Green beret
U.S. Special Forces wear the green beret as a distinction of excellence and uniqueness within the Army.
Laotian Civil War
In July, U.S. Special Forces Mobile Training Teams from the 77th Special Forces Group, working under the code name Hotfoot, began training the Royal Laotian army. The Green Berets were attached to the Programs Evaluation Office, and like other PEO employees, were nominal civilians and dressed as such.