"The Red Beret The Red Beret (aka The Red Devils, The Big Jump and retitled Paratrooper for the US release) is a 1953 Technicolor British war film directed by Terence Young and starring Alan Ladd, Leo Genn and Susan Stephen. ""The Red Beret"" is the fictional story about an American who enlists in the British Parachute Regiment in 1940, claiming to be a Canadian. It is notable as the first film made by Irving Allen and Albert R. Broccoli's Warwick Films, with many of the crew later working on various films for Warwick Films and Broccoli's Eon Productions. It is"
"508th Infantry Regiment (United States) The 508th Infantry Regiment (""Red Devils"" or ""Fury from the Sky"") is an airborne infantry regiment of the United States Army, first formed in October 1942 during World War II. The 508th is a parent regiment under the U.S. Army Regimental System, and two battalions from the regiment are currently active: the 1st Battalion (1-508 PIR) is assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, and the 2nd Battalion (2-508 PIR) is assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division. The regiment served in combat during World War II, and regimental"
"Infantry Division, the third be the 5th Infantry Division, and the fourth be the 2nd Armored Division. In the ""Axis & Allies"" miniatures role-playing game, a US infantry unit was designated ""Red Devil Captain"". In the """" role-playing game, players start out as members of the 5th ID in July 2000, after the division is overrun by Soviet and Polish units near Kalisz, Poland during a hypothetical World War III. 5th Infantry Division (United States) The 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized)—nicknamed the ""Red Diamond"", the ""Red Devils"", or ""die Roten Teufel""—was an infantry division of the United States Army that served"
"5th Infantry Division (United States) The 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized)—nicknamed the ""Red Diamond"", the ""Red Devils"", or ""die Roten Teufel""—was an infantry division of the United States Army that served in World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War, and with NATO and the U.S. Army III Corps. It was disbanded and deactivated on 24 November 1992. Units associated with the division included: The 5th Division was activated on 11 December 1917, just over eight months after the American entry into World War I, at Camp Logan, near Houston, Texas and began training for deployment to the Western"
"1st Infantry Division (United States) The 1st Infantry Division is a combined arms division of the United States Army, and is the oldest continuously serving in the Regular Army. It has seen continuous service since its organization in 1917 during World War I. It was officially nicknamed ""The Big Red One"" (abbreviated ""BRO"") after its shoulder patch and is also nicknamed ""The Fighting First"". However, the division has also received troop monikers of ""The Big Dead One"" and ""The Bloody First"" as puns on the respective officially sanctioned nicknames. It is currently based at Fort Riley, Kansas. The First Expeditionary"
"day. During the First Battle of Bull Run, Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson and his Confederate soldiers had taken up positions on Henry House Hill. During the battle General Jackson was pushed off of the hill many times by the 14th Brooklyn. The General gave the 14th its famous nickname, ""Red Legged Devils"" because of their striking red pantaloon trousers. Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell, commander of the Federal forces, had been ordered by Abraham Lincoln to engage a large Rebel force that was led by Brig. Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard in an effort to end the Civil War with one decisive"
"Royal Winnipeg Rifles The Royal Winnipeg Rifles (R Wpg Rif) are a Primary Reserve one-battalion infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. Nicknamed the ""Little Black Devils"", they are based at Minto Armoury in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Royal Winnipeg Rifles are part of 3rd Canadian Division's 38 Canadian Brigade Group. The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles were formed on 9 November 1883 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel William Nassau Kennedy. Within two years of formation, the 90th battalion served in the 1885 North-West Rebellion, fighting at Fish Creek and Batoche. The regimental Latin motto is ""Hosti Acie Nominati"", which means"
"Red Devils (supporters club) Red Devils or Bulgeun Angma (Hangul: 붉은 악마, Hanja: --惡魔) is the official supporting group for the Korea Republic national football team. The club was established as the ""Great Hankuk Supporters Club"" in December, 1995. The current name, ""Red Devils"", comes from a term coined by the international media in 1983 when the Korean youth team reached the semi-final of the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship. Because the national football team's official jersey color is red, the media dubbed both the team and supporting fans ""Red Furies"", and it was translated as ""Red Devils"" in Korean."
"changed the regiment's designation to the 84th New York Volunteer Infantry (and its unit histories are sometimes found under this designation). But at the unit's request and because of the fame attained by the unit at First Bull Run, the United States Army continued to refer to it as the 14th. The 14th Brooklyn received its nickname, the """"Red Legged Devils"""", during the First Battle of Bull Run. Referring to the regiment's colorful red trousers as the regiment repeatedly charged up Henry House Hill, Confederate General Thomas J. ""Stonewall"" Jackson yelled to his men, """"Hold On Boys! Here come those"
"26th Infantry Regiment (United States) The 26th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Army. Its nickname is ""Blue Spaders"", taken from the spade-like device on the regiment's distinctive unit insignia. The 26th Infantry Regiment is part of the U.S. Army Regimental System; currently only the 1st Battalion is active and assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). At the beginning of the 20th century, the United States Army was sorely pressed to meet its overseas commitments in Cuba, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico. As a result, in 1901 Congress authorized five"
"General John J. Pershing and the other Americans in attendance paid homage at the tomb of the Marquis de Lafayette, hero of the American Revolution, and declare, ""Lafayette, we are here!"" Prior to being committed to battle, the 16th Infantry Regiment, began training in July 1917 in the Gondrecourt area with the French 47th Division, Chasseaurs d'Alpines, nicknamed the ""Blue Devils."" Throughout the summer and fall the training went apace and soon it was time for exposure to actual combat. On 3 November 1917, while occupying a section of trenches near Bathlémont, the 16th Infantry became the first U.S. regiment"
"served in 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment. 1-26 IN is depicted in the critically acclaimed documentary Restrepo as the unit that replaces The 173rd Airborne Brigade in Korengal Valley, Afghanistan. 26th Infantry Regiment (United States) The 26th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Army. Its nickname is ""Blue Spaders"", taken from the spade-like device on the regiment's distinctive unit insignia. The 26th Infantry Regiment is part of the U.S. Army Regimental System; currently only the 1st Battalion is active and assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). At the beginning of"
"Red Hand Commando The Red Hand Commando (RHC) is a small secretive Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland, which is closely linked to the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). Its aim was to combat Irish republicanism – particularly the Irish Republican Army (IRA) – and to maintain Northern Ireland's status as part of the United Kingdom. The Red Hand Commando killed 13 people during The Troubles, 12 civilians and one of its own members. However, it is known to have carried out assassinations and allow other loyalist groupings to claim in their name. It is named after the Red Hand"
"the Red Army and it comprised 51st Rifle Corps (98th, 112th, and 153rd Rifle Divisions) and 62nd Rifle Corps (170th, 174th, and 186th Rifle Divisions), and several separate regiments, including the 336th and 545th Corps Artillery Regiments. Headquarters was at Velikiye Luki by 22 June 1941, and General Lieutenant F. A. Yershakov took command (who would direct the army until August 1941). Lenski notes that it was then made part of the 'Group of armies of the Reserve of the Main Command'. During the Battle of Smolensk (1941), six rifle divisions of the army fought fiercely against what victory.mil.ru describes"
"the 1st Airborne Division before being detached from the division to fight in North Africa. The brigade had taken part in the landings in Algeria in November 1942 and the subsequent Battle of Tunisia, during which each of the brigade's three parachute battalions had taken part in their own battalion-sized parachute landings. It was during this campaign that the 1st Parachute Brigade had been given their nickname the ""Red Devils"" by the Germans. A British parachute battalion had an establishment of 556 men in three rifle companies. Each of the companies were divided into a small headquarters and three platoons."
"the 14th Brooklyn found gaps and weaknesses in the Confederate lines and exploited them. The 14th Brooklyn briefly took control of the two guns following one charge, only to be routed yet again by the Confederates. The constant charging of the 14th Brooklyn's tactics caught the eye of General Jackson himself. This is when he made his famous statement to his troops: """"Hold On Boys! Here come those Red Legged Devils again!"""" With that the regiment received its nickname the ""Red Legged Devils"". While the 14th Brooklyn and 11th New York Volunteer Infantry were briefly in control of the two"
"Red Army (football) The Red Army is a hooligan firm who follow English football club Manchester United. Although today the term Red Army is used mostly to refer to fans of the club in general, the hooligan firm have been one of the largest firms in British football. Firm members – and the firm itself – are sometimes known as the Men in Black, due to the members dressing in all black clothing. In his book ""Hotshot"", Red Army hooligan Harry Gibson states that there are also sub-divisions of the firm known as the Young Munichs, the Inter City Jibbers"
"“named by the enemy in battle”. After the Battle of Fish Creek during the North-West Rebellion of 1885, a captured Métis asked, ""The red coats we know, but who are those little black devils?"", a reference to the fact that while infantry of the line wore red coats, the Winnipeg soldiers were clad in traditional rifle green. From that point on, the 90th Rifles (and later Royal Winnipeg Rifles) became informally nicknamed the ""Little Black Devils"". Some former members of the 90th Rifles served in South Africa during the Boer War as members of other Canadian units, resulting in the"
"in the Middle East. It was reported the pilot, identified as Major Taj Sareen, ejected but did not survive the event. Bibliography VMFA-232 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 (VMFA-232) is a United States Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet squadron. Nicknamed the ""Red Devils"", the squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California and fall under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 11 (MAG-11) and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW). The Red Devils are the oldest and most decorated fighter squadron in the Marine Corps. VMFA-232 can trace its lineage back to VF-3M, which was commissioned on September"
"insignia designed for a 1917 training camp contest by American regionalist artist Marvin Cone, who was then a soldier enlisted in the unit. Cone's design evoked the desert training grounds of Camp Cody, New Mexico, by superimposing a red steer skull over a black Mexican water jug called an ""olla."" In World War I, the unit was called the ""Sandstorm Division."" German troops in World War II, however, called the U.S. division's soldiers ""Red Devils"" and ""Red Bulls,"" the division later officially adopted the divisional nickname Red Bulls. Brig. Gen. Frank G. Mauldin took command. The 34th Division arrived in"
"2013, the RCMP renamed its 'A' Division to National Division and tasked it with handling corruption cases ""at home and abroad"". The RCMP are famous for their distinctive dress uniform, or ""Review Order,"" popularly known as the ""Red Serge."" It has a high collared scarlet tunic, midnight blue breeches with yellow leg stripe, Sam Browne belt with white sidearm lanyard, oxblood riding boots (possibly with spurs), brown felt campaign hat (wide, flat brimmed) with the characteristic ""Montana crease"", and brown gloves (with brown leather gauntlets for riders). Members wear the Review Order during the Musical Ride, an equestrian drill in"
"Red Army Mostar Red Army is the name of the supporter group of Bosnian football club FK Velež Mostar. Red Army was founded in 1981 in Mostar under the name Crveni Šejtani (Red Devils), after FK Velež Mostar won his first Yugoslav Cup final. The final game was won with a score of 3-2 against FK Željezničar in the Marakana stadium in front of more than 40,000 people. Following its inception, Crveni šejtani fell into a period of decline, but resurfaced again in 1986, when FK Velež once again reached the final of the Yugoslav Cup versus Dinamo Zagreb. The"
"independent unit. In North Africa each of the brigade's three parachute battalions took part in separate parachute assaults. The brigade then fought in the front line as normal infantry until the end of the campaign, during which they earned the nickname the ""Red Devils"". Following the Axis surrender in North Africa, when 1st Airborne Division arrived in Tunisia the brigade once more came under its command. The brigade's next mission was Operation Fustian, part of the Allied invasion of Sicily. This was also the British Army's first brigade-sized combat parachute jump. Because of casualties sustained in Sicily, the brigade was"
"red legged devils again!"""" In the early part of the war, when the 14th Brooklyn was in General Walter Phelps' brigade, the brigade was named ""Iron Brigade"". It would later to become known as the ""Eastern Iron Brigade"" after John Gibbon's Black Hat Brigade was given the name ""Western Iron Brigade"". At the conclusion of the war, all members of the ""Eastern"" or ""First"" Iron Brigade were given medals for their service within the Iron Brigade. The Fourteenth Regiment New York State Militia was officially constituted on 13 May 1847 when the New York State Legislature consolidated individual militia companies"
"VMFA-232 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 (VMFA-232) is a United States Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet squadron. Nicknamed the ""Red Devils"", the squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California and fall under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 11 (MAG-11) and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW). The Red Devils are the oldest and most decorated fighter squadron in the Marine Corps. VMFA-232 can trace its lineage back to VF-3M, which was commissioned on September 1, 1925, at Naval Air Station San Diego, California. Originally equipped with Vought VE-7s, the squadron received three of the new Boeing"
"1st Cavalry Division Artillery (United States) The 1st Cavalry Division Artillery (DIVARTY) or ""Red Team"" is the Force Fires Headquarters for the 1st Cavalry Division. The DIVARTY served with the division from 1941-2005, including combat service in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and Operation Iraqi Freedom and in peacetime in Japan, Korea, and Fort Hood, Texas. As the Force Fires Headquarters, the DIVARTY provides fire support coordination and mission command for the training and readiness of field artillery units across the division. When first organized in July 1941, the 1st"
"be a tough regiment with a fierce reputation because in ""Kim"" they are respectfully known by the natives as the ""Red Bullock Men"". Cap Badge: A crowned gold Irish Harp. Regimental Badge: A red Bull ""furieux"" [A Heraldry term that combines the terms ""Salient"" (depicted rearing upon its hind legs and striking with its hooves) and ""Enragé"" (""maddened"" - depicted red-eyed, nostrils flared, and baring its teeth)]. Regimental Colours: A white field with the Cap Badge set in the center on a blue rounded and the red Bulls set in the corners. Battle Honours ""(Mentioned in ""The Mutiny of the"
"of the Wisconsin Army National Guard only to be reorganized in 2007 as the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team. The shoulder sleeve insignia currently worn is a red line shot through with a red arrow, giving them the nickname ""Red Arrow Brigade"", which was earned in World War I where the 32nd Division was fighting the Germans alongside the French, who noted the unit's tenacity by punching through the German lines, ""like an arrow"" and calling the unit ""Les Terribles"", meaning ""The Terrors"". The name ""Iron Brigade"" has also been used to describe the offensive line of the University of"
"to first stem the German advance and then to retake Sedjenane, represented the first time that British and German parachute troops had fought each other. The use of the term 'Red Devil' to describe a British paratrooper reputedly has its origins in these engagements, fought by men of the 1st Parachute Brigade. American forces took over the positions in the Sedjenane area and in front of 'Green Hill' on April 12, 1943 through to the conclusion of the North African Campaign in May 1943. U.S. Army Sergeant William L Nelson, H Company, 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment, U.S. 9th Infantry"
"the insignia was designed by the celebrated East Anglian painter Major Edward Seago in May 1942. The maroon background on the insignia was later used again by the Airborne Forces when they adopted the famous maroon beret in Summer 1942. The beret was the origin of the German nickname for British airborne troops, The Red Devils. Today's Parachute Regiment carries on the maroon beret tradition. The selection process for the elite Parachute Regiment is called Pegasus Company (often abbreviated to 'P Company'). In 2015 it was announced that the units of 16 Air Assault Brigade would once again use the"
"32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States) The 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (""Red Arrow"") is an infantry brigade combat team in the United States Army National Guard. It was formed from the inactivated 32nd Infantry Division in 1967. It is the largest unit in the Wisconsin National Guard. Formed in 1967 from the inactivated 32nd Infantry Division, the Red Arrow Brigade consisted of three battalions of light infantry as well as support and engineer units. The 32nd's shoulder patch, a line shot through with a red arrow, originated in the division's tenacity in piercing German lines during World War"
"Blue Devils (aerobatic team) The Blue Devils or the 410 (F) Squadron Aerobatic Team was a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) aerobatic team that flew the de Havilland Vampire jet aircraft from 1949 to 1951. The unit was the RCAF's first postwar aerobatic team, and belonged to the RCAF's first operational jet fighter squadron, No. 410 Squadron. The Blue Devils started as a team of three by World War II flying ace Flight Lieutenant Don C. Laubman. Later, a fourth member was added to provide a solo performance. The team gained official recognition from the Air Defence Group shortly after"
"of 1,700 killed, wounded or missing. They had nevertheless proved themselves in combat and been nicknamed the ""Red Devils"" by the German forces they had fought against. Immediately before the Axis surrender in April 1943, the 1st Airborne Division, now commanded by Major-General George F. Hopkinson, arrived in North Africa, and the 1st Parachute Brigade once again came under their command for further operations in Sicily. The invasion of Sicily was to be carried out by General Bernard Montgomery's Eighth Army landing in the east and Lieutenant General George S. Patton's U.S. Seventh Army coming ashore in the west. These"