Italian Army
In the Italian Armed Forces, maroon beret is only worn by paratroopers: Army Folgore Brigade, the Carabinieri Regiment "Tuscania" and G.I.S., and the Police elite unit Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza
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