page_title: Military beret
section_title: Netherlands
hierarchical_section_title: Military beret / By country / Netherlands
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Deelen, 4 mei 2017. Commandant Luchtmobiele Brigade, brigadecammandant Kees Matthijsen.
context_page_description: Berets have been a component of the uniforms of many armed forces throughout the world since the mid-20th century. Military berets are usually pushed to the right to free the shoulder that bears the rifle on most soldiers, but the armies of some countries, mostly within Europe, South America and Asia have influenced the push to the left.
  In some countries, berets are associated with elite units, who often wear berets in more unusual colours. For instance, the maroon beret is mostly traditional headgear for elite airborne forces around the world, with a few exceptions like the Russian Airborne Troops, who instead wear a sky blue beret or the Portuguese Paratroopers that wear a green beret.
context_section_description: When the Royal Netherlands Armed Forces acquired new modernised uniforms (designed by the Dutch couturier Frans Molenaar) in 2000, the berets changed as well. Since 2004, soldiers of the Royal Netherlands Army have worn a petrol (blue-green) beret, whereas previously they wore brown.
  The following colours are also used (before and after the modernisation):
  Navy:
  Dark navy blue with a bronze metal crown & anchor on a red flash — Royal Netherlands Marine Corps
  Dark navy blue with a gold color metal anchor on a black flash — Royal Netherlands Navy
  Dark navy blue with a silver color metal anchor on a Blue flash — (Civilian base security for the Royal Netherlands Navy)
  Army:
  Green (The Green Beret) — Commandos of the Korps Commandotroepen
  Maroon (The Red Beret) — Airmobile troops of the 11 Air Manoeuvre Brigade "11 Luchtmobiele Brigade" (Air Assault)
  Black — Armour and Cavalry
  Petrol (blue-green) — Royal Netherlands Army
  Note: The only Dutch military unit that do not wear a beret are the Gele Rijders (Horse Artillery), who wear a blue garrison cap with yellow trimming.
  Air Force:
  Grey-blue — Royal Netherlands Air Force
  Military Police:
  Bright blue — with emblem Koninklijke Marechaussee (Royal Gendarmerie)
  Other:
  UN blue — All military members of the United Nations
  Brick red — All military members of the Multinational Force and Observers
  Dark blue — 1(GE/NL)Corps (Eerste Duits-Nederlandse Legerkorps)
  All regiments and services have their own distinctive colours. There are quite a lot, but the number of colours in the logistic services was reduced in 2001. This colour is shown in a patch of cloth behind the beret flash. The intendance (maroon), transport troops (blue), military administration (pink; hence the nickname 'Pink Mafia'), technical service (black), and medical troops and service (green) lost their colours and all now wear yellow patches. In 2010, the technical service and medical troops and services recovered their colors. The intendance and transport troops merched into one regiment with new colours (maroon with blue border) and the administration got the crimson color.
  Infantry — Red, except:
  Grenadier Guards — Red with blue border
  Rifle Guards — Green with yellow border
  Fusilier Guards — Orange with blue border
  Regiment van Heutsz — Black with orange border
  Limburg Rifles Regiment — Green with maroon border
  Korps Commandotroepen — Black with dark green border
  Cavalry (Armour) — Blue with white, red or orange border
  Cavalry (Reconnaissance) — Blue with black border
  Artillery — Black with red border
  Engineers — Brown
  Signals — Blue with white border
  Logistics — Yellow (obsolete since 2010)
  Legal Affairs — Black with white border
  Psychological and Sociological Service —  Red
  Protestant Chaplains — Black
  Catholic Chaplains — Blue
  Jewish Chaplains — Black
  Humanist Society Chaplains — Bright green
  Hindu Chaplains — Bright blue
  Troops in Initial Training — Red
  Royal Military Academy Cadets — Red with yellow border
  Physical Training Instructors — Blue
  Technical Staff — Maroon
caption: Brigade commandant Kees Matthijsen, commander of the 11th Airmobile Brigade
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