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Whispering Death
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I've always pronounced it like the head adornment worn by various American special forces units.
5.56 don't tell me I'm wrong! :shock:
5.56 don't tell me I'm wrong! :shock:
Mohmar Deathstrike
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Do only special forces were Berets in the US?
I heard of American infantry soldiers showing great respect for German Panzergrenadiere, simply because they were wearing green berets, which lead the Americans into thinking that they corresponded to American Green Berets.
I heard of American infantry soldiers showing great respect for German Panzergrenadiere, simply because they were wearing green berets, which lead the Americans into thinking that they corresponded to American Green Berets.
PJ24
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Mohmar Deathstrike said:
Barrett is pronounced like "bare-it."
The OSS actually wore several different colors during WWII, it wasn't until around around 1955 that the 77th SFG unofficially adopted the color green. This was influenced by the British Commandos. In 1961 that JFK authorized the green beret for Special Forces.
Only Special Forces wear the Green Beret in the US military.
Breakdown of berets is like this:
Army:
*Special Forces - Rifle green
*Rangers - Tan beret (since 2001, used to be the black beret)
Army Paratroopers - Maroon beret (units on active jump status only)
General Army - Black beret (All soldiers not wearing the above berets wear the black)
Air Force:
*Pararescue (PJ)- Maroon
*Combat Controller (CCT) - Scarlet (Red)
*Combat Weather - Grey
TACP - Black
Security forces - Blue
SERE - Forrest green
* Denotes Special Operations Force
major liability
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So I guess Marines don't wear berets at all?
sven hassell
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British marine commando's wear green ones and were known as green berets long before U.S. S.F. were even dreamt about.major liability said:
Mohmar Deathstrike
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PJ24 said:
So regular troops do also wear berets.
In most other NATO countries, red berets denote paratroopers.
PJ24
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major liability said:
Not in the US, no.
That isn't 100% true. The Royal Marines didn't have Commandos until 1942, Special Forces trace their lineage back to the OSS, which was also activated in 1942. Almost everything USA Special Forces is evolved from the OSS.
In my previous post I said that the OSS wore several different color berets during WWII, the green was only one of them. It wasn't until 1955 that SF unofficially adopted one color, the rifle green. Part of this was because they liked how it looked on the Commandos.
Army SF doesn't really like to be called "green berets." Some will let it go, and others will correct you by informing you that a green beret is a hat, not a Special Forces soldier.
I think we've gone way
fftopic: though.major liability said:
The only extra adornments Marines may have are Jump wings and SCUBA bubbles, located on the left side.
Also the 5th and 6th Marine Regiments wear the French Fourge(sp) while in Alpha, and maybe in Dress Blues. Never in those units so I would not know all the details.
Mohmar Deathstrike
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Funny how this topic changed from a Barret gun to berets. Even more so if you know that the German word for beret is Barett
deerslayer
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Mohmar Deathstrike said:
Actually, last I checked, one of the survivors from the Somalia action was trying to rally congress against distributing the sacred black berets to all servicemembers in the Army.
