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Mottoes are used by both military branches and smaller units. While some mottoes are official, others are unofficial. [1]: 68–69 Some appear on unit patches, such as the U.S. Army's distinctive unit insignia. [2] The use of mottoes is as old as the U.S. military itself.
13th Airborne Division – "Golden Unicorns"; taken from their shoulder patch, a winged unicorn in orange on an ultramarine blue, the branch of service colours of the United States Army Air Corps, was approved on 2 June 1943. A gold on black "Airborne" tab was worn above the insignia.
United States Army Special Forces distinctive unit insignia; the World War II V-42 stiletto fighting knife in the middle of the unit insignia and 2 crossed arrows is facing point upwards. De oppresso liber is the motto of the United States Army Special Forces .
United States Coast Guard (USCG): Semper Paratus (Always ready) United States Coast Guard Life-Saving Service (USCG LSS): You have to go out, but you don't have to come back [3] United States Marine Corps (USMC): Semper Fidelis (Always faithful) United States Military Academy: Duty, Honor, Country; US Air Force Pararescue: That Others May Live
Pakistan Marines (Urdu: پا مير ينز) Motto : (English translation: "And hold fast to the rope of God and do not be divided") Pakistan Coast Guards Motto : Defending and Protecting what is Rightfully Ours) Airport Security Forces Pakistan Motto (Urdu: ہر دم تیار) (English Translation: Always Ready)
"Be All That You Can Be" was the recruiting slogan of the United States Army for over twenty years. [4] Earl Carter (pen-name, E.N.J. Carter) working for the N. W. Ayer Advertising Agency as a Senior Copywriter created the "Be All You Can Be" theme line in 1980. [5] Its accompanying music was written by Jake Holmes.
The Army Institute of Heraldry describes the War Office Seal as follows: . In the center is a Roman cuirass below a vertical unsheathed sword, point up, the pommel resting on the neck opening of the cuirass and a Phrygian cap supported on the sword point, all between on the left an espontoon and on the right a musket with fixed bayonet crossed in saltire behind the cuirass and passing under ...
Pages in category "Military mottos" ... List of military unit mottoes by country; List of United States Armed Forces unit mottoes; P. Per ardua ad astra; Q. Quis ...