07-09-2006, 15:06
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maroon beret with 7th grp flash?
recently i saw a picture of a local soldier wearing a maroon beret with a 7th grp flash.ive been gone awhile,is this correct?the picture ident him as a sgt with 7th group.
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07-09-2006, 15:09
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Support guys wear marron berrets with the group flash.
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07-09-2006, 15:15
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thanks i got out in 88 and it was different,thanks
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07-09-2006, 16:40
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The change went into effect in USASOC in January 1993. Support personnel went to maroon berets, unless they were Ranger-qualified, in which case they could wear black. I have no idea what happened after the Rangers changed to tan and the legs went to black.
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07-09-2006, 17:31
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Check the crest as well, IIRC, one of the artillery units on post (82nd Divarty?) coopted the solid red flash for their unit as well.
Damn redlegs! 
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07-09-2006, 20:26
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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Check the crest as well, IIRC, one of the artillery units on post (82nd Divarty?) coopted the solid red flash for their unit as well.
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you missed some real grade-school shenanigans when the 82nd first got maroon berets back in '73...
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01-11-2007, 21:34
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Red Flash
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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Check the crest as well, IIRC, one of the artillery units on post (82nd Divarty?) coopted the solid red flash for their unit as well.
Damn redlegs!
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You are correct Sir !! I was with the 2/321st FA (DIVARTY) The Flash was red with two gold stipes up until 1987-88 then solid red with the "Loyalty" crest.
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05-20-2016, 11:06
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I wore a "Candy Bar" for awhile in the 17th SFG(A) It wasn't just for support people. In my case, it meant I was Airborne qualified and assignd to that group. Only SF qualified wore the full flash. (No Tab in those days.)
At that time support people, or people assigned to the group and not yet Airborne qualified, wore the Green beret with no bar or flash just the Regimental crest. Of course this was in the early Sixties. When I first went to the 17th, in June '61 the Green Beret was not authorized yet.
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I was drafted into the 5th group in the Fall of 1965 to serve as a Como specialist in RVN. After my tour was finished, I was asked to stay in SF, I humbly accepted and always felt gratitude toward my many friendships made during my tour. At that time non SF qualified personal wore the green beret with a candy bar flash. But in RVN everyone wore a full flash. After I was enlisted to "S" status, I wore a full flash in the third group at Ft. Bragg.
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05-20-2016, 11:13
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I was drafted into the 5th group in the Fall of 1965 to serve as a Como specialist in RVN. After my tour was finished, I was asked to stay in SF, I humbly accepted and always felt gratitude toward my many friendships made during my tour. At that time non SF qualified personal wore the green beret with a candy bar flash. But in RVN everyone wore a full flash. After I was enlisted to "S" status, I wore a full flash in the third group at Ft. Bragg.
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Welcome aboard!
(I was also in 5th, but still in diapers when you were there!) 
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