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Many Army divisions have over the years earned nicknames; some laudatory, some derogatory, but mostly colorful. Sometimes, the nicknames themselves have overshadowed the actual name of the division, e.g. the "Screaming Eagles" for the 101st Airborne Division.
Comparative military ranks: Armies, air forces (non-Commonwealth) Navies, coast guards: Air forces (Commonwealth system) General officers, Flag officers, Air officers;
Comparative military ranks of World War I; Comparative officer ranks of World War II; World War II German Army ranks and insignia; Military ranks of the Luftwaffe (1935–45) Corps colours of the Luftwaffe (1935–45) Uniforms and insignia of the Kriegsmarine; Japan - army ranks of the Japanese Empire during World War II
Divisional (army corps of about 60,000 soldiers) Sparapet: Armenian: Executive Hereditary Divisional (supreme military commander) Sri or Sushri Devanagari: Ceremonial Identified Personal Starosta: Cyrillic: Executive Appointed/ elected Local/ national Strategos: Greek: Executive Appointed Divisional (highest army rank) Subedar: British/ Indian ...
Military rank stubs (157 P) Pages in category "Military ranks" The following 147 pages are in this category, out of 147 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Clive Caldwell, Australian fighter ace of World War II (a name he detested) 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
Another version of FUBAR, said to have originated in the military, gives its meaning as "Fucked Up By Assholes in the Rear". This version has at least surface validity in that it is a common belief among enlistees that most problems are created by the military brass (officers, especially those bearing the rank of general, from one to four stars).
B. B-Fighter Kabuto; Bamsı Beyrek (TV character) Bardock; Bardolph (Shakespeare character) Battle Fever J; Bearskin (German fairy tale) Beast of Grendel