US military beret flash

In the United States Army and United States Air Force, a beret flash is a shield-shaped embroidered cloth or metallic insignia attached to a stiffener backing of a military beret. The flash attached to the stiffener is worn over the left eye of the wearer with the excess cloth of the beret folded and pulled over the right ear giving it a distinctive shape. The embroidered designs of the US Army beret flashes represent the approved distinctive heraldic colors of the unit to which they are assigned while the US Air Force's represent their Air Force specialty code (AFSC). US Army soldiers and non-commissioned officers (NCOs) attach their unit's distinctive unit insignia (DUI) on the center of their unit's flash while warrant officers and commissioned officers attach their rank insignia to the center of the flash. US Air Force commissioned officers who are in the Air Liaison Officer carrier field (AFSC 13LX),Security Forces carrier field (AFSC 31PX), or assigned as Combat Aviation Advisors (CAA) do the same while commissioned officers assigned to other AFSCs that are authorized to wear metallic flashes attach a miniature version of their rank insignia below their flash. US Air Force airman and NCOs only wear their flash or flash and crest on AFSC and unit specific berets. Joint beret flashes, such as the Multinational Force and Observers and United Nations Peacekeeping flashes, are worn by all of the US armed forces on uniquely colored berets while assigned to a specific multinational mission.

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