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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 ...
"The Big Red One" of the 1st Infantry Division. 1st Infantry Division "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.
Army Talk: A Familiar Dictionary of Soldier Speech. Princeton University Press. ASIN B00725XTA4. Dickson, Paul (2014). War Slang: American Fighting Words & Phrases Since the Civil War. Courier Corporation. ISBN 9780486797168. Hakim, Joy (1995). A History of Us: War, Peace and all that Jazz. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509514-6.
[9] [68] [70] The Special Operations Weather Team Beret Flash consisted of a red border representing the blood shed by their predecessors, a black background representing special operations, and three diagonal lines of various colors representing the services they supported (green=Army, purple=joint forces, and blue=Air Force). [68]
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
The Tuskegee Airmen's aircraft had a distinctive tail that led to the name, "Red Tails." [ N 1 ] List of Tuskegee Airmen contains the names of notable Tuskegee Airmen , who were a group of primarily African-American military pilots (fighter and bomber) and airmen who fought in World War II .
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Blue - Retired members of the U.S. Armed Forces. Tan (DD FORM 1173) - Dependents of active duty and retired members. The card has the same color as DD Form 2765. Red (DD FORM 2) - Retired members of the Reserves and National Guard under the age of 60 (Gray Area). Also issued to family members of the Reserves and National Guard not on Active ...