Blue beret

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UN blue beret being worn by Luís Carrilho, head of the United Nations Police
Turkish commando

A blue beret is a blue-colored beret used by various (usually special) military and other organizations, notably the United Nations peacekeepers who are sometimes referred to as the Blue Berets.[1]

Military forces[]

  • Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)
  • Australian Army Aviation
  • Belarusian Ground Forces
  • Royal Canadian Air Force as well as Canadian Army units including Artillery, Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and Signals (dark blue known as "army blue")
  • Finnish Navy (dark blue)[2]
  • Greek Presidential Guard (light blue)
  • All personnel of the Hellenic Army (dark blue), except for Armour, Special Forces, Army Aviation, and Airmobile troops
  • Personnel who completed the Commando course and are assigned to Commando brigades in Turkish Armed Forces and Gendarmerie General Command
  • German Air Force Regiment, Naval Force Protection Battalion, Kommando Spezialkräfte Marine, German personnel of the Eurocorps and the I. German/Dutch Corps, various others (navy blue)
  • German Army medical pesonnel (cobalt blue)
  • Kazakhstani Airmobile Troops
  • Moldovan Ground Forces
  • Royal New Zealand Military Police
  • Polícia Aérea, the Portuguese Air Force security forces
  • Portuguese Navy
  • Royal Australian Air Force Airfield Defence Guards
  • Royal Malaysian Air Force PASKAU
  • Royal Malaysian Navy
  • Spanish Royal Guard
  • Soviet and Russian Airborne Troops (VDV)
  • United Nations Peacekeeping troops
  • United States Air Force Security Forces
  • Brazilian army cadets (Dark Blue) and army aviation (Royal Blue)

Police forces[]

Other organizations[]

  • National Blue Beret, an activity in the United States Civil Air Patrol program
  • Civil Air Patrol, members who are graduates of National Blue Beret
  • Lazarus Union, members who are uniformed members in active duty around the world
  • Blue Berets (performers), a performing ensemble whose members are all part of the Russian armed forces

References[]

  1. ^ "UN Troops in Africa: Blue berets in the red". The Economist. 9 June 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  2. ^ Finnish military fosters future leaders
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