Blue beret
Canadian peacekeeper
in 1976 wearing the distinctive UN blue helmetA blue beret is a blue-colored
United Nations peacekeepers are often referred to as Blue Berets or Blue Helmets because of their light blue berets or helmets, this includes soldiers, police officers, and civilian personnel.[1]
The blue helmet is used as the logo of United Nations Peacekeeping.
Military forces
- Australian Army Aviation, Royal Australian Air Force Airfield Defence Guards
- Belarusian Ground Forces
- 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[2]
- Greek Presidential Guard (light blue)
- Hellenic Army (dark blue), except for Armour, Special Forces, Army Aviation, and Airmobile troops
- 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
- 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 Peacekeepingtroops
- United States Air Force Security Forces
Police forces
- Special Purpose Police Unit (Azerbaijan), Internal Troops of Azerbaijan
- Royal Malaysia Police
- 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
- UNEDU Blue Berets, international humanitarian aid agency
References
- ^ "UN Troops in Africa: Blue berets in the red". The Economist. 9 June 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ Finnish military fosters future leaders