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The beret is still the most widely worn headgear, and is worn with almost all orders of dress with the exception of the more formal orders of Naval and Air Force dress ( Ceremonial, Mess, and Service Dress). The colour of the beret is determined by the wearer's environment, branch, or mission, as follows:

  • Navy — Black ("navy blue")
  • All army — Rifle Green (except as noted below)
  • Armoured — Black
  • Airborne — Maroon
  • Military police — Scarlet
  • Air force — Air Force Blue
  • Search-and-rescue technicians — Blaze Orange
  • Canadian Special Operations Regiment — Tan
  • United Nations missions — U.N. Blue
  • Multinational Force and Observers - Terracotta

Soldiers in Highland, Scottish and Irish regiments generally wear alternate headdress, including the glengarry, balmoral, tam o'shanter and caubeen instead of the beret. Approximately 1/3 of the Infantry Regiments in the Canadian Forces are designated Scottish, Highland or Irish, not because of the ethnic composition of Canada (though certainly reflecting the strong Scottish communities in Canada) as much as the belief, at the time the Regiments were raised, that units wearing the kilt and boasting pipe bands would be easier to recruit for.

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References and notes

  1. ^ a b c d e CIA Factbook - Canada factsheet
  2. ^ a b About DND/CF Who We Are - Canadian Forces
  3. ^ - Expeditures
  4. ^ Air Command - CF-18 Hornet Technical Specifications
  5. ^ National Defence Act; R.S.C. 1985, c. N-4, s.14
  6. ^ Constitution Act, 1867
  7. ^ Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces.
  8. ^ Current Operations (2008). Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
  9. ^ Current Operations (2008). Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
  10. ^ Integration and Unification of the Canadian Forces (2008). Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
  11. ^ Petition to restore the Royal designation to the Canadian navy and Canadian air force
  12. ^ Correspondence with Laurie Hawn, CD, MP
  13. ^ Canadian military aviation OrBat
  14. ^ NFTC (2008). Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
  15. ^ NFTC (2008). Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
  16. ^ SPERWER Tactical UAV System
  17. ^ Treasury Board Secretariat - Government Expenditure Plan 2008-9 (2008). Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
  18. ^ Budget Speech (Budget 2005) (2008). Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
  19. ^ National Defence and the Canadian Forces (2008). Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
  20. ^ Canada's military priorities: more troops, closer relations with U.S. (2008). Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
  21. ^ CANFORGEN 027-07

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