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  2. Model 1850 Army Staff & Field Officers' Sword - Wikipedia

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    The Model 1850 Army Staff and Field Officer's Sword was carried by all members of staff departments, Field Grade officers of Artillery and Infantry, Company Grade Officers of Light Artillery, Staff Officers and Aides-de-Camp between 1850 and 1872. It was based on a French pattern.

  3. Tabs of the United States Army - Wikipedia

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    In the United States Army, tabs are cloth and/or metal arches that are worn on U.S. Army uniforms, displaying a word or words signifying a special skill. On the Army Combat Uniform and Army Service Uniform, the tabs are worn above a unit's shoulder sleeve insignia (SSI) and are used to identify a unit's or a soldier's special skill(s) or are worn as part of a unit's SSI as part of its unique ...

  4. United States military nuclear incident terminology - Wikipedia

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    United States Department of Defense directive 5230.16, Nuclear Accident and Incident Public Affairs (PA) Guidance, [1] Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Manual 3150.03B Joint Reporting Structure Event and Incident Reporting, and the United States Air Force Operation Reporting System, as set out in Air Force Instruction 10-206 [2] detail a number of terms for reporting nuclear incidents internally ...

  5. List of magical weapons - Wikipedia

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    The Sword of Triton - Blackbeard's sword, later wielded by Hector Barbossa with magical properties that first appears in the 2011 film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. According to the film's visual guide, the Sword of Triton was forged in the lost city of Atlantis as well as commands and channels unearthly and mystical power that ...

  6. 'Indiana Jones': Why Harrison Ford Pitched 'Raiders of the ...

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    While Indiana Jones' most iconic weapon is the archaeologist's handy whip, it's Harrison Ford's "gun vs. sword" scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark that's considered by most fans to be the funniest ...

  7. USMC Sword Manual Procedures - Wikipedia

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    At the same time, reach across the front of the body and grasp the sword grip with the right hand; draw the sword about 10 inches from the scabbard until the right wrist and forearm are straight and parallel to the deck. The left hand holds the scabbard against the side. [2] On the command of execution : "Sword"

  8. List of United States Marine Corps acronyms and expressions

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    Form ID-10T or ID-Ten-Tango – Code for calling someone an "idiot" to their face without them realizing it, assuming they haven't heard the phrase before. Fortitudine – Former motto of the Marine Corps in the 19th century (replaced by Semper Fidelis ), from the Latin word for "fortitude"; also the name of the Marine Corps History Division's ...

  9. Model 1840 Cavalry Saber - Wikipedia

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    It was adopted due to the army's dissatisfaction with its predecessor the model 1833 Dragoon Saber, the first cavalry sword adopted by the US Army. [3] The iron-hilted M1833 was based on a Napoleonic -era British sword used by heavy cavalry and reputed to wrap "rubber like around a man's head and was only good for cutting butter". [ 4 ]