Soldiers wore different colors for years despite not being actually authorized to wear anything but a patrol cap. Now, there are enough authorized berets throughout the U.S. military that it could ...

(U.S. Army photo by K. Kassens) The berets continued to be Special Forces’ unofficial headgear until then-President John F. Kennedy made it official, stating in a 1962 official memo that the cap ...

Soldiers assigned to 5th Special Forces Group don berets bearing the new unit flash during a flash changeover ceremony at Fort Campbell, Ky. (Staff Sgt. Kissta DiGregorio/Army) It’s official ...

"We took our baseball caps off, threw [them] up in the air and put the beret on." Gen. Mark Milley, Chief of Staff of the Army, was the guest speaker for the ceremony. Milley is a former SFOD-A ...

Mark Collins took the lead and removed his Army patrol cap and replaced it with a maroon beret. Behind him, a formation of 82nd Sustainment Brigade Soldiers followed suit. Their shoulder sleeve ...

The Green Berets are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their famous name and namesake attire: The U.S. Army Special Forces ... instituted the colorful cap that gave them their name.

Berets: Everyone in the Army wears them on occasion, but some of them are special. Like the maroon beret of the 82nd Airborne Division. Or the tan beret of the 75th Ranger Regiment. And ...