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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")
Liu Zhennian, Chinese officer and warlord [69] "Kindly Old Gentleman" or "KOG" – Hyman Rickover, father of the United States nuclear navy [70] "Kipper" – Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, Indian Army field marshal. "King Billy" – King William III of England. "King Kong" – Hara Chuichi, Japanese Navy admiral [71]
ROK Army Special Warfare Command ("Black Berets") [ 200] 1st Special Forces Brigade (Airborne) [ 201] 13th Special Mission Brigade [ 202][ 203][ 204] 707th Special Mission Group. Republic of Korea Navy [ 205] ROK Naval Special Warfare Flotilla [ 206] Republic of Korea Marine Corps.
Service number. A service number or roll number is an identification code used to identify a person within a large group. Service numbers are most often associated with the military; however, they also may be used in civilian organizations. National identification numbers may be seen as types of service numbers.
The first soldier to receive an Army service number during the First World War was Master Sergeant Arthur Crean who was designated to hold service number 1 in the National Army in February 1918. [1] Throughout the remainder of World War I, service numbers were issued to most enlisted personnel with the numbers eventually ranging from 1 to 5 999 ...
The mission typically covers embassy resupply, medical evacuations, and support of U.S. troops and/or the Drug Enforcement Administration. Coronet Solo – EC-121Ss modified for psychological warfare to broadcast radio and TV with electronic warfare capability. Renamed Volant Solo with introduction of EC-130Es.
Scottish soldier and son of Sir Robert Murray, Lord Provost of Edinburgh. A veteran of the Nine Years' War, Murray was an officer in a Scots regiment for the Dutch States Army. John Parker Boyd: 1764–1830 1793–1808 A soldier of fortune who served in the army of the Nizam of Hyderabad in Central India. George Rogers Clark: 1752–1818 1793 ...