In addition, many Commonwealth nations were part of the original British Commando units. They developed their own national traditions, including the Australian Special Air Service Regiment, the New Zealand Special Air Service, and the Rhodesian Special Air Service, all of whom share (or used to) the same insignia and motto as their British counterparts. During the Second World War, the British SAS quickly adopted sand-coloured berets, since they were almost entirely based in the North African theatre; they used these rather than green berets to distinguish themselves from other British Commando units. (See History of the Special Air Service). Other Commonwealth commando units were formed after the Second World War directly based on the British Commando units, such as the Australian Army Reserve 1st Commando Regiment (Australia), distinct from the Regular Army 2nd Commando Regiment (Australia), who originated from the 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment in 1997 .
In addition many Commonwealth nations were part of the original British Commando units They developed their own national traditions including the Australian Special Air Service Regiment the New Zealand Special Air Service and the Rhodesian Special Air Service all of whom share (or used to) the same insignia and motto as their British counterparts During the Second World War the British SAS quickly adopted sand-coloured berets since they were almost entirely based in the North African theatre; they used these rather than green berets to distinguish themselves from other British Commando units (See History of the Special Air Service) Other Commonwealth commando units were formed after the Second World War directly based on the British Commando units such as the Australian Army Reserve 1st Commando Regiment (Australia) distinct from the Regular Army 2nd Commando Regiment (Australia) who originated from the 4th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment in 1997 