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48th Armored Division – "Hurricane". 49th Armored Division – "Lone Star"; referring to its status as a Texas National Guard formation, after the state's nickname. 50th Armored Division – "Jersey Blues"; referring to the fact that it was a New Jersey National Guard unit. This is today's 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
The Daily Advertisers – 5th Lancers [3] The Dandies - 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards; The Dandy Ninth – 9th (Highlanders) Battalion Royal Scots [25]; The Death or Glory Boys - 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) later 17th/21st Lancers, then Queen's Royal Lancers [1] [3] (from the regimental badge, which was a death's head (skull), with a scroll bearing the motto "or Glory")
1 Commando Battalion under Corps' staff at Bắc Giang [292] 3rd Corps. 20th Commando Battalion under Corps' staff at Pleiku, Gia Lai [293] 4th Corps. 1 Commando Battalion under Corps' staff at Bình Dương [294] 1st Military Region. 20th Commando Battalion at Thái Nguyên [295] 2nd Military Region. 19th Commando Battalion at Phú Thọ [296 ...
This is a list of acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Marine Corps.Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or communities, and some also have varying levels of appropriateness (usually dependent on how senior the user is in rank [clarification needed]).
Arnold Walker, RAF pilot. Herbert Hasler, Second World War Royal Marines officer. "Blood" – J. A. L. Caunter, British general [21] "Blood-n-Guts" – George S. Patton, Jr., American general in World War II (a nickname he rejected) [22] "Bloody Bill" –. William T. Anderson, Confederate guerrilla leader. William Cunningham, Loyalist militia ...
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In some cases the nickname actually replaced it: in 1881, the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot became officially known by its nickname, The Black Watch. What follows is a list of nicknames of Canadian regiments, arranged alphabetically by regimental title. A brief explanation of the origin of the nickname, where known, is included.
1 June 1942 McConnell AFB, Kansas: KC-135 [89] 350th Air Refueling Squadron: Red Falcons [90] Air Mobility Command: Eighteenth Air Force: 22 ARW: 1 June 1942 McConnell AFB, Kansas: KC-135 [91] 351st Air Refueling Squadron: United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa: Third Air Force: 100 ARW: 1 June 1942 RAF Mildenhall, United ...