United States military beret flash

In the United States (US) Department of Defense, a beret flash is a shield-shaped embroidered cloth that is 2.25 in (5.72 cm) tall and 1.875 in (4.76 cm) wide with a semi–circular base that is attached to a stiffener backing of a military beret.^[1][2][3] These flashes—a British English word for a colorful cloth patch attached to military headgear—are worn over the left eye with the excess cloth of the beret shaped, folded, and pulled over the right ear giving it a distinctive appearance.^[1][2][4] The embroidered designs of the Army's beret flashes represent the heraldic colors and patterns of a unit with a unique mission or the history of the Army.^[5] The Air Force's beret flashes represent their Air Force specialty code (AFSC) or their assignment to a unit with a unique mission.^[4] Joint beret flashes—such as those worn by the Joint Communications Support Element and the Multinational Force and Observers—are worn by all who are assigned, given their uniform regulations allow.^[6][7]

Wear of beret flashes in the US military

Army Special Forces NCOs wearing rifle–green berets with various organizational beret flashes representing different special forces groups within the 1st Special Forces Regiment, how's DUI is affixed

An Air Force airman wearing navy-blue beret with Security Forces Beret Flash

An Air Force airman wearing gray beret with Combat Weather Team Beret Flash and Crest

An Army officer wearing tan beret with 75th Ranger Regiment Beret Flash bearing lieutenant colonel rank insignia

An Air Force officer wearing black beret with TACP Beret Flash and Crest bearing miniature captain rank insignia

An Air Force officer and Army NCO wearing maroon berets with Joint Communications Support Element Beret Flash, the officer affixing his colonel rank insignia (rear) and the NCO her unit's DUI (front}

With some exceptions, Army soldiers and non-commissioned officers (NCOs) affix their distinctive unit insignia (DUI) to the center of their beret flash.^[1] Army warrant officers and commissioned officers affix their polished metal rank insignia to the center of their beret flash while chaplains affix their polished metal branch insignia.^[1] Air Force commissioned officers in the security forces or assigned as weather parachutists wear their beret flash in the same manner as the Army while Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) officers attach a miniature version of their polished metal rank insignia below the TACP Crest on the TACP Beret Flash.^[4] Air Force airman and NCOs either wear their beret flash or beret flash with crest.^[4]

The design of all US Department of Defense beret flashes are created and/or approved by The Institute of Heraldry, Department of the Army.^[8] When a requesting unit is entitled to have its own organizational beret flash, the institute will conduct research into the requesting unit's heraldry, as well as design suggestions from the unit, in the creation of a unit–specific beret flash.^[9][10] Leveraging geometrical divisions, shapes, and colors, a heraldic artist will create a design that will represent the history and mission of the requesting unit.^[9][10] Once the unit agrees upon a design, the institute will authorize the creation of the new beret flash and will establish manufacturing instructions for the companies authorized to produce heraldic materials.^{[9][10][11][12]} The institute will also monitor the production of the new beret flash to ensure quality and accuracy of the design is maintained.^[9][10][11]

Department of Defense beret flash history

US Army

 

"The French Hat"—History of the beret in the US Army, from the perspective of the 82nd Airborne Division—(2017)

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1940s

 

509th Parachute Infantry Battalion's WWII beret flash

Throughout its history, Army units have adopted different headgear and headgear devices—such as various colored cords, colored stripes, and insignias—to identify specific units, the unique mission of a unit, and/or the unique role and position of a soldier.^{[3][13][14][15]} According to some historians, the first US use of a military beret device was a beret flash created by the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion.^[2][16][17] The 509th trained with the British 1st Airborne Division during World War II (WWII) and was made honorary members of the British airborne forces in 1943, entitling them to wear the maroon beret worn by British paratroopers.^[17][18] Some 509th paratroopers had a small hand–embroidered version of their regiment's gold and black pocket–patch created for use as their beret flash on their honorary maroon berets.^{[2][16][17][19]} The design of the 509th's pocket–patch depicts a stylized figure of a paratrooper standing at the exit–door of an aircraft wearing a reserve parachute with an artistic rendering of the number "509" surrounding the paratrooper's head and the word "GERONIMO" displayed at the base of the door.^{[2][16][17][19]}

1960s

Special forces group recognition bar example

 

11th Special Forces Group Beret Flash

 

11th Special Forces Group Recognition Bar—note the similarity in design between the group's beret flash and recognition bar

 

A medical corps paratrooper with the 11th Special Forces Group wearing rifle-green beret with 1st Special Forces Regiment DUI affixed above the 11th Special Forces Group recognition bar (c. 1967)^[20]

The official start of the Army's beret flashes began in 1961 with Department of the Army Message 578636 authorizing the establishment of organizational beret flashes for wear on the special forces' rifle–green beret.^[2][21] Championed and heavily influenced by Lieutenant General William P. Yarborough (Ret.)—creator of the US Army parachutist badge, airborne background trimming, and established the term "beret flash" in US military lexicon—the message described the beret flash as shield–shaped with a semi–circular base made of felt 2 in (51 mm) tall and 1.625 in (41 mm) wide using solid colors to represent each of the special forces groups of the era.^{[2][21][22][23]} The message also described who was authorized to wear the organizational beret flash stating that only special forces qualified paratroopers would be permitted to wear their special forces unit's organizational beret flash.^[21] These organizational beret flashes were to be worn centered over the left eye with either the 1st Special Forces Regiment DUI, polished metal officer rank insignia, or chaplain branch insignia positioned below their parachutist badge and centered on the flash.^[3][21] Later, the parachutist badge was removed and non–qualified soldiers assigned to a special forces unit wore a rectangular cloth beret flash, known as a recognition bar, 1.875 in (4.76 cm) long and 0.5 in (1.27 cm) wide color and pattern matched to their group's organizational beret flash below their 1st Special Force Regiment DUI, polished metal officer rank insignia, or chaplain branch insignia on the rifle–green beret.^[3][24][25]

1970s
Various beret accoutrements began to appear in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly between 1973 and 1979 when the Department of the Army had its morale–enhancing order in effect and different colored berets began to be worn by numerous units and branches of the Army.^{[26][27][28][29]}

Historical photographs from the 1960s through the 1970s show soldiers assigned to reconnaissance, ranger, and armor units informally wearing black berets with reconnaissance and ranger units affixing a wide variety of custom beret flashes that were worn over the left eye.^[29] In 1975, the Army formally authorized its ranger units to wear the black beret.^[30] If earned, some of these ranger units had their rangers affix their Ranger Tab to the top edge of their organizational beret flash along with the 75th Ranger Regiment DUI, polished metal officer rank insignia, or chaplain branch insignia affixed to its center and worn over the left eye.^[29][30]

Vietnam Era reconnaissance unit example

 

2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, Recon. Platoon Beret Flash

 

An infantryman with 1st Cavalry Division, 1st Brigade, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, Reconnaissance Platoon wearing black beret with platoon beret flash (1970)^[29]

Ranger unit example

 

Ranger Department Beret Flash

 

An infantry NCO with the US Army Infantry School wearing black beret with Ranger Department Beret Flash bearing 75th Ranger Regiment DUI below his Ranger Tab (c. 1975)^[31]

Wearing of the black beret by armor units expanded in the 1970s with some adopting organizational beret flashes.^[27][28][29] For example, armored cavalry regiments stationed in West Germany, such as the 2nd and 11th Armored Cavalry Regiments, began wearing black berets in the 1970s with a maroon and white oval as their beret flash.^[27][28][29] The oval beret flash was worn vertically on the black beret behind their DUI to the left of their metal rank insignia or chaplain branch insignia and positioned over the left temple.^{[27][28][29][32]} Another example is the Army's "triple capability" experiment with the 1st Cavalry Division that outfitted the division for armor, airmobile, and air cavalry warfare in 1971. The division decided that its soldiers should wear different colored berets to represent the capability they brought to the division: black for armor, light–blue for infantry, red for artillery, and kelly–green for support—later settling for black berets across all formations.^[29][33][34] As they became available, 1st Cavalry soldiers would affix a battalion or squadron specific organizational beret flash of various shapes, colors, and materials to their beret.^[2][29] Historical photographs show many 1st Cavalry soldiers wearing their berets in the same manner as US armored cavalry soldiers in West Germany.^[29][32] The use of black berets extended to training units as well, such as the US Army Training and Doctrine Command and its armor school.^[27][28][29] Historical photographs of the era show plastic triangles being worn on black berets of Army Armor School cadre and were worn in the same manner as beret flashes are today.^[29]

11th Armored Cavalry Regiment example

 

Armored Cavalry Oval Beret Flash

 

An artillery NCO with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment wearing black beret with sergeant rank insignia next to the Armored Cavalry Oval bearing his regiment's DUI (c. 1970s)^[29]

1st Cavalry Division example

 

1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Beret Flash

 

An infantryman with 1st Cavalry Division wearing black beret with specialist 4 rank insignia next to 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Beret Flash bearing his regiment's DUI (1976)^[35]

US Armor School example

 

US Army Armor School Instructor Flash (made of plastic)

 

An armor officer with the US Army Armor School wearing black beret with Armor School Instructor Flash bearing captain rank insignia (1976)^[29]

In 1973, Army leaders authorized the wear of the maroon beret by airborne forces.^[26][29] Within a year or so, paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division began incorporating organizational beret flashes onto their maroon berets pattered after their unit's airborne background trimming.^[1][36][29] These organizational beret flashes, representing various units of the 82nd, were worn in the same manner as they are today.^[1][36] Similarly, in 1974 Army leaders authorized the 101st Airborne Division to wear the dark–blue beret when it was reorganized into an air assault division at Fort Campbell.^{[14][27][29][37][38][39]} Army articles and historical photographs of 101st soldiers show them wearing organizational beret flashes patterned after their unit's airborne background trimming and were worn with either their polished metal rank insignia, DUI, or chaplain branch insignia centered on the flash.^{[1][14][29][37][39]} Between 1976 and 1977, 101st soldiers would add their Airmobile Badge—renamed Air Assault Badge in 1978—to their berets and wore them to the left of their beret flash.^{[14][29][39][40]} Other Fort Campbell units of the era also wore the dark–blue beret as well as red for headquarters command and light-green for military police, all with traditional organizational beret flashes that were worn in the same manner as they are today.^[27][29]

82nd Airborne Division example

 

1st Battalion, 508th Infantry Airborne Background Trimming

 

1st Battalion, 508th Infantry Beret Flash

 

A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division wearing maroon beret with 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry Beret Flash bearing his regiment's DUI (1975)^[36]—note the design similarities between the battalion's airborne background trimming and beret flash

101st Airborne Division example

 

326th Engineer Battalion Airborne Background Trimming

 

326th Engineer Battalion Beret Flash

 

An engineer officer with 101st Airborne Division wearing dark–blue beret with 326th Engineer Battalion Beret Flash bearing lieutenant colonel rank insignia next to his Airmobile Badge (1977)^[29]—note the design similarities between the battalion's airborne background trimming and beret flash

Arctic–qualified soldier example

 

1st Battalion, 60th Infantry Beret Flash

 

An arctic–qualified infantryman with the 172nd Infantry Brigade wearing olive–drab beret with 1st Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment Beret Flash bearing his regiment's DUI (c. 1970s)^[29][41]

Also during the 1970s, arctic–qualified soldiers of the 172nd Infantry Brigade wore locally authorized olive–drab berets with traditional organizational beret flashes that were unique to each battalion, company, troop, or battery of the brigade and were worn in the same manner as they are today.^{[1][28][29][41]}

By 1979, the Army put a stop to the use of berets by conventional forces, leaving only special forces and ranger units the authority to wear berets.^[27][28][29]

1980s
In 1980, the Army reversed part of its decision allowing airborne units to wear maroon berets, ranger units black berets—which switched to tan berets in 2001^[28]—and special forces units rifle–green berets.^[27][28][42] The Army's 1981 uniform regulation describes the wear of these berets with the only authorized accoutrements being organizational beret flashes or recognition bars with officer rank insignia, chaplain branch insignia, or DUI affixed.^[3][43]

The organizational beret flash did not become the norm across the Army until 1984 when the recognition bar was discontinued after the Special Forces Tab became authorized for wear by special forces qualified paratroopers.^[24] Today, all paratroopers assigned to a special forces unit wear their unit's organizational beret flash on either a rifle–green beret, for special forces qualified paratroopers, or a maroon beret, for support paratroopers.^[1][44]

Example of modern-day wear of the special forces group beret flash

 

7th Special Forces Group Beret Flash

 

Two officers (majors), one wearing a maroon beret (left) and the other a rifle-green beret (right), with 7th Special Forces Group Beret Flash; the officer to the right is special forces qualified, as indicated by his Special Forces Tab and rifle–green beret (2017)^[1][44]

2000s
In 2000, the Chief of Staff of the Army, General Eric Shinseki, decided to make the black beret the standard headgear of the Army.^[1][8][28] General Shinseki also decided that a new Department of the Army Beret Flash be worn on the black beret.^[8][28][45] According to The Institute of Heraldry, the Department of the Army Beret Flash is designed to resemble the flag of the Commander–in–Chief of the Continental Army at the time of its victory at Yorktown in 1781.^[1][28][46] According to Department of the Army Pamphlet 670–1, the Department of the Army Beret Flash is to be worn by all units "unless authorization for another flash was granted before implementing the black beret as a standard Army headgear".^[1] Army units can request an organizational beret flash for their formation from The Institute of Heraldry given it is not for wear on the black beret.^[1][9][47] A good example of this is The Institute of Heraldry's 2018 authorization of organizational beret flashes for the Security Force Assistance Command and its brigades for wear on their brown beret.^{[48][49][50][51][52][53][54]}

Example of beret flash wear on the Army black beret

 

Department of the Army Beret Flash

 

55th Signal Co. Beret Flash

 

Officers with the 114th Signal Battalion wear black berets with Department of the Army (left) and 55th Signal Company (right) Beret Flashes with polished metal rank insignia (left= 1st lieutenant, right= captain) affixed; the 55th's beret flash was approved prior to the Department of the Army Beret Flash, thus it continues to be worn by those assigned to the company (2016)^[1][55][56]

First organizational beret flash authorized for a non–airborne unit since 1979^[1][9][28]

 

1st Security Force Assistance Brigade Beret Flash

 

A soldier from 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade wearing brown beret with unit beret flash and DUI affixed (2018)^[57]

Special Forces Beret Flash example

 

Special Forces Beret Flash

 

A special forces qualified officer wearing rifle–green beret with generic Special Forces Beret Flash and rank insignia (general) affixed (2019)^[58]

In the 21st century, unlike the Department of the Army Beret Flash, Army organizational beret flashes often signify a specific formation of a specialized unit, such as an active airborne, ranger, special forces, or combat advisor unit.^{[1][5][15][26]} However, there is a unique generic Special Forces Beret Flash worn by special forces paratroopers on their rifle–green beret when assigned to a unit not authorized an organizational beret flash; this is due to the rifle–green beret representing a paratrooper's special forces qualification—in addition to the Special Forces Tab—rather than a special forces unit as it once did in the 60s, 70s, and early 80s.^[1][24]

US Air Force

Weather Parachutes

5th Weather Squadron insignias

 

 

The 5th Weather Squadron Emblem (left) and Beret Flash (right)—note the alchemical symbol for water with representative colors green (Earth), blue (air), and red (fire)^[59]

 

Vietnam Era Combat Weather Team Beret Flash

Special Operations Weather Team example

 

Special Operations Weather Team Beret Flash

 

A weather parachutist with AFSOC's 107th Weather Flight wearing gray beret with Special Operations Weather Team Beret Flash and Combat Weather Team Crest (2008)^[60]

In the mid 1960s, Air Force commando weathermen,^[61] formally known as weather parachutists, with Detachment 26 of the 30th Weather Squadron and Detachment 32 of the 5th Weather Squadron informally wore black berets.^[59] A black cloth rectangle with a yellow embroidered anemometer surmounted by a fleur–de–lis with the words "Combat Weather" split by the anemometer was used as their beret flash.^[59] From 1970 through the 1980s, weather parachutists with the 5th Weather Squadron wore maroon berets with an Army style beret flash that incorporated the squadron's design and colors from their emblem's alchemical symbol for water and affixed their Parachutist Badge to the flash.^[9][59] In 1979, weather parachutists were authorized to wear navy–blue berets with an Army style beret flash consisting of a blue and black field surrounded by yellow piping.^[9][59] Enlisted and NCOs affixed their Parachutist Badge to the flash while officers affixed their polished metal rank insignia.^[59] In 1986, the gray beret was authorized for wear by weather parachutists who continued to wear the aforementioned cloth beret flash until a new large color metallic Special Operations Weather Team Crest was authorized.^[59] In 1992, the Air Force approved the return of the weather parachutist's blue, black, and yellow beret flash from the 1970s and affixed their large color metallic Special Operations Weather Team Crest to it.^[59] In 1996, weather parachutists assigned to Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) began wearing a new Army style beret flash, known as the Special Operations Weather Team Beret Flash, while those assigned to Air Combat Command, known as Combat Weather Teams, continued to wear the blue, black and yellow beret flash.^[9][59][62] The Special Operations Weather Team Beret Flash consisted of a red border representing the blood shed by their predecessors, a black background representing special operations, and three diagonal lines of various colors representing the services they supported (green=Army, purple=joint forces, and blue=Air Force).^[59] Enlisted and NCOs affixed their Parachutist Badge to the Special Operations Weather Team Beret Flash while officers affixed their polished metal rank insignia until 2002 when the Combat Weather Team Crest was created.^[59] The Combat Weather Team Crest was affixed to both Special Operations Weather Team and Combat Weather Team Beret Flashes by enlisted and NCOs while officers continued to affix their polished metal rank insignia.^{[59][60][63][64]} In 2007/2008, the Special Operations Weather Team Beret Flash stopped being worn and in 2009—when the Special Operations Weather AFSC was established—a new large polished metallic Special Operations Weather Crest was approved for wear by special operations weather teams, with a modified version of the crest being worn by the now redesignated special reconnaissance airman in 2019.^{[4][59][60][65][66][67][68]}

Security Forces

1041st Security Police Squadron example

 

1041st Security Police Squadron Beret Flash

 

A security policeman with the 1041st Security Police Squadron wearing dark–blue beret and unit beret flash (c. 1967)^[69]

In 1966/67, the newly formed 1041st Security Police Squadron was authorized to wear a dark–blue beret with a unique organizational beret flash.^[69][70][71] The 1041st's beret flash has a depiction of a white falcon carrying a pair of lightning bolts on a somewhat pointed oval-shaped blue patch that was worn over the left temple.^[70][69][71] In 1976, the Air Force approved the navy-blue beret, worn by the Strategic Air Command Elite Guard and Air Force Combat Control Teams, as the official uniform item for all Air Force police and security forces.^[70][72] In 1997, the Air Force stood up the security forces AFSC and honored the heraldry of the 1041st Security Police Squadron by creating a new organizational beret flash for all security forces airman and NCOs. The new Security Forces Beret Flash depicts the 1041st's falcon over an airfield on a blue shield–shaped patch bordered in gold with a white scroll at its base embroidered with the motto "Defensor Fortis" (defenders of the force) in dark–blue title case.^[4][70] Security forces officers wear the same basic beret flash minus the embroidered falcon and airfield and in its place affix their polished metal rank insignia.^[4]

TACPs

Air Mobility Liaison Officer example

 

Institute of Heraldry manufacturing instructions for the Air Mobility Liaison Officer Beret Flash

 

An Air Mobility Liaison Officer with the 8th Air Support Operations Squadron wearing black beret with Air Mobility Liaison Officer Beret Flash and polished metal captain rank insignia affixed (2011)^[73]

In 1979, TACP airman and NCOs were given authorization to wear the black beret. In 1984, two TACP's submitted a design for a unique beret flash and crest for wear on their berets which the Air Force approved one year later.^[27] The TACP Beret Flash consists of a scarlet border that represent the firepower TACP's bring to bear with two dovetailed fields of blue and green representing the close working relationship between the Air Force and the Army that is enabled by the TACP.^[74] TACP officers also wear the TACP Beret Flash and Crest but with miniature polished metal rank insignia below the crest and just above the inner–border of the beret flash.^[4][75][76]

Air liaison officers assigned to an air support operations squadron or group can also be given authorization to wear the black beret and TACP Beret Flash with full-size polished metal officer rank insignia (no crest).^{[4][27][77][78]}

Some Air Mobility Liaison Officers also wore the black beret.^[27] Although worn informally before then, in 2015 The Institute of Heraldry authorized a slight modification of the TACP Beret Flash for wear by Air Mobility Liaison Officers, incorporating an embroidered compass rose in the upper–left corner of the flash.^[73][79] The Air Mobility Liaison Officer Beret Flash was worn in the same manner as Air Liaison Officers wear the TACP Beret Flash.^[73][80]

Combat Aviation Advisors

Combat Aviation Advisor example

 

Combat Aviation Advisor Flash

 

An NCO (left) and an officer (right) with a combat aviation advisor squadron are wearing brown berets with Combat Aviation Advisor Beret Flash with the officer affixing his metal major rank insignia (2018)^[81]

From 2018–2022, AFSOC authorized the wear of the brown beret for airman, NCOs, and officers assigned to what was known as combat aviation advisor squadrons, such as the 6th and 711th Special Operations Squadrons.^[81][82] The brown beret—similar to the Army's brown beret—was worn with an Army style organizational beret flash consisting of a blue field with olive–green diagonal stripes and border.^[9][81] The Combat Aviation Advisor Beret Flash was worn centered over the left eye with polished metal officer rank insignia, chaplain branch insignia, or an AFSC metallic beret crest affixed to the beret flash while all other advisors wore it without accoutrements.^[81][83]

US Navy

In the 1960s, select US Navy riverine patrol units operating in South Vietnam adopted the black beret to be part of their daily uniform and wore various accouterments on their berets.^[84][85] In 1967, the Commander of the Riverine Patrol Force sent an official message to the Commander of River Patrol Flotilla Five authorizing the wear of the black beret.^[85] In this message, the wear and appearance of the beret was defined stating, "Beret will be worn with river patrol force insignia centered on right side" and "Only standard size river patrol force insignia will be worn on beret. ... No other emblem or rank insignia will be displayed on beret."^[85][86] Today, these US Navy small boat units honor their heritage by wearing the black beret during special occasions—such as induction ceremonies into the Gamewardens Association^[87]—and will affix historically relevant riverine task force insignia for use as their beret flash.^{[88][89][90][91]}

Examples of US Navy riverine units' use of the black beret

 

Riverine Patrol Force, Task Force 116 Insignia

 

Chief of Naval Operations (left) and Commander, Riverine Patrol Force (right) wearing black berets with Task Force 116 Insignia (1969)^[92]

 

A Navy NCO from Riverine Squadron 1 receives the black beret with Task Force 116 Insignia at a ceremony making him an honorary "Gamewarden" (2011)^[89]

Beret flashes of the US military

Joint

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  Joint Enabling Capabilities Command, Joint Communications Support Element
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  Joint Enabling Capabilities Command, Joint Communications Support Element, 1st Squadron
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  Joint Enabling Capabilities Command, Joint Communications Support Element, 2nd Squadron
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  Joint Enabling Capabilities Command, Joint Communications Support Element, 4th Squadron
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  Joint Enabling Capabilities Command, Joint Communications Support Element, Communications Support Detachment
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  Multinational Force and Observers

Obsolete

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  Joint Enabling Capabilities Command, Joint Communications Support Element, 3rd Squadron

Air Force

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  Combat Weather Team
  —formerly Special Operations Weather Team
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  Security Forces
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  Security Forces Officer
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  TACP, TACP Officer, and Air Liaison Officer

Obsolete

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  Air Mobility Liaison Officer
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  Combat Aviation Advisor
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  Special Operations Weather Team
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  557th Weather Wing, 1st Weather Group, 5th Weather Squadron

Army

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  Department of the Army

Adjutant general

Obsolete

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  US Army Alaska, Fort Wainwright, Finance Element
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  1st Cavalry Division, 15th Adjutant General Company
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  XVIII Airborne Corps, 18th Personnel Group
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  82nd Airborne Division, 82nd Finance Battalion
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 82nd Personnel Services Battalion

Air defense artillery

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  XVIII Airborne Corps, 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 3rd Battalion, Battery E
  —formerly 82nd Airborne Division, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 3rd Battalion

Obsolete

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  US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry Brigade, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 1st Battalion
•  

  101st Airborne Division, 3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 1st Battalion

Armor and cavalry

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  US Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR–AF), 173rd Airborne Brigade, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Squadron
•  

  11th Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Squadron
  —formerly 25th Infantry Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Squadron
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, Combat Aviation Brigade, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Squadron
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  82nd Airborne Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Squadron
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  82nd Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Squadron
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  82nd Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 5th Squadron

Obsolete

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  –Arkansas Army National Guard, 39th Infantry Brigade, 151st Cavalry Regiment, Troop E
  –Puerto Rico Army National Guard, 92nd Infantry Brigade, 192nd Cavalry Regiment, Troop E
  –Tennessee Army National Guard, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment
  –US Army Armor School, 194th Armored Brigade, 10th Cavalry Regiment, Troop D (Long-Range Surveillance)
  –US Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Temple University
  –III Corps, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
  –III Corps, 6th Cavalry Brigade, Pathfinder Section
  –82nd Airborne Division, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Squadron (original version)
  

  Note: This is the most prolific organizational beret flash in the Army.^[2]
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  –US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Regiment, Troop E
  –1st Cavalry Division
•  

  –US Army Europe, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment (West Germany) (original version)
  –US Army Europe, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Reconnaissance Platoon (West Germany)
•  

  –US Army Europe, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment (West Germany)
  –US Army Europe, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (West Germany)
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  –US Army Europe, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 16th Cavalry Regiment, Company D
  –82nd Airborne Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 68th Armor Regiment, 4th Battalion, Company A
  –82nd Airborne Division, 73rd Armor Regiment, 3rd Battalion
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  1st Cavalry Division, 1st Brigade, 8th Cavalry, 1st Battalion
•  

  1st Cavalry Division, 1st Brigade, 8th Cavalry, 2nd Battalion
•  

  –1st Cavalry Division, 1st Brigade, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Battalion
  –VII Corps, 11th Aviation Group, Pathfinder Platoon (original version)
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  1st Cavalry Division, 2nd Brigade, 5th Cavalry, 1st Battalion
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  1st Cavalry Division, 2nd Brigade, 5th Cavalry, 2nd Battalion (made of plastic)
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  1st Cavalry Division, 3rd Brigade
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  1st Cavalry Division, 3rd Brigade, 7th Cavalry, 2nd Battalion
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  1st Cavalry Division, 3rd Brigade 7th Cavalry, 5th Battalion
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  1st Cavalry Division, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Squadron
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  1st Cavalry Division, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Battalion
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  82nd Airborne Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Squadron
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  101st Airborne Division, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Squadron

Aviation

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  US Army Special Operations Aviation Command (USASOAC)
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  USASOAC, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment
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  USASOAC, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, 1st Battalion
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  USASOAC, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, 2nd Battalion
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  USASOAC, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, 3rd Battalion
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  USASOAC, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, 4th Battalion
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  82nd Airborne Division, Combat Aviation Brigade
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  82nd Airborne Division, Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Aviation Regiment, 1st Battalion
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Aviation Regiment, 2nd Battalion
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Battalion

Obsolete

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  Oklahoma Army National Guard, 245th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, 1st Battalion
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  Special Operations Command South, 617th Special Operations Aviation Detachment
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  US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry Brigade, 222nd Aviation Battalion
•  

  US Army Special Operations Command (USASOC), 160th Special Operations Aviation Group
•  

  Washington National Guard, 81st Infantry Brigade, Aviation Section
•  

  1st Special Forces, 22nd Aviation Detachment
•  

  1st Special Forces, 22nd Aviation Detachment Recognition Bar
•  

  –III Corps, 6th Cavalry Brigade, Pathfinder Section
  –Various other units (see "Armor and cavalry" section)
•  

  V Corps, 12th Aviation Brigade, Pathfinder Platoon
•  

  –VII Corps, 11th Aviation Group, Pathfinder Platoon (original version)
  –1st Cavalry Division, 1st Brigade, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Battalion
•  

  VII Corps, 11th Aviation Brigade, Pathfinder Platoon
•  

  Eighth Army, 17th Aviation Brigade, Pathfinder Platoon
•  

  XVIII Airborne Corps, 18th Aviation Brigade
•  

  XVIII Airborne Corps, 58th Aviation Regiment, 1st Battalion
•  

  XVIII Airborne Corps, 229th Aviation Group
•  

  28th Infantry Division, 28th Infantry Detachment (Pathfinder) (original version)
•  

  28th Infantry Division, 28th Infantry Detachment (Pathfinder)
•  

  29th Infantry Division, 129th Infantry Detachment (Pathfinder)
•  

  38th Infantry Division, 77th Infantry Detachment (Pathfinder)
•  

  40th Infantry Division, 76th Infantry Detachment (Pathfinder)
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 82nd Aviation Brigade (original version)
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 82nd Aviation Regiment, 1st Battalion (original version)
•  

  –82nd Airborne Division, 82nd Aviation Regiment, 1st Battalion (second version)
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 82nd Aviation Regiment, 2nd Battalion (original version)
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 82nd Combat Aviation Battalion (original version)
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 82nd Combat Aviation Battalion
•  

  89th Army Reserve Command, 26th Infantry Platoon (Pathfinder)
•  

  96th Army Reserve Command, 79th Infantry Platoon (Pathfinder)
•  

  97th Army Reserve Command, 5th Infantry Platoon (Pathfinder)
•  

  –101st Airborne Division, 101st Aviation Group
  –1st Special Forces, 445th Chemical Detachment

Chemical

Obsolete

•  

  1st Special Forces, 5th Special Forces Group, 56th Chemical Reconnaissance Detachment
•  

  –1st Special Forces, 445th Chemical Detachment
  –101st Airborne Division, 101st Aviation Group

Civil affairs

•  

  US Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (USACAPOC), 351st Civil Affairs Command, 358th Civil Affairs Brigade, 416th Civil Affairs Battalion
•  

  USACAPOC, 351st Civil Affairs Command, 358th Civil Affairs Brigade, 426th Civil Affairs Battalion
•  

  USACAPOC, 352nd Civil Affairs Command, 360th Civil Affairs Brigade
•  

  USACAPOC, 352nd Civil Affairs Command, 360th Civil Affairs Brigade, 404th Civil Affairs Battalion
•  

  USACAPOC, 352nd Civil Affairs Command, 360th Civil Affairs Brigade, 412th Civil Affairs Battalion
•  

  USACAPOC, 352nd Civil Affairs Command, 360th Civil Affairs Brigade, 450th Civil Affairs Battalion
•  

  USACAPOC, 352nd Civil Affairs Command, 360th Civil Affairs Brigade, 478th Civil Affairs Battalion
•  

  1st Special Forces Command, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade
•  

  1st Special Forces Command, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade, 91st Civil Affairs Battalion
•  

  1st Special Forces Command, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade, 92nd Civil Affairs Battalion
•  

  1st Special Forces Command, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade, 96th Civil Affairs Battalion
•  

  1st Special Forces Command, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade, 97th Civil Affairs Battalion
•  

  1st Special Forces Command, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade, 98th Civil Affairs Battalion

Obsolete

•  

  1st Special Forces Command, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade, 96th Civil Affairs Battalion, Company A

Engineers

•  

  USAREUR–AF, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion
•  

  11th Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion
  —formerly 25th Infantry Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion
•  

  11th Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 84th Engineer Company
  —formerly 25th Infantry Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 84th Engineer Company
•  

  XVIII Airborne Corps, 20th Engineer Brigade, 27th Engineer Battalion
•  

  XVIII Airborne Corps, 20th Engineer Brigade, 27th Engineer Battalion, 57th Engineer Company
•  

  XVIII Airborne Corps, 20th Engineer Brigade, 27th Engineer Battalion, 161st Engineer Company
•  

  XVIII Airborne Corps, 20th Engineer Brigade, 27th Engineer Battalion, 618th Engineer Company
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 127th Brigade Engineer Battalion
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 37th Brigade Engineer Battalion
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 307th Brigade Engineer Battalion

Obsolete

•  

  US Army Alaska, Fort Wainwright, 47th Engineer Company
•  

  US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry Brigade, 562nd Engineer Company
•  

  US Army Forces Command, 20th Engineer Battalion
•  

  –1st Cavalry Division, 8th Engineer Battalion
  –1st Cavalry Division, 1st Cavalry Division Artillery (original version)
•  

  XVIII Airborne Corps, 20th Engineer Brigade (original version)
•  

  XVIII Airborne Corps, 20th Engineer Brigade
•  

  XVIII Airborne Corps, 20th Engineer Brigade, 738th Engineer Company
•  

  XVIII Airborne Corps, 20th Engineer Brigade, 919th Engineer Company
•  

  XVIII Airborne Corps, 20th Engineer Brigade, 30th Engineer Battalion
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 127th Engineer Battalion (original version)
•  

  101st Airborne Division, 326th Engineer Battalion

Field artillery

•  

  USAREUR–AF, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Battalion
•  

  11th Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 377th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Battalion
  —formerly 25th Infantry Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 377th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Battalion
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 82nd Airborne Division Artillery
  —formerly 101st Airborne Division, 101st Airborne Division Artillery
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Battalion
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Battalion
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Battalion

Obsolete

•  

  US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry Brigade, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Battalion, Battery C
•  

  –US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry Brigade, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Battalion, Battery C
  –1st Cavalry Division, 1st Cavalry Division Artillery
•  

  –1st Cavalry Division, 1st Cavalry Division Artillery (original version)
  –1st Cavalry Division, 8th Engineer Battalion
•  

  XVIII Airborne Corps, XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery
•  

  XVIII Airborne Corps, 18th Field Artillery Brigade
•  

  XVIII Airborne Corps, 18th Field Artillery Brigade, 1st Field Artillery Detachment
•  

  XVIII Airborne Corps, 18th Field Artillery Brigade, 234th Field Artillery Detachment
•  

  XVIII Airborne Corps, 18th Field Artillery Brigade, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Battalion
•  

  XVIII Airborne Corps, 18th Field Artillery Brigade, 377th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Battalion
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Battalion

Infantry

•  

  USAREUR–AF, 173rd Airborne Brigade
•  

  USAREUR–AF, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 143rd Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
•  

  USAREUR–AF, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
  —formerly 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
•  

  USAREUR–AF, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
  —formerly 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
•  

  USASOC, 75th Ranger Regiment
•  

  USASOC, 75th Ranger Regiment, 1st Battalion
•  

  USASOC, 75th Ranger Regiment, 2nd Battalion
•  

  USASOC, 75th Ranger Regiment, 3rd Battalion
•  

  11th Airborne Division Headquarters
  —formerly US Army Pacific, Early-Entry Command Post (US Army Alaska Headquarters)
•  

  11th Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team
  —formerly 25th Infantry Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team
•  

  11th Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 501st Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
  —formerly
  –25th Infantry Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 501st Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
  –101st Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade, 501st Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
•  

  11th Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 509th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion
  —formerly 25th Infantry Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 509th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion
•  

  35th Infantry Division, 45th Brigade Combat Team, 134th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
•  

  82nd Airborne Division
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 501st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 504th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 504th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team
•  

  82nd Aiirborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 325th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 325th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 508th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
  —formerly 82nd Airborne Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 508th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 505th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 505th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 508th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
  —formerly 82nd Airborne Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 508th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion

Obsolete

•  

  Puerto Rico Army National Guard, 92nd Infantry Brigade
•  

  Texas Army National Guard, 36th Airborne Brigade
•  

  Texas Army National Guard, 36th Airborne Brigade, 143rd Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
•  

  Texas Army National Guard, 36th Airborne Brigade, 143rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
•  

  –US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry Brigade (original version)
  –101st Airborne Division, Screaming Eagle Replacement Training School
•  

  US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry Brigade
•  

  US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry Brigade, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Battalion
•  

  –US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Battalion
  –US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry Brigade, 327th Infantry Regiment, 5th Battalion, Company C (original version)
•  

  US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry Brigade, 60th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
•  

  US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry Brigade, 327th Infantry Regiment, 4th Battalion, Company C
•  

  US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry Brigade, 327th Infantry Regiment, 5th Battalion, Company C
•  

  US Army Alaska, 172nd Infantry Brigade, 327th Infantry Regiment, 6th Battalion, Company C
•  

  US Army South, 193rd Infantry Brigade, 5th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion, Company A
•  

  –US Army Southern European Task Force, 325th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion
  –82nd Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 325th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion
•  

  US Army Southern European Task Force, 509th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion (original version)
•  

  USASOC, 75th Ranger Regiment (original version)
•  

  USASOC, 75th Ranger Regiment, 1st Battalion (original version)
•  

  USASOC, 75th Ranger Regiment, 2nd Battalion (original version)
•  

  USASOC, 75th Ranger Regiment, 3rd Battalion (original version)
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team (original version)
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 504th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team (original version)
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 325th Infantry Regiment, 4th Battalion
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team (original version)
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 505th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 505th Infantry Regiment, 4th Battalion
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team
•  

  101st Airborne Division
•  

  101st Airborne Division, 1st Brigade
•  

  101st Airborne Division, 1st Brigade, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
•  

  101st Airborne Division, 1st Brigade, 327th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
•  

  101st Airborne Division, 1st Brigade, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
•  

  101st Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade
•  

  101st Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
•  

  101st Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade, 506th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
•  

  101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade
•  

  101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion

Logistics

•  

  Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Distribution Depot–Army Element
•  

  Georgia Army National Guard, 165th Quartermaster Company
•  

  Program Executive Office, Airborne Procurement Team
•  

  Rhode Island Army National Guard, 56th Quartermaster Rigger Support Team
•  

  US Army Test and Evaluation Command, Yuma Proving Ground, Airborne Test Force
•  

  US Army Test and Evaluation Command, Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate
  —formerly US Army Airborne Board
•  

  3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, 264th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB), 647th Quartermaster Company
•  

  11th Airborne Division, 17th CSSB, 4th Quartermaster Detachment
  —formerly Arctic Support Command, 17th CSSB, 4th Quartermaster Detachment
•  

  21st Theater Sustainment Command, 16th Sustainment Brigade, 16th Special Troops Battalion, 5th Quartermaster Theater Aerial Delivery Company
•  

  36th Infantry Division, 36th Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, 294th Quartermaster Company
•  

  36th Infantry Division, 36th Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, 294th Quartermaster Company, 36th Quartermaster Detachment
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade, 189th CSSB, 11th Quartermaster Company
•  

  143rd Sustainment Command, 333rd Quartermaster Detachment
•  

  143rd Sustainment Command, 518th Sustainment Brigade, 275th CSSB, 470th Quartermaster Company
•  

  143rd Sustainment Command, 518th Sustainment Brigade, 275th CSSB, 824th Quartermaster Company
•  

  143rd Sustainment Command, 518th Sustainment Brigade, 352nd CSSB, 346th Quartermaster Company
•  

  143rd Sustainment Command, 518th Sustainment Brigade, 352nd CSSB, 421st Quartermaster Company
•  

  316th Sustainment Command, 77th Sustainment Brigade, 861st Quartermaster Company

Obsolete

•  

  US Army Europe, 29th Transportation Battalion
•  

  US Army Forces Command, 561st Maintenance Battalion
•  

  US Army Japan, 10th Regional Support Group, 35th CSSB, 87th Quartermaster Detachment
•  

  1st Cavalry Division Support Command, 15th Support and Transport Battalion (original version)
•  

  1st Cavalry Division Support Command, 15th Support and Transport Battalion
•  

  1st Cavalry Division Support Command, 15th Support and Transport Battalion, Company A
•  

  1st Cavalry Division Support Command, 15th Support and Transport Battalion, Company B
•  

  1st Cavalry Division Support Command, 27th Maintenance Battalion
•  

  1st Cavalry Division, 1st Cavalry Division Sustainment Brigade, 527th Quartermaster Detachment
•  

  1st Corps Support Command, 600th Quartermaster Company
•  

  1st Corps Support Command, 612th Quartermaster Company
•  

  1st Corps Support Command, 623rd Quartermaster Company
•  

  21st Theater Sustainment Command, 16th Sustainment Brigade, 16th Special Troops Battalion, 5th Quartermaster Theater Aerial Delivery Company (original version)
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 33rd Aviation Maintenance Company
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 407th Supply and Transportation Battalion
  —currently 82nd Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 407th Brigade Support Battalion
•  

  –82nd Airborne Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 782nd Maintenance Battalion
  –82nd Airborne Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 782nd Brigade Support Battalion
•  

  101st Airborne Division, 53rd Quartermaster Detachment
•  

  451st Expeditionary Sustainment Command, 89th Sustainment Brigade, 620th CSSB, 383rd Quartermaster Company

Medical

•  

  USAREUR–AF, 30th Medical Brigade, 212th Combat Support Hospital, 67th Forward Resuscitative and Surgical Detachment (FRSD)
•  

  XVIII Airborne Corps, 44th Medical Brigade, 28th Combat Support Hospital, 240th FRSD
•  

  XVIII Airborne Corps, 44th Medical Brigade, 28th Combat Support Hospital, 274th FRSD
•  

  XVIII Airborne Corps, 44th Medical Brigade, 28th Combat Support Hospital, 541st FRSD
•  

  XVIII Airborne Corps, 44th Medical Brigade, 28th Combat Support Hospital, 759th FRSD
•  

  18th Medical Command, 8th FRSD
•  

  593rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, 62nd Medical Brigade, 47th Combat Support Hospital, 250th FRSD

Obsolete

•  

  US Army Forces Command, 86th Combat Support Hospital
•  

  1st Cavalry Division Support Command, 15th Medical Battalion (original version)
•  

  1st Cavalry Division Support Command, 15th Medical Battalion
•  

  4th Infantry Division, 4th Medical Battalion, Company C
•  

  XVIII Airborne Corps, 44th Medical Brigade
•  

  82nd Airborne Division, 307th Medical Battalion
  —currently 82nd Airborne Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 307th Brigade Support Battalion
•  

  593rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, 62nd Medical Brigade, 47th Combat Support Hospital, 250th Medical Detachment

Military intelligence

•  

  1st Special Forces Command, 528th Sustainment Brigade, 389th Military Intelligence Battalion

Obsolete

•  

  Alabama Army National Guard, 142nd Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (BfSB), 131st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Squadron, Troop C (Long-Range Surveillance)
•  

  Alaska Army National Guard, 207th Infantry Group, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Arctic Light Reconnaissance Detachment
•  

  –Georgia Army National Guard, 121st Infantry, Company H (Long-Range Surveillance)
  –

  January 15, 2023