the Ranger Emblem is the ranger tab, worn above the shoulder patch on the left arm. The beret is only worn by those in a ranger unit, the 75th for example. There are thousands of Rangers assigned to regular units that do not wear the beret, just as there are thousands of airborne troops that don't belong to the 82nd and therefore are not authorized the red beret for daily wear. Big friggin deal. A hat is a hat. I spent three years at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah Ga.(Went on the Grenada vacation) wearing the damn thing, and was glad to get rid of it. Spent more time maintainng that beret did I did on the entire uniform. As an aside, It amazes me how many former Rangers there are. (Following this discussion on several boards) One gets the impression the army is composed of one medical company, one personnel company, and 4,800 Ranger and Special Forces Brigades. Rigger, my first unit out of AIT was HHT, 1/4th Cav, Ft Polk La. We had the berets in 1978, as did 3/77th Armor down the street. Don't remember when they were taken, sometime after I went to Korea I think.