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BRAT (British) – British Regiment Attached Traveler (British military usage, may have been the original usage, which was later adapted to the American military: Means "child that travels with a soldier"), or "Born, Raised and Trapped". Usually pronounced "Military Brat" or "Base Brat".
[Military] Brat: Not an acronym for "British Regiment Attached Traveller". [28] This is just a specific instance of the word brat, meaning child or offspring, first attested in 16th-century Scotland. [29] "Chav": see under "Other" Coma: Some falsely believe that the word coma originates from "cessation of motor activity". Although this ...
British Regiment Attached Traveller, as oppose to a buzzword for child). I'd like to see a few more refs for the line "The term is used in several English-speaking countries, especially Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom" in the lede. I grew up in a military environment with all the postings abroad and fatherly absences that ...
Muslim military personnel have served in all branches of the United States Armed Forces and in every major armed conflict to which the United States has been involved, including the War of 1812, [1] the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Vietnam War, [2] and others. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, as of 2015 there ...
2nd American Regiment (formerly the Volunteers of Ireland, placed on British establishment, in 1782, as 105th Regiment of Foot) (1778-1784) 3rd American Regiment (formerly the New York Volunteers) (1776-1783) 4th American Regiment (formerly the King's American Regiment, placed on British establishment, in 1782, possibly as the 110th Regiment of ...
The regiment was derisively called the "Five Piastre Regiments", due to the large number of Arab "volunteers" that had enlisted just for the cash bonus provided by the Jewish Agency. [14] There was no designated all-Jewish, combat-worthy formation. Jewish groups petitioned the British government to create such a force, but the British refused. [15]
He went with the 2nd battalion of the regiment to join John Stuart in the British campaign to Sicily 1806. Soon after, Keith was sent as part of the Alexandria expedition of 1807 . After being captured at Al Hamed near Rosetta on 21 April 1807, Keith and a drummer in his regiment, William Thompson, were purchased by Ahmad Aga (nicknamed Ahmad ...
British Legion (placed on American establishment in 1781 as 5th American Regiment) (1777-1778) Bucks County Dragoons (absorbed by British Legion in 1780) (1778-1780) Butler's Rangers (1777-1784) Caledonian Volunteers (formed part of the British Legion in 1778) (1777-1778) Campbell's Dragoons (South Carolina Dragoons) (1781) Canadian Companies ...