Shown here is a Finnish Costal Ranger Green Beret.

A green beret is a type of headgear. Green Berets can refer to:

Military

• Special Forces (United States Army), colloquial term
• Royal Marines of the UK. Awarded the Green Beret on successful completion of Commando Tests.
• Swedish Amphibious Corps. Awarded the Green Beret after successful completion of the Basic training (10 weeks), ending with an endurance course.
• Naval commandos (France) (Bérets Verts), colloquial term
• Parachute Troops School (Boinas Verdes), colloquial term for the Portuguese Escola de Tropas Páraquedistas (ETP).
• 1st Raider/Paratrooper Brigade (Greece) (Prasinoskoufides), colloquial term for the Greek Dynameis Katadromon.
• Zelene beretke Bosnian, initially paramilitary, force during the Bosnian War from 1992–1995.
• Army Ranger Wing, the special forces unit of the Irish Army.
• Finnish Costal Rangers, the elite costal unit of the Finnish Navy.
• Korps Commandotroepen (Netherlands). Awarded the Green Beret on successful completion of the Elementary Commando Course.

Literature

• The Green Berets (book), a book written by Robin Moore, 1965
• Tales of the Green Beret daily comic strip and American comic book

Music

• "The Ballad Of The Green Berets," 1966 hit written and composed by Robin Moore and US Army Special Forces Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler and performed by Sadler

Film

• The Green Berets (film), a 1968 movie about the American involvement in the Vietnam War starring John Wayne

Computer & Video Games

• Green Beret (arcade game)

[edit] See also

• Green Berets in popular culture

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