Tan beret

Tan beret

The Tan beret has been adopted as official headdress by several special operations forces as a symbol of their unique capabilities.

Australian Army

See Australian Special Air Service Regiment.

British Army

The sand-coloured beret of the Special Air Service (SAS) is officially designated the beige beret [cite web |url=http://www.ams.mod.uk/content/docs/jsp336/3rd_ed/vol12/pt3/pam15/s5ac.doc|publisher=Ministry of Defence|title=JSP 336 3rd Edn, Vol 12 Pt 3 Clothing, Pam 15, Section 5, Annex C Berets
date=01/12/2004|accessdate=2007-12-26 |quote=
] , since it is made from material of this colour. When the SAS was re-raised in 1947 an attempt was made to match the original sand coloured cloth beret from those still in the possession of veterans. This proved impossible to do from existing approved cloth colour stocks held by the British authorities, so, as a compromise and with no authorisation for expenditure on a new colour dye the nearest acceptable colour was selected and approved by an all ranks committee of the Regimental Association. Personnel attached to the Regiment also wear this beret but with their own badges in accordance with usual British practice.

Canadian Army

Members of CANSOFCOM wear the Tan beret. This includes members of Joint Task Force 2 (JTF2) and the Canadian Special Operations Regiment (CSOR). Members of the Joint Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defence Company and 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron also wear the tan beret. The standard beret of the Canadian Army is coloured Rifle Green.

French Army

Brown berets were worn by fortress troops assigned to the Maginot Line during the interwar period of the 1920s through the invasion of 1940. It was also later worn by Tirailleur units of the Colonial Army in lieu of the Bonnet de Police.

New Zealand Army

See Special Air Service of New Zealand.

United States Army

An olive drab beret was worn by Alaska's 172nd Infantry Brigade from 1973 to 1979; the 1st Battalion, 60th Infantry wore theirs with a light blue flash. On June 14th, 2001 the United States Army Rangers were authorized to wear a distinctive tan beret to replace the black berets that had become the army-wide standard.

ee also

*Beret
*Black beret
*Green beret
*Maroon beret
*Red beret

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