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Uniform beret


This article describes the use of the beret as part of the uniform of various organizations. The use of the beret as military headgear is covered in a dedicated article, Military beret.

During the Cold War, West German police and the BGS were required to wear green beret with the emblem of either their state or the BGS insignia. Today, it is no longer being used.

The navy blue beret is the standard headgear of officers of the Police Tactical Unit of the Hong Kong Police Force. Officers are nicknamed the "Blue Berets" or the "Blue Caps". These berets are also being worn by the officers of the Emergency Unit and the Airport Security Unit of the Hong Kong Police Force.

Hong Kong Correctional Services officers wear black berets as one of their main headwear when required.

The members of the Special Operations Unit of the National Commissioner of Icelandic Police (Víkingasveitin) wear black berets. High-ranking members of the Reykjavík Air Rescue Unit are entitled to wear red berets after 5 T-10 army parachutes jumps (3 Hollywood jumps and 2 with full gear).

The Indonesian National Police and Indonesian National Armed Forces wear and use the Berets as their field and service uniform headgear. In Indonesia, the police wear berets dragged to the left and the military wear berets dragged to the right. The Indonesian Military Police wear the light-blue berets dragged to the left.

Indonesian Army Commandos (Kopassus) wear Red berets, regular Army wear green berets, Indonesian Marine Corps wear purple berets, naval sailors and naval headquarter personnels wear Navy Blue colored berets, Indonesian Air Force personnel wear blue berets and the Indonesian Air Force Special Forces (Paskhas) wear orange colored berets. Indonesian public order police ("Sabhara") wear dark brown berets and the special police (paramilitary) Mobile Brigade (Brimob) unit wear dark blue berets.


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