Blue beret
# Blue beret

A blue beret is a blue-colored beret used by various (usually special) military and other organizations, notably the United Nations peacekeepers who are sometimes referred to as the Blue Berets.

## Military forces

* Australian Army Aviation, Royal Australian Air Force Airfield Defence Guards
* Belarusian Ground Forces
* Brazilian army cadets (Dark Blue) and Brazilian Army Aviation Command (Royal Blue)
* Royal Canadian Air Force as well as Canadian Army units including Artillery, Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and Signals (dark blue known as "army blue")
* Finnish Air Force, army aviation and military bands all use a blue beret. UN light blue for certain peacekeeping forces, navy blue for the Finnish Navy
* Greek Presidential Guard (light blue)
* Hellenic Army (dark blue), except for Armour, Special Forces, Army Aviation, and Airmobile troops
* German Air Force Regiment, Naval Force Protection Battalion, Kommando Spezialkräfte Marine, German personnel of the Eurocorps and the I. German/Dutch Corps, various others (navy blue)
* German Army medical personnel (cobalt blue)
* Kazakhstani Airmobile Troops
* Royal Malaysian Navy
* Moldovan Ground Forces
* Royal New Zealand Military Police
* Royal New Zealand Air Force Police
* Pakistan Army Corps Of Engineers
* Polícia Aérea, the Portuguese Air Force security forces
* Portuguese Navy
* Royal Malaysian Air Force PASKAU
* Spanish Royal Guard
* Soviet and Russian Airborne Troops (VDV)
* Turkish Armed Forces personnel who completed the Commando course and are assigned to Commando brigades and Gendarmerie General Command
* United Kingdom Army Air Corps, Royal Air Force
* United Nations Peacekeeping troops
* United States Air Force Security Forces

## Police forces

* Special Purpose Police Unit (Azerbaijan), Internal Troops of Azerbaijan
* Royal Malaysia Police
   * Royal Malaysia Police General Operations Force
   * Royal Malaysia Police Marine Operations Force
* Gendarmery (Serbia), Special Police Units (Serbia), Ministry of Internal Affairs (Serbia)
* Bodyguard Corps of the Public Security Police of Portugal

## Other organizations

* National Blue Beret, an activity in the United States Civil Air Patrol program
* Civil Air Patrol, members who are graduates of National Blue Beret
* Lazarus Union, members who are uniformed members in active duty around the world
* Blue Berets (performers), a performing ensemble whose members are all part of the Russian armed forces
