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Arnold Walker, RAF pilot. Herbert Hasler, Second World War Royal Marines officer. "Blood" – J. A. L. Caunter, British general [21] "Blood-n-Guts" – George S. Patton, Jr., American general in World War II (a nickname he rejected) [22] "Bloody Bill" –. William T. Anderson, Confederate guerrilla leader. William Cunningham, Loyalist militia ...
45th Infantry Division – "Thunderbird" – official nickname; This is today's 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. 47th Infantry Division – "Viking" – a unit of the Minnesota Army National Guard. 63rd Infantry Division – "Blood and fire"; This is today's 63rd Regional Support Command. 65th Infantry Division – "Battle Axe";
SNAFU. SNAFU is widely used to stand for the sarcastic expression Situation Normal: All Fucked Up, as a well-known example of military acronym slang. However, the military acronym originally stood for "Status Nominal: All Fucked Up." It is sometimes bowdlerized to all fouled up or similar. [5]
"The Blue Ghost" – USS Lexington (CV-16); nickname supposedly bestowed by Japanese radio propagandist Tokyo Rose because of the color of her camouflage painting and because she repeatedly disproved reports that she had been sunk. Some crew used her predecessors nickname of "Lady Lex" "Bonnie" – HMCS Bonaventure
The Lincolnshire Poachers – Lincolnshire Regiment [55] (from a traditional folk song) Linseed Lancers – Royal Army Medical Corps [55] [4] The Lions – The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] [55] (from their cap badge) The Lions of England – Duke of Lancaster's Regiment. The Liverpool Blues.
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]).
B. "Bake" – V. H. Baker, British pilot and aircraft designer [1] "The Balloon Buster" – Frank Luke, American World War I fighter ace. "Bam" – C. S. Bamberger, British RAF World War II pilot. "Barron" – John Worrall, British World War II RAF pilot. "Beazle" – Hugh John Beazley, Battle of Britain pilot. "Bee" – Roland Beamont, Battle ...
Pages in category "Nicknames of military personnel" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.