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45th Infantry Division – "Thunderbird" – official nickname; This is today's 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. 47th Infantry Division – "Viking" – a unit of the Minnesota Army National Guard. 63rd Infantry Division – "Blood and fire"; This is today's 63rd Regional Support Command. 65th Infantry Division – "Battle Axe";
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 ...
Kenneth Bowra: Served with Delta Force from 1983 to 1988. Former Commanding Officer of Army 5th Special Forces Group from 1991 to 1993. Served with MACVSOG during Vietnam War in 1971–1972. William G. Boykin: Retired Lieutenant General. Former Commander of Delta Force from 1992 to 1994, including service in Somalia during the Battle of ...
Glossary of Military Terms & Slang from the Vietnam War; How the term SNAFU originated; Internet Archive: Private SNAFU – The Home Front (1943) – This is one of 26 Private SNAFU cartoons made by the US Army Signal Corps to educate and boost the morale of the troops. SNAFU Principle; The SNAFU Special – Official website of the C-47 #43-15073
The term "dogface" to describe an American soldier appeared in print at least as early as 1935. [5][6] Contemporaneous newspapers accounted for the nickname by explaining that soldiers "wear dog-tags, sleep in pup tents, and are always growling about something" and "the army is a dog's life...and when they want us, they whistle for us." [7][8 ...
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]).
Pages in category "Nicknames of military personnel" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Category:United States Army soldiers. This category is for those who were enlisted personnel of the United States Army, Army Reserve, Army National Guard, Army Air Corps or Army Air Forces. Please see Category:United States Army non-commissioned officers for non-commissioned officers who were corporal or sergeant and above in the enlisted ranks.