State Specific Designation: All uniforms have distinctive state insignia designating them as a member of the California State Guard. This includes the buttons on the ASU, which are the same as worn by the California Highway Patrol on its dress uniforms, a unique beret flash, and a name badge indicating the wearer is a member of the "CA State Guard". Utility uniform name tapes bear the word "California" rather than "U.S. Army", "U.S. Air Force" or" U.S. Navy". Unlike most SDFs, CSG personnel are honored to be authorized to wear the U.S. Flag on their right shoulder. Combat patches are worn on the right shoulder. Each component has a unique California unit patch worn on the left shoulder for non-aligned units which had not created a unique patch, aligned units may wear their National Guard's unit patch.