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- In the United States (US) Department of Defense, a beret flash is a shield-shaped embroidered cloth that is 2.25 in (5.72 cm) tall and 1.875 in (4.76 cm) wide with a semi–circular base that is attached to a stiffener backing of a military beret. These flashes—a term coined by Brigadier General (later Lieutenant General) William P. Yarborough based on the British English use of the word to describe a colorful cloth patch attached to military headgear—are worn over the left eye with the excess cloth of the beret shaped, folded, and pulled over the right ear giving it a distinctive appearance. The embroidered designs of the Army's beret flashes represent the heraldic colors and patterns of a unit with a unique mission or the history of the Army. The Air Force's beret flashes represent their Air Force specialty code (AFSC) or their assignment to a unit with a unique mission. Joint beret flashes—such as those worn by the Joint Communications Support Element and the Multinational Force and Observers—are worn by all who are assigned, given their uniform regulations allow. With some exceptions, Army soldiers and non-commissioned officers (NCOs) affix their distinctive unit insignia (DUI) to the center of their beret flash. Army warrant officers and commissioned officers affix their polished metal rank insignia to the center of their beret flash while chaplains affix their polished metal branch insignia. Air Force commissioned officers in the security forces or assigned as weather parachutists wear their beret flash in the same manner as the Army while Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) officers attach a miniature version of their polished metal rank insignia below the TACP Crest on the TACP Beret Flash. Air Force airman and NCOs either wear their beret flash or beret flash with crest. The design of all US Department of Defense beret flashes are created and/or approved by The Institute of Heraldry, Department of the Army. When a requesting unit is entitled to have its own organizational beret flash, the institute will conduct research into the requesting unit's heraldry, as well as design suggestions from the unit, in the creation of a unit–specific beret flash. Leveraging geometrical divisions, shapes, and colors, a heraldic artist will create a design that will represent the history and mission of the requesting unit. Once the unit agrees upon a design, the institute will authorize the creation of the new beret flash and will establish manufacturing instructions for the companies authorized to produce heraldic materials. The institute will also monitor the production of the new beret flash to ensure quality and accuracy of the design is maintained. (en)
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- US Navy's Riverine Patrol Force, Task Force 116 Insignia (en)
- Combat Aviation Advisor Flash (en)
- Department of the Army Beret Flash (en)
- An Air Mobility Liaison Officer with the 8th Air Support Operations Squadron wearing black beret with Air Mobility Liaison Officer Beret Flash and captain rank insignia affixed, 2011 (en)
- Special Operations Weather Team Beret Flash (en)
- Army Special Forces NCOs wearing rifle–green berets with various organizational beret flashes representing different special forces groups within the 1st Special Forces Regiment, how's DUI is affixed (en)
- A Texas State Guard officer wearing a US Army service uniform with Texas State Guard Beret Flash, 2010 (en)
- An Army officer wearing tan beret with 75th Ranger Regiment Beret Flash bearing lieutenant colonel rank insignia (en)
- A US Navy NCO from Riverine Squadron 1 receives the historical black beret with Task Force 116 Insignia at a ceremony making him an honorary "Gamewarden," 2011 (en)
- An Air Force officer wearing black beret with TACP Beret Flash and Crest bearing miniature captain rank insignia (en)
- An Air Force officer and Army NCO wearing maroon berets with Joint Communications Support Element Beret Flash, the officer affixing his colonel rank insignia and the NCO her unit's DUI (en)
- The US Navy Chief of Naval Operations and Commander, Riverine Patrol Force wearing black berets with Task Force 116 Insignia, 1969 (en)
- An Air Force airman wearing navy-blue beret with Security Forces Beret Flash (en)
- An Air Force airman wearing gray beret with Combat Weather Team Beret Flash and Crest (en)
- Institute of Heraldry manufacturing instructions for the Air Mobility Liaison Officer Beret Flash (en)
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- An NCO and an officer with a combat aviation advisor squadron are wearing brown berets with Combat Aviation Advisor Beret Flash with the officer affixing his polished metal rank insignia, 2018 (en)
- A security policeman with the 1041st Security Police Squadron wearing dark–blue beret and unit beret flash, (en)
- A weather parachutist with AFSOC's 107th Weather Flight wearing gray beret with Special Operations Weather Team Beret Flash and Combat Weather Team Crest, 2008 (en)
- The 5th Weather Squadron Emblem and Beret Flash —note the alchemical symbol for water with representative colors green (Earth), blue (air), and red (fire) (en)
- An infantryman with 1st Cavalry Division, 1st Brigade, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, Reconnaissance Platoon wearing black beret with platoon beret flash, 1970 (en)
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