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[6] Most reference works, including the Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, supply an origin date of 1940–1944, generally attributing it to the United States Army. [citation needed] Rick Atkinson ascribes the origin of SNAFU, FUBAR, and a bevy of other terms to cynical G.I.s ridiculing the Army's penchant for acronyms. [7]
"The Big Red One" – from the division's official shoulder patch: Red numeral "1" on an olive drab shield. "The Fighting First" "The Big Dead One" 2nd Infantry Division "Warrior Division" – official nickname "Indian Head" – Official as of 1948. From the shoulder patch: an Indian head on a white star superimposed on black shield.
Joseph Dunford (born 1955), US Marine Corps general, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former Commandant of the Marine Corps; Joseph Hooker (1814–1879), American Civil War Union Army major general [44] Joseph Wheeler (1836–1906), Confederate Army general and later US Army general and politician
U.S. Army Program Manager Maj. Eurydice S. Stanley speaks with Mary Crawford Ragland, a former member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion on February 25, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia.
One example of a nickname for a soldier in a specific occupation is the term "red caps" to refer to military policemen personnel in the British Army because of the colour of their headgear. Infantry are sometimes called "grunts" in the United States Army (as the well as in the U.S. Marine Corps) or "squaddies" (in
Members of the 10th SFG began to unofficially wear a variety of berets while training, some favoring the red or maroon airborne beret, the black beret, or the British Commando green beret. In 1953, a beret whose design was based on that of the Canadian Army pattern, and which was rifle-green in color, was chosen for wear by Special Forces units ...
A member of the 52nd Telegraph Battalion speaks on a telephone at a crossroads in the Argonne Wood near Montfaucon, Meuse, France in 1918, during World War I. Credit - US Army/Getty Images
A. List of active duty United States Marine Corps major generals; List of Adjutants General of the United States Army; List of active duty United States Air Force major generals