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A squadron was historically a cavalry subunit, a company- or battalion-sized military formation. The term is still used to refer to modern cavalry units, and is also used by other arms and services (frequently aviation, also naval). In some countries, including Italy, the name of the battalion-level cavalry unit translates as "Squadron Group".
46th Infantry Division (United States)-"Ironfist" 49th Infantry Division (United States)-"49'ers", "Argonauts" 47th Infantry Division – "Viking" – a unit of the Minnesota Army National Guard. 51st Infantry Division (United States)-"Rattlesnake" 63rd Infantry Division – "Blood and fire"; This is today's 63rd Regional Support Command.
Circa 2005 the 1st Battalion was a tank unit of the 3rd Brigade, 42nd Infantry Division (United States) in Buffalo, NY. [14] The 2nd Squadron, 101st Cavalry, also carries the lineage of the 1st Battalion, 127th Armor Regiment, which was converted into the 2nd Squadron, 101st Cav when the New York Army National Guard reorganized in 2005-2006. [15]
A detection dog, in service with the United States Army, searches rubble outside of a target building in Al-Rusafa, Baghdad, during the Iraq War, 28 February 2009. Contemporary dogs in military roles are also often referred to as police dogs, or in the United States and United Kingdom as a military working dog (MWD), or K-9. Their roles are ...
Nigger was a male black labrador retriever belonging to Wing Commander Guy Gibson of the Royal Air Force, and the mascot of No. 617 Squadron. Gibson owned the dog when he was previously a member of 106 Squadron. Nigger often accompanied Gibson on training flights [1] and was a great favourite of the members of both 106 and 617 Squadrons. He was ...
Pages in category "Military units and formations established in the 1990s" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
[5] 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. [6]
The American Way of War: A History of United States Military Strategy and Policy, (1977) Utley, Robert M. Frontier Regulars; the United States Army and the Indian, 1866–1891 (1973) Richard W. Stewart, ed. (2004). American Military History Vol. 1: The United States Army and the Forging of a Nation, 1775–1917.