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unusual facts about beret


Bare-handed Pelota First League Doubles

The winners are awarded with a Txapela and a trophy (the winner are denomined Txapelduns).


29th Commando Regiment Royal Artillery

The early commando training was initiated in the Royal Citadel at Plymouth with a four week 'beat up' to select those who would go on to CTCRM Lympstone and complete the five week Commando course (X Troop) with the Royal Marine trainees where all qualified for the Green Beret.

3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment

The Guards Parachute Platoon is made up of volunteers from the 5 Regiments of the Foot Guards who can be distinguished from other paratroopers by a "blue red blue" patch sewn to their beret beneath the Parachute Regiment cap badge.

3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment

In 1985, the battalion was granted permission to wear the dull Cherry beret, common to all parachute units worldwide, and to wear parachute wings identical to those worn by the 1st Australian Parachute Battalion during the Second World War.

A Ship Bound for India

Ingmar Bergman – Man wearing a beret at the funfair (uncredited)

Action Man: 40th Anniversary

Wave two covered the Argyll and Sutherland Highlander, Cricketeer, Deep Sea Diver and Green Beret outfit, Olympic Champion and Royal Marine Combat outfits.

Alden G. Barber

These major changes included a completely new Scout Handbook, complete revision for Boy Scout rank advancement requirements, addition of "skill awards", and multiple uniform options (including the introduction of the visor cap and beret).

George Wyllie

George Wyllie was commissioned in the 1970s to build some French influenced sculptures including General Charles de Gaulle, one of the Eiffel Tower and smaller mustachioed & beret wearing French visages (used as coat hooks) that were dotted around the city's first wine bar, "La Bonne Auberge", in its original site (the basement of the now defunct Beacons Hotel at 7 Park Terrace).

Gurkha Contingent

Khaki-coloured berets were worn in place of the dark blue beret.

Jean-Louis Gassée

In fact, the only person wearing a leather jacket (a brown goatskin A-2) and a beret had been the person whom she had asked to explain the purpose of the demonstration.

Nugan Hand Bank

The bank was co-founded in 1973 by Australian lawyer Francis John Nugan and US ex-Green Beret Michael Jon Hand, and had connections to a range of US military and intelligence figures, including William Colby, who was CIA director from 1973 to 1976.

Paul X. Kelley

From September 1960 to May 1961, he was the U.S. Marine Corps Exchange Officer with the British Royal Marines, becoming one of the few foreigners to earn the Royal Marines Commandos' coveted green beret.

Pearson Centre

Pearson Paper 4: Intelligence In Peacekeeping: The Cloak and the Blue Beret: The Limits of Intelligence-Gathering in UN Peacekeeping by Walter Dorn and Out of the Closet: Intelligence Support for Post-Modern Peacekeeping by David Charters

Pierre Etchebaster

Despite losing to Fred Covey in 1927, Etchebaster returned in his customary blue beret to win the world championship in London in 1928.

Special Operations Troops Centre

The unit members wear a grass green beret and are the heir of the Special Hunters: the beret badge includes a trumpet — a symbol of the Special Hunters; and the unit is known as Rangers because the instructors of the Special Hunters completed the Ranger Course and adapted the characteristics of that training to the Special Operations Course.

Tales of the Green Beret

Tales of the Green Beret continued to be published as an American comic book by Dell Publishing from 1967 - 1969.

Tan beret

69 Commando of the Royal Malaysia Police adopted the tan beret as part of their uniform after the beret was conferred by the United Kingdom's 22 SAS to the founding members of 69 Commando (also known as VAT 69 - Very Able Trooper 69) after completing SAS training in 1969.

Afghan National Army Special Forces members are awarded a tan beret after successfully completing ANA Special Forces Qualification and serving honorably during for two deployment cycles.

Toorongo, Victoria

On any normal day walking around Toorongo you could see the townfolk donning a Native American headress, a Fez, a beret, an American GI helmet or even a Kolpik.

Wehrmacht mountain troops badge

The tradition continues (though with an edelweiss pin of different design) among current Gebirgsjäger-qualified personnel in the Bundeswehr (common German military soldiers wear a beret rather than the Bergmütze mountain cap used by mountain, ski, and Jäger units).


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