Why Do Special Forces Wear a Green Beret?

The US Army’s Special Forces (often referred to as Green Berets after their distinctive headgear) are an elite brotherhood of soldiers who, at their core, are problem solvers. They embody the ethos of special operations — working outside conventional units among indigenous personnel who share a common enemy, training them, and often fighting alongside them. This means learning culture and languages; it also means operating in small numbers and having to master countless combat skills in order to pack one of the hardest punches US ground troops have to offer.

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[yanossnicklefritz]

It still pisses me off long after it first happened that the black beret was stolen from the Rangers to be worn by general army. I was in the 82nd at the time and it was a stealing of the Rangers heritage to me.

[Abel]

i almost joined the green but then I woke up from that dream, scary dream...

[schizoidboy]

The British, who really were the ones who got the beret style going, once had to figure out what color the beret of the paratroopers should be, there was a meeting and one of the officers turned to one of the corporals in the room and he asked the soldier what color it should be. The corporal said "red sir." And so afterwards the British Parachute Regiment started wearing red berets, as did a number of parachute detachments across the world started doing.

[theMooly]

Its from the Beret Vert french commando

[J.Tronix]

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[dragoberghe]

it`s from the german Panzer Grendiers, they have the green Barret....;o)

[rickpilhorn]

It's neat and all but it's HOT AS HELL. I loved wearing it and it made me poke my chest out a little more. But it's still hot and makes your head sweat. So you have to wash it often or it gets a stink to it.

[thor]

I can see a small "special" group of men who start wearing the two point cap the "c**t cap."

[ChadronMike]

Word of mouth from vets is they didn't like them and made them look like the French. And wearing a beret in the jungle was stupid. Just what I was told

[dumpsterchild]

It's funny I guess you would say Navy Seals are not special forces because they don't wear the Green Beret or special beret and no they do not wear pink bows Navy Seals prefer they are crew badasses when don't need no beret