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The Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) was an infantry regiment of the British Army established in 1970, with a comparatively short existence ending in 1992. Raised through public appeal, newspaper and television advertisements, [1] their official role was the "defence of life or property in Northern Ireland against armed attack or sabotage" but unlike troops from Great Britain they were never used ...
Badges of the United States Army are military decorations issued by the United States Department of the Army to soldiers who achieve a variety of qualifications and accomplishments while serving on active and reserve duty in the United States Army. As described in Army Regulation 670-1 Uniforms and Insignia, badges are categorized into ...
Field Service Regulations, United States Army, 1923: 2 November 1923 [38]...Field Service Regulations, revised by the General Staff... De facto: These FSR supersede FSR, 19 March 1914, including all changes and various editions. J. L. Hines: INACTIVE: FSR 1914 (D) Field Service Regulations, United States Army, 1914, corrected to July 31, 1918.
Army Judge Advocate General's Corps - Soldiers first, lawyers always; United States Army Legal Services Agency - Latin: Legibus Armisque Devoti, lit. 'Devoted to Law and Arms' [2] Army Criminal Investigation Command - Do What Has to Be Done [5] Army Materiel Command - Arsenal for the Brave [2]
The first use of Army branch insignia was just prior to the American Civil War in 1859 for use on the black felt hat. A system of branch colors, indicated by piping on uniforms of foot soldiers and lace for mounted troops, was first authorized in the 1851 uniform regulations, with Prussian blue denoting infantry, scarlet for artillery, orange for dragoons, green for mounted rifles, and black ...
United States Army Direct Reporting Units — one of the three types of major commands, with direct reporting units that consist of 1 or more sub-units that have institutional or operational functions.
The Brigadier General Thomas F. Barr Award, first issued in 2009, is annually awarded to the all-around best Military Police unit of company-size or smaller "attached to, or supporting" the United States Army Corrections Command. According to the U.S. Army, the "award is intended to promote professionalism and esprit de corps by recognizing the ...
Roll of Honour may refer to: A war memorial; A list of people who are praised officially for something they have done; A memorial list of names of people who have died in military, police service or other services "Roll of Honour" (song), an Irish Republican song praising the participants in the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike