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A Dictionary of Military Architecture: Fortification and Fieldworks from the Iron Age to the Eighteenth Century by Stephen Francis Wyley, drawings by Steven Lowe; Victorian Forts glossary Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. A more comprehensive version has been published as A Handbook of Military Terms by David Moore at the same site
Call to Arms (Sick of It All album) Call to Arms; Call to Arms (Saxon album) A Call to Arms, a 2001 EP by Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution; Called to Arms, a progressive metal band from Raleigh, NC "Call to Arms", a song by Manowar from the album Warriors of the World "Call to Arms", a song by Angels and Airwaves from the album I-Empire
A bugle call is a short tune, originating as a military signal announcing scheduled and certain non-scheduled events on a military installation, battlefield, or ship. Historically, bugles , drums, and other loud musical instruments were used for clear communication in the noise and confusion of a battlefield.
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]).
Bearing arms is such a synonym for waging war that Shakespeare can call a just war "'justborne arms" and a civil war "self-borne arms." Even outside the special phrase " bear arms ," much of the noun's use echoes Latin phrases: to be under arms ( sub armis ), the call to arms ( ad arma ), to follow arms ( arma sequi ), to take arms ( arma ...
The arms will be lowered back to their normal position on the commands Order arms. They can also salute if given the command Hand salute . The salute is raised when the parade leader finishes saying "salute", and is lowered in after being held for the same amount of time elapsed between the words "hand" and "salute."
Waffenamt – "weapons office" – arms inspection stamp or mark. Waffenfarbe – arm of service colour; Waffen-SS – "Armed SS". The military combat branch of the SS that was created in August 1940 with the amalgamation of the Verfügungstruppe, the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH) and the combat Standarten of the Totenkopfverbände.
The Cry of Dolores [n 1] (Spanish: Grito de Dolores) occurred in Dolores, Mexico, on 16 September 1810, when Roman Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang his church bell and gave the call to arms that triggered the Mexican War of Independence.