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The Israel Defense Forces has several types of uniforms:

Service dress (madei aleph*– Uniform "A")*– the everyday uniform, worn by enlisted soldiers.

Field dress*(madei bet*– Uniform "B")*– worn into combat, training, work on base.

Officers / Ceremonial dress (madei srad)*– worn by officers, or during special events/ceremonies.

Dress uniform*and*Mess dress*– worn only abroad. There are several dress uniforms depending on the season and the branch.

The service uniform for all ground forces personnel is*olive green; navy and air force uniforms are beige (tan). The uniforms consist of a shirt, trousers, sweater, jacket or blouse, and shoes or boots. The navy has an all white dress uniform. Green fatigues are the same for winter and summer and heavy winter gear is issued as needed. Women's dress parallels the men's but may substitute a skirt for the trousers.

Headgear included a service cap for dress and semi-dress and a field cap worn with fatigues. IDF personnel generally wear berets in lieu of the service cap. Berets are now worn on the left shoulder under the epaulett daily and on the head only for ceremonial purposes.

There are many Beret colors issued to IDF Servicemen and Women.

Paratroops are issued a maroon beret
Golani are issued a brown beret
Givati are issued a purple beret
Kfir are issued a Camouflage beret
Combat Engineers are issued a gray beret
Armored Corps are issued a black beret
Mechanized Infantry are issued a gray beret
Infantry are issued a olive drab beret
Artillery are issued a turquoise beret
For all other army personnel (except for combat units) men are issued a green beret and a black beret for women
IDF Air Force are issued a blue-gray beret
IDF Naval Forces are issued a black beret (in the process of being replaced for enlisted personnel with a white ala the US Navy sailor hat
Women in the navy were a black beret with gold insignia

Some corps or units have small variations in their uniforms*– for instance, military policemen wear a white belt and police hat, Naval personnel have dress whites for parades, Paratroopers are issued a four pocket Tunic (shirt) meant to be worn untucked with a pistol belt cinched tight around the waist over the shirt. Similarly, while most IDF soldiers are issued black leather boots, some units issue reddish-brown leather boots for historical reasons*— the paratroopers, combat medics, Nahal and Kfir brigades, as well as some SF units (Sayeret Matkal,*Oketz,*Duvdevan,*Maglan,*Counter-Terror School). Women were also formerly issued*sandals, but this practice has ceased.