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"31-Knot Burke" – Arleigh Burke, U.S. Navy destroyer commander (for being unable to meet his habitual maximum speed during one operation due to limited recent maintenance) [1] "7, 8" – Yedi Sekiz Hasan Pasha, Ottoman Turkish Pasha who gained this nickname because of his signature consisting only of the Arabic letters seven (٧) and eight ...
Pages in category "Nicknames of military personnel" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The American Cincinnatus: [1] Like the famous Roman, he won a war, then became a private citizen instead of seeking power or riches as a reward. He became the first president general of the Society of the Cincinnati, formed by Revolutionary War officers who also "declined offers of power and position to return to his home and plough".
With the service academy heading into Week 9 of the college football season undefeated at 6-0 and 4-0 in American Athletic Conference play, it might be a great time to explain Navy's nickname:
This is a list of nickname-related list articles on Wikipedia. A nickname is "a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name." [ 1 ] A nickname is often considered desirable, symbolising a form of acceptance, but can sometimes be a form of ridicule.
College football's preeminent rivalry has arrived: Army vs. Navy. For the 125th time in both programs' rich history, the Black Knights (11-1 overall, 8-0 in AAC play) and Midshipmen (8-3, 6-2 in ...
John Drew Barrymore – actor, enlisted in the Navy during WWII at age 13 (The Big Night, Rawhide) Hall Bartlett – Oscar-nominated filmmaker and actor (Navajo, Zero Hour!, Jonathan Livingston Seagull) Ed Begley, Sr. – Oscar-winning actor (12 Angry Men) Harry Belafonte – Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award-winning singer and actor (BlacKkKlansman)
In 1975, the Joint Chiefs of Staff introduced the Code Word, Nickname, and Exercise Term System (NICKA) which automated the assignment of names. NICKA gives each DOD organization a series of two-letter alphabetic sequences, requiring each 'first word' or a nickname to begin with a letter pair.