United States military beret flash

Throughout its history, Army soldiers and their units have adopted different headgear and headgear devices—such as color accoutrements, insignias, and flashes—signifying special capabilities and unique roles of soldiers and their units.[9][10] An example of this tradition started in World War II with the adoption of airborne insignias which were authorized for wear by military parachutists and glider-born forces on specific assignments and by those assigned to airborne units.[11][12] The airborne insignias were worn on the left-side front (for enlisted and NCOs) or right-side front (for officers) of the former Army service uniform's service cap.[11][12] Different variants of airborne insignias were worn until later in World War II when parachute and glider formations combined their unit-specific insignias into one red, white, and blue Airborne Insignia.[13] Although airborne units began to wear the maroon beret as their official headgear in the 1980s, the service cap with Airborne Insignia continued to be authorized for wear until the black beret became the standard Army headgear in 2000.[12][14][15]

Other examples of this tradition can be seen with the adoption of organizational beret flashes worn to signify a specific formation of a specialized unit, such as a combat advisor, airborne, ranger, or special forces unit.[3][9][15] It is not clear when organizational beret flashes began to be used by the Army. However, historical Army films and photographs suggest the modern–day organizational beret flash may have been introduced in late 1961, around the time the green beret was officially authorized for wear by members of the Army's special forces.[16][17][18][19][20][21] Prior to that time, the green beret was worn informally by those assigned to special forces units who used their Parachutist Badge as their beret flash. The Parachutist Badge was worn high on the beret positioned either over the left eye or left temple and officers would wear their polished metal rank insignia below their badge.[16] As these special forces units began to adopt their organizational beret flashes, they also adopted rules as to who in their unit would be allowed to wear them.[22] For example, only special operations qualified paratroopers were authorized to wear their special forces unit's organizational beret flash while none-qualified soldiers wore a cloth recognition bar, color and pattern matched to their unit's organizational beret flash, below their DUI or officer rank insignia.[10][22][23]

Basic Parachutist Badge Senior Parachutist Badge

Part of a special forces detachment with the 8231st Army Unit, US Army Forces, Far East[24][25] wearing green berets with their Parachutist Badge attached—note the two officers (upper-right) wearing their rank insignia below their badge—c. 1956[16]

11th Special Forces Group Beret Flash—note similarities with the recognition bar depicted below 11th Special Forces Group Recognition Bar

A medical corps paratrooper with the 11th Special Forces Group wearing green beret with 1st Special Forces DUI above his unit's recognition bar, c. 1967[26]

Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Div's 3rd BDE, 1st BN, 508th Infantry stand in review for the Commander–in–Chief, Swedish Army wearing their new maroon berets with BN specific organizational beret flash, 1975[27]

Other beret accouterments began to appear in the 1960s and 70s, particularly between 1973 and 1979 when the Department of the Army's (DA) morale-enhancing order was in effect and various colored berets began to be worn my numerous units and branches of the Army.[20][21][28] Historical photographs from the 1960s through the 1970s show soldiers assigned to Long-Range Reconnaissance and Patrol units wearing black berets with a wide variety of patches, tabs, and devices that were used as their beret flash (see Example 1).[28] Also during this time-period, some paratroopers and rangers assigned to certain training units would wear their Airborne Tab or Ranger Tab on a black beret above their DUI, Parachutist Badge, or rank insignia (see Example 2).[28][29] In 1975, the Army authorized its ranger units to wear the black beret with some of these units continuing to attach their Ranger Tab to their beret by sewing it on top of their new organization beret flash.[28][30] In 1973, Army leaders authorized the wear of the maroon beret by airborne units.[28] Historical photographs of these paratroopers in the 1970s show them wearing their Parachutist Badge on their maroon beret, just as members of special forces had done on their green berets in the 1950s, but with their unit's background trimming—which made their debut in World War II[31]—and officer or NCO polished metal rank insignia below it (see Example 3).[3][16][28][32] Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division (Div) wore their maroon berets differently with historical photographs from 1973 through 1977 showing 82nd Airborne Div paratroopers attaching their DUIs and eventually adding traditionally styled regiment (RGT) and/or battalion (BN) specific organizational beret flashes—pattered after their unit's background trimming—and worn in the same manner as they are today.[1][27][33][34] Similarly, in 1974 Army leaders authorized the 101st Airborne Div to wear the dark-blue beret[8][28]—the same year the unit was redesignated as an air assault division.[35] Army articles and historical photographs of 101st soldiers show them wearing the same traditionally styled organizational beret flashes as the 82nd—also patterned after their unit's background trimming—but with enlisted attaching their DUI and NCO and officers attaching their polished metal rank insignia. Between 1976 and 1977, 101st soldiers would add their Airmobile Badge—renamed Air Assault Badge in 1978[36]—to their berets and wore them to the left of the wearer's beret flash (see Example 4).[8][28][37] Additionally, US Army armored cavalry RGTs stationed in West Germany began wearing locally authorized black berets in the 1970s with a cloth maroon and white elongated oval as their beret flash.[20][21][28] These armored cavalry unit soldiers wore the oval vertically behind their DUI, to the left of the wearer's metal rank insignia (enlisted, NCOs, and officers alike), and positioned over their left temple (see Example 5).[20][21][28][38] Also during the 1970s, arctic-qualified soldiers of the 172nd Infantry Brigade (BDE) began to wear locally authorized olive-drab berets with traditionally styled organizational beret flashes that were hand-made, unique to each BN, and were worn in the same manner as they are today (see Example 6).[1][21][28] The aforementioned Army articles and historical photographs also describe and show the use of unique Army branch specific berets that were worn by some soldiers in the 1970s which were dyed to match the heraldic colors of their branch.[20][21] Enlisted soldiers attached their regimental insignia while officers attached their polished metal rank insignia on these branch-specific berets for used as their beret flash.[20][21][28] 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.[20][21][28]

Example 1

Recon Platoon, 2nd Bn, 8th Cavalry RGT Beret Flash

An infantry soldier with 1st Cavalry Div, 2nd Bn, 8th Cavalry's Recon Platoon wearing black beret with unit beret flash, 1970[28]

Example 2

Ranger Tab

An infantry officer with the US Army Infantry School's Ranger Department wearing black beret with his Ranger Tab above his rank insignia, 1971[29]

Example 3

An infantry officer with the US Army Infantry School's Airborne Department wearing maroon beret with his Parachutist Badge and what is believed to be the Airborne Department Background Trimming above his rank insignia, c. 1973[28]

Example 4

326th Engineer BN Background Trimming—note similarities with the beret flash pictured below

An engineer officer with the 101st Airborne Div wearing dark-blue beret with 326th Engineer BN Beret Flash, rank insignia, and Airmobile Badge, 1977[28]

Example 5

Armored Cavalry Oval

An artillery NCO with the 11th Armored Cavalry RGT wearing black beret with his rank insignia next to Armored Cavalry Oval with unit DUI, c. 1970s[28]

Example 6

1st BN, 60th Infantry RGT Beret Flash

An infantry soldier with the 172nd Infantry BDE wearing olive-drab beret with 1st BN, 60th Infantry RGT Beret Flash and DUI, c. 1970s[28]

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[21]—and special forces units green berets.[20][21][39] The Army's 1981 uniform regulation describes the wear of these newly approved berets with the only authorized accoutrements being officer rank insignias, DUIs, organizational beret flashes, and recognition bars.[10][40] 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 and all members assigned to a special forces unit, regardless of their qualifications, began to wear their unit's organizational beret flash.[22]

A soldier from 1st SFAB wearing brown beret with unit DUI and TIOH's first authorized organizational beret flash for a non-airborne unit in the modern Army, 2018[41][42][43]

A soldier from the 2nd Infantry Div's 1st BDE wearing black beret with DA Beret Flash and 23rd Infantry RGT DUI at Fort Lewis's Army beret downing ceremony, c. 2000[44]

In 2000, General Eric Shinseki, Chief of Staff of the Army, decided to make the black beret the standard headgear of the Army; General Shinseki also decided that a new DA Beret Flash will be worn by all units that do not have an organizational beret flash.[1][21][45][46] Army units can request an organizational beret flash for their formation—as was authorized for the Army's new Security Force Assistance Command (SFAC) and its BDEs (a.k.a. SFABs)—given it is not for wear on the black beret.[3][41][42][47][48][49][50][51][52][53] According to Pam Reece of The US Army Institute of Heraldry (TIOH), the DA Beret Flash "is designed to closely replicate the colors of the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army at the time of its victory at Yorktown."[21][54]

The design of each unit's organizational beret flash was created and/or approved by TIOH.[45] TIOH based their original organizational beret flash designs after a unit's existing background trimming.[3] For newer units authorized an organizational beret flash, TIOH will research the requesting unit's heraldry leveraging geometrical divisions, shapes, and colors to represent the history and mission of the unit in the creation of a design.[55][41] Once the requesting unit agrees upon a design, TIOH creates manufacturing instructions and conducts quality control for companies authorized to produce the organizational beret flash.[55][56][57]

A law enforcement specialist from George Air Force Base wearing navy-blue beret with the Tactical Air CMD Shield as her beret flash, 1990[58]

A security policeman with the 1041st Security Police SQN wearing the unit's distinctive dark-blue beret and beret flash, c. 1968[59]

In 1957, the Strategic Air Command (CMD) Elite Guard was the first Air Force unit authorized to wear berets. The first beret flash worn on the unit's navy-blue beret was a metal full-color replica of the Strategic Air CMD Shield.[60][61] In 1966/67, the newly formed 1041st Security Police SQN was authorized to wear a different shade of dark-blue beret and used a depiction of a falcon carrying a pair of lightning bolts on a light-blue cloth patch as their beret flash.[62][59][63] In 1976, the Air Force approved the navy-blue beret, worn by Strategic Air CMD's Elite Guard and Air Force Combat Control Teams, as the official uniform item for all Air Force police and security forces.[62][64] The beret flash used on these berets was a metal full-color replica of the airman's major CMD shield.[65][58] In 1997, the Air Force stood up the security forces AFSC and honored the heraldry of the 1041st Security Police SQN by creating a new cloth 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.[2][62] Security forces officers wear the same basic beret flash minus the embroidered falcon and airfield and in its place attach their polished metal rank insignia.[2]

Historical photographs from 1964 through the 1970s show combat controllers wearing navy–blue berets.[66][67] Initial wear of these berets followed the trend of special forces units whereby combat controller's wore their Parachutist Badge over their left eye acting as their beret flash with officers wearing their polished metal rank insignia below their badge; yet other combat controllers wore these berets with their Parachutists Badge and polished metal rank insignia (enlisted, NCO, and officer alike) over their right temple with the excess of the beret's material pulled over the left hear.[16][66][67] The navy-blue beret was officially approved for wear by combat controllers in 1973.[68] In 1978 they received authorization to wear scarlet berets with a large metallic Combat Control Beret Flash, created by retired combat controllers Jack Hughes and Gene Adcock.[64][69] The combat controllers first beret flash was an unpolished metal circular disc surrounded by a wreath with a scroll at its base with the embossed words "Combat Control Team" and a lightning built diagonally splitting the center of the disc with a compass rose on the bottom-right half and a parachute on the upper-left half toped with the embossed phrase "First There."[69][70] The new scarlet beret and beret flash were worn in the same manner as it is today with the flash centered over the left eye and the excess cloth of the beret pulled over the right ear.[2][64][71] In 1984 the shape of the Combat Control Beret Flash was modified with some of its elements rearranged, a gridded globe added to its center, and the scroll changed to read "U.S.A.F. Combat Control; this new polished metal version is what the Combat Controllers wear today.[69][72] Special tactics officers also wear the scarlet beret and wear their miniature polished metal rank insignia just below a visually similar beret flash to the combat controllers but contains different symbols and phrases representing the different AFSCs they oversee and support: a compass rose for combat control, a guardian angel protecting the Earth for pararescue, a dagger with crossed lightning bolts for special reconnaissance, and a falcon for security forces all depicted in-front of a gridded globe flanked by wreaths with a scroll at its base with the phrases "USAF Special Tactics" and "Mal Ad Os" (bad to the bone) as well as a banner atop of the flash that contains the phrases "First There" and "That Others May Live."[2][73][74]

A Combat Control NCO with the 7th Aerial Port SQN wearing navy-blue beret with his Senior Parachutist Badge and rank insignia, 1964[66]

Original Combat Control Beret Flash, 1983[70]

Current Combat Control Beret Flash

In 1966, Air Force pararescuemen, also known as a Pararescue Jumper (PJ), were authorized to wear the maroon beret and a large metallic Pararescue Beret Flash.[68][75] The color of the beret (maroon) was chosen to symbolize the sacrifice required of PJs and its initial wear followed the trend of the time whereby PJs used their Parachutist Badge as their beret flash due to perceived gaps in production and distribution of the Pararescue Beret Flash.[16][75][68][76] The Pararescue Beret Flash was derived from the Air Rescue Service shield—which was designed by TSgt Bill Steffens (Retired)[77]—and consists of a guardian angel wrapping its arms around the Earth, which symbolizes the mission of the PJ, surrounded by a parachute mounted on a banner that has the phrase, "That others may live," embossed on it, the PJ creed.[78] Combat rescue officers wear a modified version of the Pararescue Beret Flash with the word "Pararescue" replace with "Combat Rescue Officer" and is worn just above their miniature polished metal rank insignia on the same maroon beret as the PJs.[2][74]

A PJ with 37th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery SQN wearing maroon beret with his Parachutist Badge, 1967[75]

Original Air Rescue Service Shield

Original Pararescue Beret Flash (oxidized)

Current Pararescue Beret Flash (polished)

5th Weather SQN Emblem

5th Weather SQN Beret Flash

In the mid 1960s, Air Force commando weathermen,[79] formally known as weather parachutists, with Detachment 26 of the 30th Weather SQN and Detachment 32 of the 5th Weather SQN informally wore black berets.[80] The beret flash worn on these berets was a black cloth rectangle with a depiction of a yellow embroidered anemometer surmounted by a fleur-de-lis with the words “Combat Weather” split by the anemometer.[80] In 1963, weather parachutists from Detachment 75 of the 2nd Weather Group wore gray berets and like the PJs and combat controllers of the era used their Parachutist Badge as their beret flash and worn their polished metal rank insignia (enlisted, NCO, and officer alike) just below their badge.[67][75][80] From 1970 through the 1980s, weather parachutists with the 5th Weather SQN wore maroon berets with an Army style beret flash that incorporated the SQN's colors from their emblem's alchemical symbol for water—the green, blue, and red colors representing Earth, air, and fire respectively—and wore their Parachutist Badge attached to the flash.[41][80] 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.[41][80] Enlisted and NCOs wore their Parachutist Badge attached to the flash while officers wore their polished metal rank insignia.[80] 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 Beret Flash was authorized.[80] This large metallic beret flash used the same color field as the previous cloth beret flash but had a parachute with the letters "USAF," a dagger, and crossed lightning bolts centered on the field with a scroll at the bottom embossed with the words “Air Weather Service;” this metal beret flash was surrounded by a gilded band embossed with the words “Special Operations Weather Team."[80] In 1992, the Air Force approved the return of the SOWT's blue, black, and yellow cloth beret flash from the 70s and used their color metallic SOWT Beret Flash from the 80's as their beret crest (i.e. it was placed on top of the cloth beret flash).[80] In 1996, the SOWTs assigned to the US Air Force Special Operations CMD (AFSOC) wore a new Army style beret flash while those assigned to Air Combat CMD, known as Combat Weather Teams (CWTs), continued to wear the original blue, black and yellow beret flash.[41][80][81] The AFSOC SOWT Beret Flash consisted of a red border representing the blood shed by their predecessors, a black background represented special operations, and three diagonal lines of various colors representing the services they supported (green=Army, purple=joint forces, and blue=Air Force).[80] Enlisted and NCOs wore their Parachutist Badge on top of the AFSOC SOWT Beret Flash while officers wore their polished metal rank insignia until 2002 when the Combat Weather Team Crest was created.[80] The Combat Weather Team Crest incorporated the center elements of the 1986 metallic SOWT Beret Flash/Crest—specifically the parachute, crossed lightning bolts, and dagger—with arched banners embossed with "Combat Weather Team" above, "Airborne" below, and "USAF" in a center rectangular banner.[80] The Combat Weather Team Crest was worn attached on both SOWT and CWT Beret Flashes by enlisted and NCOs while officers continued to wear their polished metal rank insignia.[80][82][83] In 2007/2008, the AFSOC SOWT Beret Flash stopped being worn and the Combat Weather Team Crest became the de facto beret flash for these units.[80][82][84] In 2009—when the Special Operations Weather AFSC was established—a new large polished metallic Special Operations Weather Beret Flash was approved for wear by all SOWTs and CWTs (enlisted, NCOs, and officers alike) but took an additional year to create and was worn in the same manner as the modern-day Combat Control and Pararescue Beret Flashes.[2][80][84][85] In 2019, SOWTs were re-designated special reconnaissance so the name embossed on the Special Operations Weather Beret Flash was changed to "SPECIAL U.S.A.F. RECON" and the fleur-de-lis was removed, otherwise this last variant of the SOWT's beret flash remains the same.[86][87]

Weather parachutist beret flashes from the 1960s through 2018[80][86]

1960s Commando Weatherman Beret Flash

1970–1980s 5th Weather SQN Beret Flash

1979–1986/1992–1996 SOWT and 1996–2010 CWT Beret Flash

1986–1991 SOWT Beret Flash

1996–2008 AFSOC SOWT Beret Flash

2008–2010 SOWT Beret Flash

2010–2018 Special Operations Weather Beret Flash

Variations in wear of the Combat Weather Team Crest between 2002–2010 A weather parachutist NCO with the Army's 82nd Airborne Div wearing the CWT Beret Flash with Combat Weather Team Crest, 2007[88] A weather parachutist with the 107th Weather Flight wearing SOWT Beret Flash with Combat Weather Team Crest, 2008[82] A weather parachutist with the 320th Special Tactics SQN wearing Combat Weather Team Crest as beret flash, 2010[89]

In 1979, TACP's 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.[20] The Air Force approved the TACPs' flash and crest design in 1985.[20] The TACP Beret Flash—which followed the basic design language of Army beret flashes[41]—incorporates red borders that represent the firepower TACP's bring to bear with two dovetailed fields of blue and green represent the close working relationship between the Air Force and the Army that is enabled by the TACP.[90] The TACP Crest incorporates am arched banner at its top embossed with "U.S. Air Force" held up by erect–wings which symbolize the combat readiness of the TACP, at its center is a sword symbolizes the firepower controlled by the TACP, a lightning bolt representing modern–day communications used by the TACP, an eight-point star symbolizes the worldwide mobility of the TACP, and at the crest's base is a rectangular banner embossed with the letters "TACP."[90] Latter, Air Liaison Officers (ALOs) were given authorization to wear the black beret and the TACP Beret Flash, no crest.[20][91][92] In 2019 the Air Force uniform instruction changed directing ALOs, now called TACP Officers, to wear the TACP Beret Flash and Crest with miniature polished metal rank insignia below the crest and just above the outer-border of the beret flash.[2][93][94] Similarly, Air Mobility Liaison Officers (AMLOs) also wore the black beret.[20] Although worn informally before then, in 2015 TIOH 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 beret flash, and was worn in the same manner as Army beret flashes.[1][2][95][96] Despite this, the Air Force Uniform Board and uniform regulations do not address the wear of the AMLO Beret Flash by these liaisons.[2]

TACP Beret Flash without crest, worn by ALOs An ALO with the 682 Direct Air Support Operations SQN wearing black beret with TACP Beret Flash and rank insignia, 2011[97]

TIOH manufacturing instructions for the AMLO Beret Flash An AMLO with the 8th Air Support Operations SQN wearing black beret with AMLO Beret Flash and rank insignia, 2011[95]

An instructor with the 22nd Training SQN wearing pewter-green beret with SERE Specialist Beret Flash, 2008[98]

In 2004, the Air Force authorized the wear of the pewter-green beret to graduates of the US Air Force Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) Specialist Technical School.[99] The beret flash worn on these berets is a polished metallic shield embossed with a bald eagle in front of a compass rose with barbed wire in the foreground, a scroll at the top embossed with "USAF SERE," and the SERE motto "Return With Honor" embossed at its base.[99] The SERE Specialist Beret Flash is worn centered over the left eye.[2]

In 2018, AFSOC authorized the wear of the brown beret for airman, NCOs, and officers assigned to a CAA unit, specifically the 6th and 711th Special Operations SQNs. The brown beret is worn with an Army style cloth beret flash consisting of a dark-blue field with olive-green diagonal stripes and border.[41][100] The CAA Beret Flash is worn centered over the left eye with AFSC specific metallic beret flashes or polished metal officer rank insignia attached while all other advisors wear the cloth CAA Beret Flash without accoutrements.[100]

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.[101][102] 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.[102] In this message, the wear and appearance of the beret was also 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."[102][103] 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[104]—and will affix historically relevant riverine task force insignia for use as their beret flash.[105][106][107][108]

River Patrol Force, Task Force 116 Insignia

Chief of Naval Operations (L) and Commander, Riverine Patrol Force (R) wearing black berets with Task Force 116 Insignia over right temple, 1969[109]

A Navy NCO from Riverine Squadron 1 receives the historical black beret with Task Force 116 Insignia at a special ceremony making him an honorary "Gamewarden," 2011[106]

By the early 1970s, some of the US Marines remaining in South Vietnam were combat advisers supporting the Republic of Vietnam Marine Div, also known as the South Vietnamese Marine Corps (VNMC).[110] Those Marine advisers wore a derivative of the NVMC combat uniform.[110] Many of these Marine advisors wore VNMC green berets with a metallic version of the VNMC Beret Flash and wore it over their right temple with the excess cloth of the beret pulled over their left ear.[110][111]

VNMC Beret Flash (metallic version)

A Marine advisor with the VNMC wearing green beret with metallic VNMC Beret Flash, 1971[110]

Starting in the 1970s, a special female beret was authorized for wear as alternate headgear for the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps with various service uniforms.[10][112][113][114] The Navy was the last service to remove the female beret from their uniform regulations in 2015.[115] These black (Army and Navy), dark-blue (Air Force), and dark-green (Marine Corps) female berets were of similar design and worn on the crown of the head.[10][112][113][114][116] These service members wore their traditional cap devices on these female berets but unlike today's Army and Air Force beret flashes, these devices were worn center-forward on the beret with the exception being the Navy who wore their devices centered over the left eye.[10][112][113][114][116]

How the former female service uniform berets and cap devices were worn

An Army officer wearing black female beret on the crown of the head with Officer Cap Device, c. 1975[117]

An airman wearing dark-blue female beret on the crown of the head with Enlisted Cap Device centered with her face, 1974[112]

A sailor wearing black female beret on the crown of the head with Enlisted Cap Device aligned over her left eye

A Marine wearing dark-green female beret with subdued Enlisted Eagle, Globe, and Anchor Emblem, c. 1978[113]

Army commissioned officers wore a gold metal replica of the coat of arms of the United States on their female berets[10] while Air Force commissioned officers, commissioned warrant officers, and warrant officers wore a silver version of the same insignia.[118] Army commissioned warrant officers and warrant officers wore a gold metal spread–eagle enclosed within a wreath on their female berets.[119] Army and Air Force enlisted and NCOs wore a gold (Army) or silver (Air Force) metal replica of the coat of arms of the United States surrounded by a like-colored metal ring on their female berets.[10][112]

Navy commissioned officers and commissioned warrant officers wore a silver spread–eagle surmounting a silver escutcheon with gold fouled anchors on their female berets while warrant officers wore only the gold fouled anchors until commissioned.[120] Navy enlisted and NCOs wore a silver spread–eagle with the letters "USN" mounted above the wings on their female berets while more senior NCOs (E-7/OR-7 through E-9/OR-9) wore their polished metal collar rank insignia.[121][122]

Marines wore a subdued version of the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor Emblem centered on their female beret.[113] Commissioned officers, commissioned warrant officers and warrant officers wore a version of the emblem that had a more intricate design compared to what was worn by enlisted and NCOs.[113]

Cap devices used on the former female service uniform berets

Army cap devices

Air Force cap devices

Navy cap devices

Marine Corps emblems (subdued)

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  United Nations
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  Multinational Force and Observers (cloth variant)

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  Joint Enabling Capabilities CMD's Joint Communication Support Element
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  Joint Enabling Capabilities CMD, Joint Communication Support Element's 1st SQN
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  Joint Enabling Capabilities CMD, Joint Communication Support Element's 2nd SQN
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  Joint Enabling Capabilities CMD, Joint Communication Support Element's 3rd SQN
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  Joint Enabling Capabilities CMD, Joint Communication Support Element's 4th SQN
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  Joint Enabling Capabilities CMD, Joint Communication Support Element's Communications Support Detachment

Obsolete joint Air Force and Army

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  Joint Enabling Capabilities CMD, Joint Communication Support Element's 5th SQN

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  CAA
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  Combat Control
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  Combat Rescue Officer
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  Pararescue
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  Security Forces
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  Security Forces Officer
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  Special Reconnaissance
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  Special Tactics Officer
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  SERE Specialist
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  TACP and TACP Officer
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  US Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps

Obsolete security forces

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  Aerospace Defense CMD
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  Air Combat CMD
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  Air Education and Training CMD
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  Air Force Logistics CMD
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  Air Force Materiel CMD
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  Air Force Intelligence CMD
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  Air Force Reserve CMD
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  Air Force Space CMD
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  Air Force Special Operations CMD
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  Air Force Systems CMD
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  Air Mobility CMD
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  Air Training CMD
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  Air University
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  Alaskan Air CMD
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  Cyberspace Capabilities Center
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  Electronic Security CMD
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  Military Airlift CMD
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  Pacific Air Forces
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  Strategic Air CMD
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  Tactical Air CMD
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  US Air Forces in Europe
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  1041st Security Police SQN

For other obsolete beret flashes, see the Department of the Air Force history section above.

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  DA (worn when no organizational beret flash exists)

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  US Army Recruiting CMD, Marketing and Engagement BDE's US Army Parachute Team
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  82nd Airborne Div's 49th Public Affairs Detachment

Obsolete adjutant general and public affairs

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  XVIII Airborne Corps's 18th Personnel Group
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  82nd Airborne Div's 82nd Finance BN
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  82nd Airborne Div's 82nd Personnel Services BN

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  US Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF), 173rd Airborne BDE, 319th Field Artillery RGT's 4th BN
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  XVIII Airborne Corps, 108th Air Defense Artillery BDE, 4th Air Defense Artillery RGT, 3rd Bn's E Battery
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  25th Infantry Div, 4th BDE Combat Team (BCT), 377th Field Artillery RGT's 2nd BN
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  82nd Airborne Div's 82nd Airborne Div Artillery
  as well as
  former 101st Airborne Div's 101st Div Artillery
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  82nd Airborne Div, 1st BCT, 319th Field Artillery RGT's 3rd BN
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  82nd Airborne Div, 2nd BCT, 319th Field Artillery RGT's 2nd BN
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  82nd Airborne Div, 3rd BCT, 319th Field Artillery RGT's 1st BN

Obsolete air defense and field artillery

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  US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry BDE, 501st Infantry RGT, 1st Bn, 11th Field Artillery RGT's 4th Bn, C Battery
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  XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery's Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps' 18th Field Artillery BDE
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps, 18th Field Artillery BDE's 1st Field Artillery Detachment
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps, 18th Field Artillery BDE's 234th Field Artillery Detachment
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps, 18th Field Artillery BDE, 321st Field Artillery RGT's 1st Bn
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps, 18th Field Artillery BDE, 377th Field Artillery RGT's 1st Bn
• 
  82nd Airborne Division, 4th BCT, 321st Field Artillery RGT's 2nd Bn
• 
  101st Airborne Div, 3rd Air Defense Artillery RGT's 1st BN

• 
  USAREUR-AF, 173rd Airborne BDE, 91st Cavalry RGT's 1st SQN
• 
  25th Infantry Div, 4th BCT, 40th Cavalry RGT's 1st SQN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, Combat Aviation BDE (CAB), 17th Cavalry RGT's 1st SQN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 1st BCT, 73rd Cavalry RGT's 3rd SQN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 2nd BCT, 73rd Cavalry RGT's 1st SQN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 3rd BCT, 73rd Cavalry RGT's 5th SQN

Obsolete armor and cavalry

• 
  Alabama Army National Guard, 142nd Battlefield Surveillance BDE (BfSB), 131st Cavalry RGT, 1st SQN's C Troop
• 
  Maryland Army National Guard, 58th BfSB, 158th Cavalry RGT, 1st SQN's C Troop
• 
  Texas Army National Guard, 71st BfSB, 124th Cavalry RGT, 3rd SQN's C Troop
• 
  I Corps, 201st BfSB, 38th Cavalry RGT's C Troop
• 
  I Corps, 201st BfSB, 38th Cavalry RGT, 3rd SQN's C Troop
• 
  III Corps, 504th BfSB, 38th Cavalry RGT, 2nd SQN's C Troop (original version)
• 
  III Corps, 504th BfSB, 38th Cavalry RGT, 2nd SQN's C Troop
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps, 525th BfSB, 38th Cavalry RGT, 1st SQN's C Troop
• 
  35th Infantry Div, 167th Cavalry RGT, 1st SQN's Long-Range Surveillance Detachment
• 
  40th Infantry Div, 79th BCT, 18th Cavalry RGT, 1st SQN's Long-Range Surveillance Detachment
• 
  42nd Infantry Div, 27th BCT, 101st Cavalry RGT, 2nd SQN's Long-Range Surveillance Detachment
• 
  42nd Infantry Div, 117th Cavalry RGT, 5th SQN's Long-Range Surveillance Detachment
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 1st BCT, 68th Armor RGT, 4th BN's A Co;
  82nd Airborne Div, 73rd Armor RGT's 3rd BN;
  and US Army Europe, 173rd Airborne BDE, 16th Armor RGT's D Co
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 4th BCT, 73rd Cavalry RGT's 4th SQN
• 
  101st Airborne Div, CAB, 17th Cavalry RGT's 2nd SQN

• 
  US Army Special Operations Aviation CMD (USASOAC)
• 
  USASOAC's 160th Special Operations Aviation RGT
• 
  USASOAC, 160th Special Operations Aviation RGT's 1st BN
• 
  USASOAC, 160th Special Operations Aviation RGT's 2nd BN
• 
  USASOAC, 160th Special Operations Aviation RGT's 3rd BN
• 
  USASOAC, 160th Special Operations Aviation RGT's 4th BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div's CAB
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, CAB, 82nd Aviation RGT's 1st BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, CAB, 82nd Aviation RGT's 2nd BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, CAB, 82nd Aviation RGT's 3rd BN

Obsolete aviation

• 
  US Army Europe, 11th Aviation BDE's Pathfinder Platoon
• 
  US Army Special Operations CMD's 160th Aviation Group
• 
  US Army Special Operations CMD, 245th Special Operations Aviation RGT's 1st BN
• 
  Special Operations CMD South's 617th Special Operations Aviation Detachment
• 
  1st Special Forces's 22nd Aviation Detachment
• 
  1st Special Forces, 22nd Aviation Detachment's Recognition Bar
• 
  V Corps, 12th Aviation Brigade's Pathfinder Platoon
• 
  Eighth US Army, 17th Aviation BDE's Pathfinder Platoon
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps's 18th Aviation BDE
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps, 58th Aviation RGT's 1st BN
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps's 229th Aviation Group
• 
  82nd Airborne Div's 82nd Aviation BDE
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 82nd Aviation RGT's 1st BN (original version)
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 82nd Aviation RGT's 1st BN (second version)
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 82nd Aviation RGT's 2nd BN (original version)
• 
  82nd Airborne Div's 82nd Combat Aviation BN
• 
  101st Airborne Div, CAB's 101st Aviation RGT
  as well as
  1st Special Forces' 44th Chemical Detachment

• 
  Arctic Support CMD, 17th Combat Sustainment Support BN's 4th Quartermaster Detachment
• 
  Defense Logistics Agency's Defense Distribution Depot-Army Element
• 
  General Lucius D. Clay National Guard Center's 165th Quartermaster Co
• 
  Program Executive Office's Airborne Procurement Team
• 
  US Army Test and Evaluation CMD, Yuma Proving Ground's Airborne Test Force
• 
  3rd Expeditionary Sustainment CMD, 264th Combat Sustainment Support BN's 647th Quartermaster Co
• 
  20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and high–yield Explosives (CBRNE) CMD, 52nd Ordnance Group, 192nd Ordnance BN's 28th Ordnance Co
• 
  20th CBRNE CMD, 52nd Ordnance Group, 192nd Ordnance BN's 722nd Ordnance Co
• 
  20th CBRNE CMD, 52nd Ordnance Group, 192nd Ordnance BN's 767th Ordnance Co
• 
  21st Theater Sustainment CMD, 16th Sustainment BDE, 16th Special Troops BN's 5th Quartermaster Theater Aerial Delivery Co
• 
  36th Infantry Div, 36th Infantry Div Sustainment BDE's 294th Quartermaster Co
• 
  36th Infantry Div, 36th Infantry Div Sustainment BDE, 294th Quartermaster Co's 36th Quartermaster Detachment
• 
  56th Troop CMD's 56th Quartermaster Detachment
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 82nd Airborne Div Sustainment BDE, 189th Combat Support Sustainment BN's 11th Quartermaster Co
• 
  143rd Sustainment CMD, 518th Sustainment BDE, 275th Combat Sustainment Support BN's 470th Quartermaster Co
• 
  143rd Sustainment CMD, 518th Sustainment BDE, 275th Combat Sustainment Support BN's 824th Quartermaster Co
• 
  143rd Sustainment CMD, 518th Sustainment BDE, 352nd Combat Sustainment Support BN's 346th Quartermaster Co
• 
  143rd Sustainment CMD, 518th Sustainment BDE, 352nd Combat Sustainment Support BN's 421st Quartermaster Co
• 
  316th Sustainment CMD, 77th Sustainment BDE's 861st Quartermaster Co

Obsolete chemical and logistics

• 
  US Army Europe's 29th Transportation BN
• 
  US Army Forces CMD's 561st Maintenance BN
• 
  US Army Japan, 10th Regional Support Group, 35th Combat Sustainment Support BN's 87th Quartermaster Detachment
• 
  1st Cavalry Div, 1st Cavalry Div Sustainment BDE's 527th Quartermaster Detachment
• 
  1st Corps Support CMD's 600th Quartermaster Co
• 
  1st Corps Support CMD's 612th Quartermaster Co
• 
  1st Corps Support CMD's 623rd Quartermaster Co
• 
  1st Special Forces, 5th Special Forces Group's 56th Chemical Reconnaissance Detachment
• 
  1st Special Forces' 44th Chemical Detachment
  as well as
  101st Airborne Div, CAB's 101st Aviation RGT
• 
  21st Theater Sustainment CMD, 16th Sustainment BDE, 16th Special Troops BN's 5th Quartermaster Theater Aerial Delivery Co (original version)
• 
  82nd Airborne Div's 33rd Aviation Maintenance Co
• 
  82nd Airborne Div's 407th Supply and Transportation BN (currently the 82nd Airborne Div, 2nd BCT's 407th BDE Support BN)
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 4th BCT's 782nd Maintenance BN
• 
  451st Expeditionary Sustainment CMD, 89th Sustainment BDE, 620th Combat Sustainment Support BN's 383rd Quartermaster Co

• 
  US Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations CMD (USACAPOC)
• 
  USACAPOC, 2nd Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Group, 15th PSYOP BN's 310th, 325th, and 346th Tactical PSYOP Cos
• 
  USACAPOC, 7th PSYOP Group, 14th PSYOP BN's 301st Tactical PSYOP Co
• 
  USACAPOC, 7th PSYOP Group, 17th PSYOP BN's 344th Tactical PSYOP Co
• 
  USACAPOC, 7th PSYOP Group, 17th PSYOP BN's 345th Tactical PSYOP Co
• 
  USACAPOC, 350th Civil Affairs CMD, 1st Training BDE's 478th Civil Affairs BN
• 
  USACAPOC, 351st Civil Affairs CMD, 358th Civil Affairs BDE's 416th Civil Affairs BN
• 
  USACAPOC, 351st Civil Affairs CMD, 358th Civil Affairs BDE's 426th Civil Affairs BN
• 
  USACAPOC, 352nd Civil Affairs CMD's 360th Civil Affairs BDE
• 
  USACAPOC, 352nd Civil Affairs CMD, 360th Civil Affairs BDE's 412th Civil Affairs BN
• 
  USACAPOC, 352nd Civil Affairs CMD, 360th Civil Affairs BDE's 450th Civil Affairs BN
• 
  USACAPOC, 353rd Civil Affairs CMD, 304th Civil Affairs BDE's 404th Civil Affairs BN
• 
  1st Special Forces CMD's 4th PSYOP Group
• 
  1st Special Forces CMD, 4th PSYOP Group's 3rd PSYOP BN
• 
  1st Special Forces CMD, 4th PSYOP Group's 7th PSYOP BN
• 
  1st Special Forces CMD, 4th PSYOP Group's 8th PSYOP BN
• 
  1st Special Forces CMD's 8th PSYOP Group
• 
  1st Special Forces CMD's 95th Civil Affairs BDE
• 
  1st Special Forces CMD, 95th Civil Affairs BDE's 91st Civil Affairs BN
• 
  1st Special Forces CMD, 95th Civil Affairs BDE's 92nd Civil Affairs BN
• 
  1st Special Forces CMD, 95th Civil Affairs BDE's 96th Civil Affairs BN
• 
  1st Special Forces CMD, 95th Civil Affairs BDE's 97th Civil Affairs BN
• 
  1st Special Forces CMD, 95th Civil Affairs BDE's 98th Civil Affairs BN

Obsolete civil affairs and psychological operations

• 
  USACAPOC, 2nd PSYOP Group, 15th PSYOP BN's 310th Tactical PSYOP Co (original version)
• 
  USACAPOC, 2nd PSYOP Group, 15th PSYOP BN's 325th Tactical PSYOP Co (original version)
• 
  USACAPOC, 2nd PSYOP Group, 15th PSYOP BN's 346th Tactical PSYOP Co (original version)
• 
  1st Special Forces CMD, 95th Civil Affairs BDE, 96th Civil Affairs BN's A Co

• 
  USAREUR-AF, 173rd Airborne BDE's 54th BDE Engineer BN
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps, 20th Engineer BDE's 27th Engineer BN
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps, 20th Engineer BDE, 27th Engineer BN's 57th Engineer Co
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps, 20th Engineer BDE, 27th Engineer BN's 161st Engineer Co
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps, 20th Engineer BDE, 27th Engineer BN's 618th Engineer Co
• 
  25th Infantry Div, 4th BCT's 6th BDE Engineer BN
• 
  25th Infantry Div, 4th BCT, 6th BDE Engineer BN's 84th Engineer Co
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 1st BCT's 127th BDE Engineer BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 2nd BCT's 37th BDE Engineer BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 3rd BCT's 307th BDE Engineer BN

Obsolete engineer

• 
  US Army Forces CMD's 20th Engineer BN
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps' 20th Engineer BDE (original version)
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps' 20th Engineer BDE
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps, 20th Engineer BDE's 738th Engineer Co
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps, 20th Engineer BDE's 919th Engineer Co
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps, 20th Engineer BDE's 30th Engineer BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div's 127th Engineer BN (original version)
• 
  101st Airborne Div's 326th Engineer BN

• 
  USAREUR-AF's 173rd Airborne BDE
• 
  USAREUR-AF, 173rd Airborne BDE, 143rd Infantry RGT's, 1st BN
• 
  USAREUR-AF, 173rd Airborne BDE, 503rd Infantry RGT's 1st BN (formerly part of 101st Airborne Div's 3rd BCT)
• 
  USAREUR-AF, 173rd Airborne BDE, 503rd Infantry RGT's 2nd BN (formerly part of 101st Airborne Div's 3rd BCT)
• 
  US Army Special Operations CMD's 75th Ranger RGT
• 
  US Army Special Operations CMD, 75th Ranger RGT's 1st BN
• 
  US Army Special Operations CMD, 75th Ranger RGT's 2nd BN
• 
  US Army Special Operations CMD, 75th Ranger RGT's 3rd BN
• 
  25th Infantry Div's 4th BCT
• 
  25th Infantry Div, 4th BCT, 501st Infantry RGT's 1st BN (formerly part of 101st Airborne Div's 2nd BCT)
• 
  25th Infantry Div, 4th BCT, 509th Infantry RGT's 3rd BN
• 
  35th Infantry Div, 45th BCT, 134th Infantry RGT's 2nd BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div
• 
  82nd Airborne Div's 1st BCT
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 1st BCT, 501st Infantry RGT's 2nd BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 1st BCT, 504th Infantry RGT's 1st BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 1st BCT, 504th Infantry RGT's 2nd BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div's 2nd BCT
• 
  82nd Aiirborne Div, 2nd BCT, 325th Infantry RGT's 1st BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 2nd BCT, 325th Infantry RGT's 2nd BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 2nd BCT, 508th Infantry RGT's 2nd BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div's 3rd BCT
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 505th Infantry RGT's, 1st BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 3rd BCT, 505th Infantry RGT's 2nd BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 3rd BCT, 508th Infantry RGT's 1st BN

Obsolete infantry

• 
  Georgia Army National Guard, 560th BfSB, 108th Cavalry RGT, 3rd SQN, 121st Infantry's H Co
• 
  Puerto Rico National Guard's 92nd Infantry BDE
• 
  Texas Army National Guard's 36th Airborne BDE
• 
  Texas Army National Guard, 36th Airborne Brigade, 143rd Infantry RGT's 1st BN
• 
  Texas Army National Guard, 36th Airborne Brigade, 143rd Infantry Regiment's 2nd BN
• 
  Texas Army National Guard's 1136th Infantry Detachment
• 
  US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry BDE, 9th Infantry RGT 4th BN's C Co
• 
  US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry BDE, 327th Infantry RGT, 4th BN's C Co
• 
  US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry BDE, 327th Infantry RGT, 5th BN's C Co
• 
  US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry BDE, 327th Infantry RGT, 6th BN's C Co
• 
  US Army Alaska, 207th Infantry Group's Long-Range Surveillance Detachment
• 
  USAREUR-AF, 173rd Airborne BDE's 74th Infantry Detachment
• 
  US Army South, 193rd Infantry BDE, 5th Infantry RGT, 3rd BN's A Co
• 
  US Army Special Operations CMD, 75th Ranger RGT (original version)
• 
  US Army Special Operations CMD, 75th Ranger RGT's 1st BN (original version)
• 
  US Army Special Operations CMD, 75th Ranger RGT's 2nd BN (original version)
• 
  US Army Special Operations CMD, 75th Ranger RGT's 3rd BN (original version)
• 
  I Corps, 201st BfSB, 109th Military Intelligence BN, 52nd Infantry RGT's C Co
• 
  VII Corps, 425th Infantry RGT's F Co
• 
  26th Infantry Div's 173rd Infantry Detachment
• 
  28th Infantry Div's 28th Infantry Detachment
• 
  28th Infantry Div's 104th Infantry Detachment
• 
  29th Infantry Div's 129th Infantry Detachment
• 
  34th Infantry Div's 194th Infantry Detachment
• 
  38th Infantry Div's 77th Infantry Detachment
• 
  38th Infantry Div, 151st Infantry RGT's D Co
• 
  40th Infantry Div's 76th Infantry Detachment
• 
  51st Infantry RGT's E Co (V Corps' 205th BfSB) and F Co (XVIII Airborne Corps' 525th BfSB)
• 
  78th Troop CMD, 122nd Infantry RGT's H Co
• 
  82nd Airborne Div's 1st BCT (original version)
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 1st BCT, 504th Infantry RGT's 3rd BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div's 2nd BCT (original version)
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 2nd BCT, 325th Infantry RGT's 3rd BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 2nd BCT, 325th Infantry RGT's 4th BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div's 3rd BCT (original version)
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 3rd BCT, 505th Infantry RGT's 3rd BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 3rd BCT, 505th Infantry RGT's 4th BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div's 4th BCT
• 
  89th Army Reserve CMD's 26th Infantry Platoon
• 
  96th Army Reserve CMD's 79th Infantry Platoon
• 
  97th Army Reserve CMD's 5th Infantry Platoon
• 
  101st Airborne Div
• 
  101st Airborne Div's 1st BCT
• 
  101st Airborne Div, 1st BCT, 327th Infantry RGT's 1st BN
• 
  101st Airborne Div, 1st BCT, 327th Infantry RGT's 2nd BN
• 
  101st Airborne Div, 1st BCT, 502nd Infantry RGT's 2nd BN
• 
  101st Airborne Div's 2nd BCT
• 
  101st Airborne Div, 2nd BCT, 502nd Infantry RGT's 1st BN
• 
  101st Airborne Div, 2nd BCT, 506th Infantry RGT's 1st BN
• 
  101st Airborne Div's 3rd BCT
• 
  101st Airborne Div, 3rd BCT, 187th Infantry RGT's 3rd BN

• 
  USAREUR-AF, 30th Medical BDE, 212th Combat Support Hospital's 67th Forward Resuscitative and Surgical Detachment
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps, 44th Medical BDE, 28th Combat Support Hospital's 240th Forward Resuscitative and Surgical Detachment
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps, 44th Medical BDE, 28th Combat Support Hospital's 274th Forward Resuscitative and Surgical Detachment
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps, 44th Medical BDE, 28th Combat Support Hospital's 541st Forward Resuscitative and Surgical Detachment
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps, 44th Medical BDE, 28th Combat Support Hospital's 759th Forward Resuscitative and Surgical Detachment
• 
  18th Medical CMD's 8th Forward Resuscitative and Surgical Detachment
• 
  593rd Expeditionary Sustainment CMD, 62nd Medical BDE, 47th Combat Support Hospital's 250th Forward Resuscitative and Surgical Detachment

Obsolete medical

• 
  Puerto Rico National Guard's 292nd Medical BN or Co
• 
  US Army Forces CMD's 86th Combat Support Hospital
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps's 44th Medical BDE
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 307th Medical BN (currently the 82nd Airborne Div, 1st BCT's 307th BDE Support BN)
• 
  593rd Expeditionary Sustainment CMD, 62nd Medical BDE, 47th Combat Support Hospital's 250th Medical Detachment

• 
  1st Special Forces CMD, 528th Sustainment BDE's 389th Military Intelligence BN

Obsolete military intelligence

• 
  US Army Europe, 66th Military Intelligence BDE, 105th Military Intelligence BN's Long-Range Surveillance Detachment
• 
  US Army Forces CMD's and 82nd Airborne Div's 313th Military Intelligence BN
• 
  US Army South, 470th Military Intelligence BDE, 14th Military Intelligence BN's C Co
• 
  1st Cavalry Div, 312th Military Intelligence BN's Long-Range Surveillance Detachment
• 
  1st Infantry Div, 101st Military Intelligence BN, D Co's Long-Range Surveillance Detachment
• 
  1st Special Forces' 297th Military Intelligence Detachment
  as well as
  XVIII Airborne Corps, 525th Military Intelligence BDE's 337th Military Intelligence BN
• 
  2nd Infantry Div, 2nd Div Support Group, 102nd Military Intelligence BN's Long-Range Surveillance Detachment
• 
  III Corps, 504th Military Intelligence BDE, 163rd Military Intelligence BN's Long-Range Surveillance Detachment
• 
  3rd Infantry Div, 103rd Military Intelligence BN's Long-Range Surveillance Detachment
• 
  4th Infantry Div, 104th Military Intelligence BN's Long-Range Surveillance Detachment
• 
  6th Infantry Div, 106th Military Intelligence BN, C Co's Long-Range Surveillance Detachment
• 
  7th Infantry Div, 107th Military Intelligence BN's Long-Range Surveillance Detachment
• 
  8th Infantry Div, 108th Military Intelligence BN's Long-Range Surveillance Detachment
• 
  9th Infantry Div, 109th Military Intelligence BN, E Co's Long-Range Surveillance Detachment
• 
  10th Mountain Div, 110th Military Intelligence BN's Long-Range Surveillance Detachment
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps's 525th Military Intelligence BDE
• 
  24th Infantry Div, 124th Military Intelligence BN's Long-Range Surveillance Detachment
• 
  25th Infantry Div, 125th Military Intelligence BN's Long-Range Surveillance Detachment
• 
  101st Airborne Div, 311th Military Intelligence BN's Long-Range Surveillance Detachment

• 
  US Army Criminal Investigation CMD, 3rd Military Police Group's 10th Military Police BN
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps's 16th Military Police (MP) BDE
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps, 16th MP BDE, 503rd MP BN's 21st MP Co
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps, 16th MP BDE, 503rd MP BN's 65th MP Co
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps, 16th MP BDE, 503rd MP BN's 108th MP Co
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps, 16th MP BDE, 503rd MP BN's 118th MP Co

Obsolete military police

• 
  US Army Forces CMD's 553rd Military Police Co and 101st Airborne Div's 101st Military Police Co

• 
  Joint Special Operations CMD–Army Element
• 
  Special Operations CMD Africa-Army Element
• 
  Special Operations CMD Central-Army Element
• 
  Special Operations CMD Europe-Army Element
• 
  Special Operations CMD Korea-Army Element
• 
  Special Operations CMD North-Army Element
• 
  Special Operations CMD Pacific-Army Element
• 
  Special Operations CMD South-Army Element
• 
  USAREUR-AF, 173rd Airborne BDE's 173rd BDE Support BN
• 
  US Army Futures CMD
• 
  US Southern CMD's Joint Task Force Bravo
• 
  US Army Special Operations CMD
• 
  US Special Operations CMD-Army Element
• 
  US Army Test and Evaluation CMD's Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate
• 
  1st Special Forces CMD
• 
  1st Special Forces CMD's 528th Sustainment BDE
• 
  1st Special Forces CMD, 528th Sustainment BDE, Special Troops BN's 197th Special Troops Support Co
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps
• 
  25th Infantry Div, 4th BCT's 725th BDE Support BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div's 82nd Airborne Div Sustainment BDE
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 1st BCT's 307th BDE Support BN (formerly the 82nd Airborne Div's 307th Medical BN)
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 2nd BCT's 407th BDE Support BN (formerly the 82nd Airborne Div's 407th Supply and Transportation BN)
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 3rd BCT's 82nd BDE Support BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, CAB's 122nd Aviation Support BN

Obsolete multidisciplinary units

• 
  Puerto Rico National Guard's 292nd Combat Sustainment Support BN
• 
  Special Operations CMD Joint Forces–Army Element
• 
  Special Operations Task Force Europe–Army Element
• 
  Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe's Special Projects Branch–Army Element
• 
  US Army Europe's Southern European Task Force
• 
  US Army Airborne Board
• 
  US Army Europe, 173rd Airborne BDE's Combat Support BN
• 
  US Army Europe, 173rd Airborne BDE's Special Troops BN
• 
  US Army Forces CMD
• 
  US Army Garrision, Fort Bragg
• 
  Special Operations Support CMD
• 
  1st Special Operations CMD
• 
  1st Sustainment CMD
• 
  3rd Special Operations Support CMD
• 
  4th Special Operations Support CMD
• 
  5th Special Operations Support CMD
• 
  6th Special Operations Support CMD
• 
  7th Special Operations Support CMD
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps (original version)
• 
  25th Infantry Div, 4th BCT's Special Troops BN
• 
  25th Infantry Div, 4th BCT's 167th Brigade Support BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div's Special Troops BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 1st BCT's Special Troops BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 2nd BCT's Special Troops BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 3rd BCT's Special Troops BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div, 4th BCT's Special Troops BN
• 
  101st Div Support CMD

• 
  Joint Special Operations CMD's Joint Communications Unit–Army element
• 
  1st Special Forces CMD, 528th Sustainment BDE's 112th Special Operations Signal BN
• 
  7th Signal CMD, 21st Signal BDE's 55th Signal Co
• 
  335th Theater Signal CMD, 359th Signal BDE's 982nd Signal Co

Obsolete signal

• 
  Joint Special Operations CMD's Joint Communications Unit–Army element (original version)
• 
  US Army Communications–Electronics CMD's Airborne Communications and Electronics Board
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps's 35th Signal BDE
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps, 35th Signal BDE's 50th Signal BN
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps, 35th Signal BDE's 51st Signal BN
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps, 35th Signal BDE's 327th Signal BN (original version)
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps, 35th Signal BDE's 327th Signal BN
• 
  XVIII Airborne Corps, 35th Signal BDE's 426th Signal BN
• 
  82nd Airborne Div's 82nd Signal BN
• 
  101st Airborne Div's 501st Signal BN
• 
  335th Theater Signal CMD, 359th Signal BDE's 982nd Signal Co (original version)

• 
  Special Forces personnel in non-special operations units
• 
  1st Special Forces CMD's 1st Special Forces Group
• 
  1st Special Forces CMD, 1st Special Forces Group's 39th Special Forces Detachment
• 
  1st Special Forces CMD's 3rd Special Forces Group
• 
  1st Special Forces CMD's 5th Special Forces Group
• 
  1st Special Forces CMD's 7th Special Forces Group
• 
  1st Special Forces CMD's 10th Special Forces Group
• 
  1st Special Forces CMD's 19th Special Forces Group
• 
  1st Special Forces CMD's 20th Special Forces Group

Obsolete special forces

• 
  Special Forces personnel assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• 
  1st Special Forces's Special Forces Reserve
• 
  1st Special Forces, Special Forces Reserve's Recognition Bar
• 
  1st Special Forces, 1st Special Forces Group's Recognition Bar
• 
  1st Special Forces, 3rd Special Forces Group's Recognition Bar
• 
  1st Special Forces' 5th Special Forces Group (original version)
• 
  1st Special Forces, 5th Special Forces Group's Recognition Bar
• 
  1st Special Forces, 5th Special Forces Group–Vietnam's Recognition Bar
• 
  1st Special Forces' 6th Special Forces Group
• 
  1st Special Forces, 6th Special Forces Group's Recognition Bar
• 
  1st Special Forces, 7th Special Forces Group's Recognition Bar
• 
  1st Special Forces' 8th Special Forces Group
• 
  1st Special Forces, 8th Special Forces Group's Recognition Bar
• 
  1st Special Forces, 10th Special Forces Group's Recognition Bar
• 
  1st Special Forces, 10th Special Forces Group's Special Forces Detachment-Europe
• 
  1st Special Forces, 10th Special Forces Group's Special Forces Detachment-Europe Recognition Bar
• 
  1st Special Forces' 11th Special Forces Group
• 
  1st Special Forces, 11th Special Forces Group's Recognition Bar
• 
  1st Special Forces' 12th Special Forces Group
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  1st Special Forces, 12th Special Forces Group's Recognition Bar
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  1st Special Forces, 19th Special Forces Group's Recognition Bar
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  1st Special Forces, 20th Special Forces Group's Recognition Bar

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  Joint Readiness Training Center and Operations Group
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  Joint Readiness Operations Group, 509th Infantry RGT's 1st BN
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  Quartermaster Center and School's Aerial Delivery & Field Services Department
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  Quartermaster Center and School's 262nd Quartermaster BN
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  SFAC
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  SFAC's 1st SFAB
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  SFAC's 2nd SFAB
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  SFAC's 3rd SFAB
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  SFAC's 4th SFAB
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  SFAC's 5th SFAB
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  SFAC's 54th SFAB
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  US Army Infantry School's Airborne and Ranger Training BDE
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  US Army Infantry School, Airborne and Ranger Training BDE, 507th Infantry RGT's 1st BN
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  US Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School (SWCS)
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  SWCS's David K Thuma NCO Academy
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  SWCS's Special Forces Warrant Officer Institute
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  SWCS's Special Warfare Medical Group
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  SWCS's 1st Special Warfare Training Group
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  SWCS's 2nd Special Warfare Training Group
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  US Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
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  US Army Training and Doctrine CMD's Airborne/Airlift Action Office
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  XVIII Airborne Corps's NCO Academy
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  82nd Airborne Div's Advanced Airborne School

Obsolete training

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  Fort Irwin National Training Center's Light Infantry and Task Force Observer/Controller Team
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  Joint Readiness Operations Group, 509th Infantry RGT's 1st BN (original version)
  as well as
  509th Infantry RGT
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  North Atlantic Treaty Organization International Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol School–Army Element
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  US Army Academy of Health Sciences, Academy BDE, 3rd BN's F Co (Special Forces Medic School)
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  US Army Armor School, 16th Cavalry RGT, 3rd SQN's D Co (Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leaders Course)
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  US Army Aviation Center and School, 509th Infantry's C Co (Pathfinder)
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  US Army Aviation Center and School, 511th Infantry RGT's A Co (Pathfinder)
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  US Army Aviation Center and School, 1st Aviation BDE's 187th Infantry Detachment (Pathfinder)
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  US Army Infantry School's Airborne Department
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  US Army Infantry School's Ranger Training BDE (original version)
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  US Army Infantry School, 507th Infantry RGT's 1st BN (original version)
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  US Army School of the Americas' Special Operations and Civil Military Operations Department
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  SWCS's Special Forces Training Group
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  SWCS, Special Forces Training Group's Recognition Bar
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  SWCS's Special Warfare Education Group
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  US Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps's Ranger Challenge Team
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  US Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps's Senior Ranger Challenge Team
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  US Military Academy's Airborne Detachment
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  101st Airborne Div's Screaming Eagle Replacement Training School

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  California State Guard
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  Maryland Defense Force
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  New York Guard
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  Puerto Rico State Guard
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  Puerto Rico State Guard, Air Div, 1st Air Base Group's Security Forces
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  Texas State Guard
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  Washington State Guard
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  Washington State Guard's 1st BDE
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  Washington State Guard's 2nd BDE

Obsolete state specific

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  District of Columbia Defense Force