A shield-shaped embroidered item with a semi-circular base edged with a 1/8 inch (.32 cm) white border, 1 7/8 inches (4.76 cm) in width and 2 1/4 inches (5.72 cm) in height overall, consisting of a background divided vertically scarlet to left and ultramarine blue to right, edged with a 1/8 inch (.32 cm) counterchanged border and divided at the horizontal center line with a 1/16 inch (.16 cm) white bar conjoined to a white triangle centered vertically throughout point to base. The beret flash was approved on 21 March 1988.