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The U.S. Joint Service Color Guard on parade at Fort Myer, Virginia in October 2001. This joint color guard shows the organizational colors of each branch (left to right): National, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Coast Guard. The several branches of the United States Armed Forces are represented by flags ...
In the United States Army, soldiers may wear insignia to denote membership in a particular area of military specialism and series of functional areas. Army branch insignia is similar to the line officer and staff corps officer devices of the U.S. Navy as well as to the Navy enlisted rating badges. The Medical, Nurse, Dental, Veterinary, Medical ...
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.
Combat uniforms overview. Army/Air Force/Space Force – ACU. Known as the OCP uniform in the Air Force and Space Force. Marine Corps – MCCUU. (woodland and desert variants) Navy – NWU. Currently, two patterns are in use: AOR-1, which is primarily tan, and AOR-2 (shown above), which is primarily green. Coast Guard – ODU.
The United States Space Force (USSF) is the United States Armed Forces' space force and is the newest military branch. Originally established in 2019, it traces its history through Air Force Space Command and the Western Development Division to 1954. The United States Space Force is the principal space service, responsible for space warfare ...
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 ...
Dogs in warfare. A U.S. Air Force Belgian Malinois, on a M2A3 Bradley fighting vehicle, before heading out on a mission in Kahn Bani Sahd, Iraq, February 13, 2007. Dog of the Garrison of Sør-Varanger during a simulated arrest. Dogs have a very long history in warfare, starting in ancient times. From being trained in combat, to their use as the ...
"Military service mark" approved by the U.S. Department of Defense for usage by third parties to represent the U.S. Army in unofficial contexts. [1] The Department of the Army Seal and the Department of the Army Emblem are, respectively, the official seal and emblem of the United States Department of the Army (formerly, of the War Department). [2]