The black beret becomes the standard headgear for all United State Army soldiers.

The beret is the standard headgear for the Indian Army.

The Singapore Armed and Police Forces adopts the beret as their standard headgear.

The South African Army wears the beret as its standard headgear.

In 1975 all female soldiers of the Women's Army Corps were authorized to wear a black beret variant as standard headgear for the service uniform.

They are the only force to issue baseball caps as standard headgear; most forces use custodian helmets or a flat peak cap.

Whilst the Army Green service cap was already phased out when the black beret was introduced as standard headgear.

The standard headgear for paratroopers was a sky-blue beret.

The kepi was the standard headgear of uniformed British Rail male employees from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s.

The standard headgear for enlisted personnel is the beret bearing the national colors of red, yellow and green.