Green beret
U.S. Special Forces wear the green beret as a distinction of excellence and uniqueness within the Army.
Green beret
The proposal that the commandos should start wearing green beret as their official headdress was submitted to the Chief of Combined Operations and forwarded by Lord Mountbatten to the Under-Secretary of State for War. Approval was granted and in October 1942 the first green berets were issued to the Royal Marines.