams, continued to wear the blue, black and yellow beret flash.[10][58][60] The AFSOC SOWT Beret Flash consisted of a red border representing the blood shed by their predecessors, a black background representing special operations, and three diagonal lines of various colors representing the services they supported (green=Army, purple=joint forces, and blue=Air Force).[58] Enlisted and NCOs affixed their Parachutist Badge to the AFSOC SOWT Beret Flash while officers affixed their polished metal rank insignia until 2002 when the Combat Weather Team Crest was created.[58] The Combat Weather Team Crest was affixed to both SOWT and Combat Weather Team beret flashes by enlisted and NCOs while officers continued to affix their polished metal rank insignia.[58][61][62] In 2007/2008, the AFSOC SOWT Beret Flash stopped being worn and in 2009—when the Special Operations Weather AFSC was established—a new large polished metallic Special Operations Weather Crest was approved for wear by all SOWTs and Combat Weather Teams.[4][58][61][63][64]

Combat Weather Team example
Combat Weather Team Beret Flash
A weather parachutist NCO with the 82nd Airborne Division wearing gray beret with Combat Weather Team Beret Flash and Combat Weather Team Crest, 2007[65]
AFSOC SOWT example
AFSOC SOWT Beret Flash
A weather parachutist with AFSOC's 107th Weather Flight wearing gray beret with AFSOC SOWT Beret Flash and Combat Weather Team Crest, 2008[61]

In 1966/67, the newly formed 1041st Security Police Squadron was authorized to wear a dark–blue beret with a unique organizational beret flash.[66][67][68] The 1041st's beret flash had a depiction of a falcon carrying a pair of lightning bolts on a somewhat pointed oval-shaped light-blue patch that was worn over the left temple.[66][67][68] In 1976, the Air Force approved the navy-blue beret, worn by the Strategic Air Command Elite Guard and Air Force Combat Control Teams, as the official uniform item for all Air Force police and security forces.[66][69] In 1997, the Air Force stood up the security forces AFSC and honored the heraldry of the 1041st Security Police Squadron by creating a new organizational beret flash for all security forces airman and NCOs that depict the 1041st's falcon over an airfield with the motto "Defensor Fortis" (defenders of the force) embroidered on a scroll at its base.[4][66] Security forces officers wear the same basic beret flash minus the embroidered falcon and airfield and in its place affix their polished metal rank insignia.[4]

1041st Security Police Squadron example
1041st Security Police Squadron Beret Flash
A security policeman with the 1041st Security Police Squadron wearing their distinctive dark–blue beret and beret flash, c. 1967[67]
Security Forces example
Security Forces Beret Flash
A security forces airman with the 55th Security Forces Squadron wearing navy–blue beret with Security Forces Beret Flash, 1998[70]

In 1979, TACP airman and NCOs were given authorization to wear the black beret. In 1984, two TACP's submitted a design for a unique beret flash and crest for wear on their berets which the Air Force approved one year later.[26] The TACP Beret Flash consists of a scarlet border that represent the firepower TACP's bring to bear with two dovetailed fields of blue and green representing the close working relationship between the Air Force and the Army that is enabled by the TACP.[71] TACP officers also wear the TACP Beret Flash and Crest but with miniature polished metal rank insignia below the crest and just above the inner–border of the beret flash.[4][72][73] Also, air liaison officers assigned to an air support operations squadron or group can be given authorization to wear the black beret and TACP Beret Flash with full-size polished metal officer rank insignia (no crest).[4][26][74][75] Similarly, some Air Mobility Liaison Officers (AMLOs) also wore the black beret.[26] Although worn informally before then, in 2015 The Institute of Heraldry authorized a slight modification of the TACP Beret Flash for wear by AMLOs, incorporating an embroidered compass rose in the upper–left corner of the flash.[76][77] The AMLO Beret Flash was worn in the same manner as air liaison officers wear the TACP Beret Flash.[76][78]

Air Liaison Officer example
TACP Beret Flash
An air liaison officer with the 682nd Air Support Operations Squadron wearing black beret with TACP Beret Flash and captain rank insignia, 2011[78]
AMLO example
An AMLO with the 8th Air Support Operations Squadron wearing black beret with AMLO Beret Flash and captain rank insignia, 2011[76]

In 2018, AFSOC authorized the wear of the brown beret for airman, NCOs, and officers assigned to a combat aviation advisor squadron, specifically the 6th and 711th Special Operations Squadrons. The brown beret—similar to the Army's brown beret—is worn with an Army style organizational beret flash consisting of a dark–blue field with olive–green diagonal stripes and border.[10][79] The Combat Aviation Advisor Beret Flash is worn centered over the left eye with polished metal officer rank insignia, chaplain branch insignia, or an AFSC metallic beret crest—such as the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) Specialist Crest—affixed to the beret flash while all other advisors wear the cloth Combat Aviation Advisor Beret Flash without accoutrements.[80][79]

Combat Aviation Advisor example
Combat Aviation Advisor Flash
A SERE NCO with a combat aviation advisor squadron wearing brown beret with Combat Aviation Advisor Beret Flash and SERE Specialist Crest, 2018[80]

US Navy

In the 1960s, select Navy riverine patrol units operating in South Vietnam adopted the black beret to be part of their daily uniform and wore various accouterments on their berets.[81][82] In 1967, the Commander of the Riverine Patrol Force sent an official message to the Commander of River Patrol Flotilla Five authorizing the wear of the black beret.[82] In this message, the wear and appearance of the beret was defined stating, "Beret will be worn with river patrol force insignia centered on right side" and "Only standard size river patrol force insignia will be worn on beret. ... No other emblem or rank insignia will be displayed on beret"[82][83] Today, these Navy small boat units honor their heritage by wearing the black beret during special occasions—such as induction ceremonies into the Gamewardens Association[84]—and will affix historically relevant riverine task force insignia for use as their beret flash.[85][86][87][88]

Examples of Navy riverine units' use of the black beret
Task Force 116 Insignia
Chief of Naval Operations (left) and Commander, Riverine Patrol Force (right) wearing black berets with Task Force 116 Insignia, 1969[89]
A Navy NCO from Riverine Squadron 1 receives the historical black beret with Task Force 116 Insignia at a ceremony making him an honorary "Gamewarden," 2011[86]

Beret flashes of the US military

Joint
  • Joint Enabling Capabilities Command (JECC), JCSE
  • JECC, JCSE, 1st Squadron
  • JECC, JCSE, 2nd Squadron
  • JECC, JCSE, 3rd Squadron
  • JECC, JCSE, 4th Squadron
  • JECC, JCSE, Communications Support Detachment
  • Multinational Force and Observers

Air Force
  • Combat Aviation Advisor
  • Security Forces
  • Security Forces Officer
  • TACP, TACP Officer, and Air Liaison Officer
Obsolete

Army
  • Department of the Army

Adjutant general
Obsolete

Air defense artillery
Obsolete

Armor and cavalry
Obsolete

Aviation
  • US Army Special Operations Aviation Command (USASOAC)
  • USASOAC, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment
  • USASOAC, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, 1st Battalion
  • USASOAC, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, 2nd Battalion
  • USASOAC, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, 3rd Battalion
  • USASOAC, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, 4th Battalion
  • 82nd Airborne Division, Combat Aviation Brigade
  • 82nd Airborne Division, Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Aviation Regiment, 1st Battalion
  • 82nd Airborne Division, Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Aviation Regiment, 2nd Battalion
  • 82nd Airborne Division, Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Battalion
Obsolete

Chemical
Obsolete
  • 1st Special Forces, 5th Special Forces Group, 56th Chemical Reconnaissance Detachment
  • –1st Special Forces, 445th Chemical Detachment
    –101st Airborne Division, 101st Aviation Group

Civil affairs
  • US Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (USACAPOC), 350th Civil Affairs Command, 1st Training Brigade, 478th Civil Affairs Battalion
  • USACAPOC, 351st Civil Affairs Command, 358th Civil Affairs Brigade, 416th Civil Affairs Battalion
  • USACAPOC, 351st Civil Affairs Command, 358th Civil Affairs Brigade, 426th Civil Affairs Battalion
  • USACAPOC, 352nd Civil Affairs Command, 360th Civil Affairs Brigade
  • USACAPOC, 352nd Civil Affairs Command, 360th Civil Affairs Brigade, 404th Civil Affairs Battalion
  • USACAPOC, 352nd Civil Affairs Command, 360th Civil Affairs Brigade, 412th Civil Affairs Battalion
  • USACAPOC, 352nd Civil Affairs Command, 360th Civil Affairs Brigade, 450th Civil Affairs Battalion
  • 1st Special Forces Command, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade
  • 1st Special Forces Command, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade, 91st Civil Affairs Battalion
  • 1st Special Forces Command, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade, 92nd Civil Affairs Battalion
  • 1st Special Forces Command, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade, 96th Civil Affairs Battalion
  • 1st Special Forces Command, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade, 97th Civil Affairs Battalion
  • 1st Special Forces Command, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade, 98th Civil Affairs Battalion
Obsolete
  • 1st Special Forces Command, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade, 96th Civil Affairs Battalion, Company A

Engineers
  • USAREUR–AF, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion
  • XVIII Airborne Corps, 20th Engineer Brigade, 27th Engineer Battalion
  • XVIII Airborne Corps, 20th Engineer Brigade, 27th Engineer Battalion, 57th Engineer Company
  • XVIII Airborne Corps, 20th Engineer Brigade, 27th Engineer Battalion, 161st Engineer Company
  • XVIII Airborne Corps, 20th Engineer Brigade, 27th Engineer Battalion, 618th Engineer Company
  • 25th Infantry Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion
  • 25th Infantry Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 84th Engineer Company
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 127th Brigade Engineer Battalion
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 37th Brigade Engineer Battalion
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 307th Brigade Engineer Battalion
Obsolete
  • US Army Alaska, Fort Wainwright, 47th Engineer Company
  • US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry Brigade, 562nd Engineer Company
  • US Army Forces Command, 20th Engineer Battalion
  • –1st Cavalry Division, 8th Engineer Battalion
    –1st Cavalry Division, 1st Cavalry Division Artillery (original version)
  • XVIII Airborne Corps, 20th Engineer Brigade (original version)
  • XVIII Airborne Corps, 20th Engineer Brigade
  • XVIII Airborne Corps, 20th Engineer Brigade, 738th Engineer Company
  • XVIII Airborne Corps, 20th Engineer Brigade, 919th Engineer Company
  • XVIII Airborne Corps, 20th Engineer Brigade, 30th Engineer Battalion
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 127th Engineer Battalion (original version)
  • 101st Airborne Division, 326th Engineer Battalion

Field artillery
Obsolete

Infantry
  • USAREUR–AF, 173rd Airborne Brigade
  • USAREUR–AF, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 143rd Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
  • USAREUR–AF, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
    —formerly 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade
  • USAREUR–AF, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
    —formerly 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade
  • USASOC, 75th Ranger Regiment
  • USASOC, 75th Ranger Regiment, 1st Battalion
  • USASOC, 75th Ranger Regiment, 2nd Battalion
  • USASOC, 75th Ranger Regiment, 3rd Battalion
  • 25th Infantry Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team
  • 25th Infantry Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 501st Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
    —formerly 101st Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade
  • 25th Infantry Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 509th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion
  • 35th Infantry Division, 45th Brigade Combat Team, 134th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
  • 82nd Airborne Division
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 501st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 504th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 504th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team
  • 82nd Aiirborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 325th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 325th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 508th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
    —formerly 4th Brigade Combat Team
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 505th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 505th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 508th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
    —formerly 4th Brigade Combat Team
Obsolete
  • Puerto Rico Army National Guard, 92nd Infantry Brigade
  • Texas Army National Guard, 36th Airborne Brigade
  • Texas Army National Guard, 36th Airborne Brigade, 143rd Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
  • Texas Army National Guard, 36th Airborne Brigade, 143rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
  • –US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry Brigade (original version)
    –101st Airborne Division, Screaming Eagle Replacement Training School
  • US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry Brigade
  • US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry Brigade, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Battalion
  • US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Battalion
    —redesignated 327th Infantry Regiment, 5th Battalion, Company C (original version)
  • US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry Brigade, 60th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
  • US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry Brigade, 327th Infantry Regiment, 4th Battalion, Company C
  • US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry Brigade, 327th Infantry Regiment, 5th Battalion, Company C
  • US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry Brigade, 327th Infantry Regiment, 6th Battalion, Company C
  • US Army South, 193rd Infantry Brigade, 5th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion, Company A
  • US Army Southern European Task Force (SETAF), 509th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion (original version)
  • USASOC, 75th Ranger Regiment (original version)
  • USASOC, 75th Ranger Regiment, 1st Battalion (original version)
  • USASOC, 75th Ranger Regiment, 2nd Battalion (original version)
  • USASOC, 75th Ranger Regiment, 3rd Battalion (original version)
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team (original version)
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 504th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team (original version)
  • –82nd Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 325th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion
    –SETAF, 325th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 325th Infantry Regiment, 4th Battalion
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team (original version)
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 505th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 505th Infantry Regiment, 4th Battalion
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team
  • 101st Airborne Division
  • 101st Airborne Division, 1st Brigade
  • 101st Airborne Division, 1st Brigade, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
  • 101st Airborne Division, 1st Brigade, 327th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
  • 101st Airborne Division, 1st Brigade, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
  • 101st Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade
  • 101st Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
  • 101st Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade, 506th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
  • 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade
  • 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion

Logistics
Obsolete
  • US Army Europe, 29th Transportation Battalion
  • US Army Forces Command, 561st Maintenance Battalion
  • US Army Japan, 10th Regional Support Group, 35th CSSB, 87th Quartermaster Detachment
  • 1st Cavalry Division Support Command, 15th Support and Transport Battalion (original version)
  • 1st Cavalry Division Support Command, 15th Support and Transport Battalion
  • 1st Cavalry Division Support Command, 15th Support and Transport Battalion, Company A
  • 1st Cavalry Division Support Command, 15th Support and Transport Battalion, Company B
  • 1st Cavalry Division Support Command, 27th Maintenance Battalion
  • 1st Cavalry Division, 1st Cavalry Division Sustainment Brigade, 527th Quartermaster Detachment
  • 1st Corps Support Command, 600th Quartermaster Company
  • 1st Corps Support Command, 612th Quartermaster Company
  • 1st Corps Support Command, 623rd Quartermaster Company
  • 21st Theater Sustainment Command, 16th Sustainment Brigade, 16th Special Troops Battalion, 5th Quartermaster Theater Aerial Delivery Company (original version)
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 33rd Aviation Maintenance Company
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 407th Supply and Transportation Battalion
    —currently 82nd Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 407th Brigade Support Battalion
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 782nd Maintenance Battalion
    —redesignated 782nd Brigade Support Battalion
  • 451st Expeditionary Sustainment Command, 89th Sustainment Brigade, 620th CSSB, 383rd Quartermaster Company

Medical
Obsolete
  • US Army Forces Command, 86th Combat Support Hospital
  • 1st Cavalry Division Support Command, 15th Medical Battalion (original version)
  • 1st Cavalry Division Support Command, 15th Medical Battalion
  • 4th Infantry Division, 4th Medical Battalion, Company C
  • XVIII Airborne Corps, 44th Medical Brigade
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 307th Medical Battalion
    —currently 82nd Airborne Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 307th Brigade Support Battalion
  • 593rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, 62nd Medical Brigade, 47th Combat Support Hospital, 250th Medical Detachment

Military intelligence
Obsolete

Military police
  • US Army Criminal Investigation Command, 3rd Military Police Group, 10th Military Police Battalion
  • XVIII Airborne Corps, 16th Military Police Brigade
  • XVIII Airborne Corps, 16th Military Police Brigade, 503rd Military Police Battalion, 21st Military Police Company
  • XVIII Airborne Corps, 16th Military Police Brigade, 503rd Military Police Battalion, 65th Military Police Company
  • XVIII Airborne Corps, 16th Military Police Brigade, 503rd Military Police Battalion, 108th Military Police Company
  • XVIII Airborne Corps, 16th Military Police Brigade, 503rd Military Police Battalion, 118th Military Police Company
Obsolete
  • US Army Alaska, Fort Wainwright, 472nd Military Police Company
  • –US Army Forces Command, 553rd Military Police Company
    –101st Airborne Division, 101st Military Police Company
  • XVIII Airborne Corps, 16th Military Police Group

Multidisciplinary units
Obsolete
  • Puerto Rico Army National Guard Headquarters
    —currently Puerto Rico State Guard
  • Puerto Rico Army National Guard Headquarters, Command and Control
  • Puerto Rico Army National Guard, 292nd Area Command
  • Special Operations Command East–Army Element
  • Special Operations Command Joint Forces–Army Element
  • Special Operations Task Force Europe–Army Element
  • US Army Europe, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Combat Support Battalion
  • US Army Europe, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Special Troops Battalion
  • US Army Forces Command
  • US Army Forces Command, Joint Task Force Deployable
  • US Army Garrison, Fort Bragg
  • US Army Reserve Special Operations Command
  • SETAF
  • US Army Special Operations Support Command
  • 1st Cavalry Division Support Command
  • 1st Special Operations Command
  • 1st Sustainment Command
  • 3rd Special Operations Support Command
  • 4th Special Operations Support Command
  • 5th Special Operations Support Command
  • 6th Special Operations Support Command (original version)
  • 6th Special Operations Support Command
  • 7th Special Operations Support Command
  • 25th Infantry Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team, Special Troops Battalion
  • 25th Infantry Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 167th Brigade Support Battalion
  • 82nd Airborne Division, Special Troops Battalion
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team, Special Troops Battalion
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Special Troops Battalion
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, Special Troops Battalion
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team, Special Troops Battalion
  • 82nd Airborne Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 782nd Brigade Support Battalion
    —formerly designated 782nd Maintenance Battalion
  • –101st Division Support Command
    –Various other Fort Campbell units who lacked an organizational beret flash

Ordnance

Psychological operations
  • USACAPOC, 2nd Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) Group, 15th PSYOPS Battalion, 310th, 325th, and 346th Tactical PSYOPS Companies
  • USACAPOC, 7th PSYOPS Group, 14th PSYOPS Battalion, 301st Tactical PSYOPS Company
  • USACAPOC, 7th PSYOPS Group, 17th PSYOPS Battalion, 344th Tactical PSYOPS Company
  • USACAPOC, 7th PSYOPS Group, 17th PSYOPS Battalion, 345th Tactical PSYOPS Company
  • 1st Special Forces Command, 4th PSYOPS Group
  • 1st Special Forces Command, 4th PSYOPS Group, 3rd PSYOPS Battalion
  • 1st Special Forces Command, 4th PSYOPS Group, 7th PSYOPS Battalion
  • 1st Special Forces Command, 4th PSYOPS Group, 8th PSYOPS Battalion
  • 1st Special Forces Command, 8th PSYOPS Group
Obsolete
  • USACAPOC, 2nd PSYOPS Group, 15th PSYOPS Battalion, 310th Tactical PSYOPS Company (original version)
  • USACAPOC, 2nd PSYOPS Group, 15th PSYOPS Battalion, 325th Tactical PSYOPS Company (original version)
  • USACAPOC, 2nd PSYOPS Group, 15th PSYOPS Battalion, 346th Tactical PSYOPS Company (original version)

Public affairs

Signal
Obsolete

Special forces
  • Special Forces personnel in non–special forces units
  • 1st Special Forces Command, 1st Special Forces Group
  • 1st Special Forces Command, 1st Special Forces Group, 39th Special Forces Detachment
    —formerly Special Forces Detachment–Korea
  • 1st Special Forces Command, 3rd Special Forces Group
  • 1st Special Forces Command, 5th Special Forces Group
    —formerly 5th Special Forces Group–Vietnam
  • 1st Special Forces Command, 7th Special Forces Group
  • 1st Special Forces Command, 10th Special Forces Group
  • 1st Special Forces Command, 19th Special Forces Group
  • 1st Special Forces Command, 20th Special Forces Group
Obsolete
  • Special Forces personnel assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • 1st Special Forces, Special Forces Reserve
  • 1st Special Forces, Special Forces Reserve Recognition Bar
  • 1st Special Forces, 1st Special Forces Group Recognition Bar
  • 1st Special Forces, 3rd Special Forces Group Recognition Bar
  • 1st Special Forces, 5th Special Forces Group (original version)
  • 1st Special Forces, 5th Special Forces Group Recognition Bar
  • 1st Special Forces, 5th Special Forces Group–Vietnam Recognition Bar
  • 1st Special Forces, 6th Special Forces Group
  • 1st Special Forces, 6th Special Forces Group Recognition Bar
  • 1st Special Forces, 7th Special Forces Group Recognition Bar
  • 1st Special Forces, 8th Special Forces Group
  • 1st Special Forces, 8th Special Forces Group Recognition Bar
  • 1st Special Forces, 10th Special Forces Group Recognition Bar
  • 1st Special Forces, 10th Special Forces Group, Special Forces Detachment–Europe
  • 1st Special Forces, 10th Special Forces Group, Special Forces Detachment–Europe Recognition Bar
  • 1st Special Forces, 11th Special Forces Group
  • 1st Special Forces, 11th Special Forces Group Recognition Bar
  • 1st Special Forces, 12th Special Forces Group
  • 1st Special Forces, 12th Special Forces Group Recognition Bar
  • 1st Special Forces, 19th Special Forces Group Recognition Bar
  • 1st Special Forces, 20th Special Forces Group Recognition Bar

Training
Obsolete

State defense forces

Collectively referred to as state defense forces—also known as state guard, state military reserve, or militia—in many states and territories wear modified versions of US Army uniforms.[9][94][95] To help separate these state guard members from other federal armed forces, such as the National Guard, they will wear a unique organizational beret flash on their military beret that is worn in the same manner as their federal counterparts.[9][96][97][98][99][100][101][102] The following is a list of some of these organizational beret flashes worn by various US militia units:

  • State Defense Force (worn by various state reserve units)

State and territory specific militia
Obsolete

See also

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