Beret Flashes -- 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)

1960 - 1962
Felt
Felt
Leatherette/Naugahyde
1962 - 1965
2 piece Felt
2 piece Felt over cardboard
1960's cut edge
1965 - 1985
1960's / 1970's Cut Edge
1960's / 1970's Cut Edge
1980's Taiwan Manufacture
1980's Taiwan Manufacture
1980's cut edge
Pakistani Manufacture
embroidered on felt
Merrowed Edge
Theatre Made Flashes
Southeast Asia Manufacture
Probable Collectors Copy
Southeast Asia Manufacture
Probable Collectors Copy
Southeast Asia Manufacture
Probable Collectors Copy
Southeast Asia Manufacture
Southeast Asia Manufacture
Believed Japan or Thailand
Southeast Asia Manufacture
Southeast Asia Manufacture
"Bright Light" Teams
Southeast Asia Manufacture
Possible Collector's Copy
"Bright Light" Teams
Collectors Copy
1985 - Current
1980's cut edge
1980's cut edge
1980's cut edge
Unknown Manufacture
1980's Taiwan Manufacture
Merrowed Edge
Saudi Manufacture
Other 5th Group Flashes
Unknown Detachment
Collectors copy of a Vietnam Era Detachment
Tentatively ID'd as "Operation Snowflake"
5th Group Arctic Training, 1960's
Unconfirmed
5th Group members TDY to Afghanistan
Unofficial and Unapproved
Unknown Manufacture
made for collectors
Task Force Lebanon,
Detachment 1
Task Force Lebanon,
Detachment 2
Operational Detachment A-555
Probably made for collectors
Operational Detachment A-556
Probably made for collectors
5th Special Forces Group (Airborne),
Saudi Arabia
Operation Desert Storm
Saudi Manufacture
Operational Detachment A-532
Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th SFGA
Operation Desert Storm
Saudi Manufacture
Operational Detachment A-533
Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th SFGA
Operation Desert Storm
Saudi Manufacture
Task Force Dagger
Operation Enduring Freedom
Southwest Asian Manufacture,
Type 1
Received from unit
Task Force Dagger
Operation Enduring Freedom
American Manufacture
Type 2