title: Blue beret
text: # 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
  