Blue beret
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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[edit]
- 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
- RNZAF 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)
- Pakistan Army Corps Of Engineers
Police forces[edit]
- Special Purpose Police Unit (Azerbaijan), Internal Troops of Azerbaijan
- Royal Malaysia Police
- Gendarmery (Serbia), Special Police Units (Serbia), Ministry of Internal Affairs (Serbia)
- Bodyguard Corps of the Public Security Police of Portugal
Other organizations[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ "UN Troops in Africa: Blue berets in the red". The Economist. 9 June 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ Finnish military fosters future leaders