What is the name of the letters and colour soldiers recieves when they called to go to war?
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Active Soldiers don't get letters we get orders. They are called TCS orders\nTemp. Change of Station. and they are printed on normal paper\nOne BN recives the same orders with everyones name on them.
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Private E-1\nPrivate E-2\nPrivate First Class\nCorpral/Specialist\nSergeant\nStaff Sergeant\nSergeant First Class\nFirst Sergeant/Master Sergeant\nCommand Sergeant Major\n\nSecond Lieutenant\nFirst Lieutenant\nCaptain\nMajor\nLieutenant Colonel\nColonel\nBrigadier General\nMajor General\nLieutenant General\nGeneral
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depends on gender and if you are enlisted, warrant or officer. also on which uniform. BDU, ACU, dress blues....
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The military uses a "phonetic alphabet" when using radios to be certain letters that sound similiar don't get confused.  for example 'V' and 'C' could be mistaken for each other on a radio with some static.\n\nA - Alpha\nB- Bravo and so on.\n\nC is Charlie\nV is Victor\n\nThe para-military force that conducted infiltration and sabotage in South Vietnam after 1954 was known as the Viet Cong.  Abbreviated, VC, phonetically spelled, Victor Charlie.\n\nCharlie for short.
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Please ignore any babelfish translations as they'll be a load of rubbish, especially in this special context. \n\nIn order:\n\n1 One last push and we're there (Lit meaning 'one last effort and we will have it)\n\n2 The French Infantry at war (Lit. 'the French Infantry in battle')\n\n3 The success of our african army and colonial troups (Lit. The day of the african army and colonial troupes)\n\n4 The French marine soldier's gala will take place Wednesday 24th May 1916 at 2pm at 'La Comedie Francaise' sponsored by the Minister of the Marines and the Under Secretary of State and Art. A benifit event for the work done, and a gift from France to her marine soldiers\n\n5 (I'll translate only the main message at the bottom). 'Frenchmen!, everyone sign up to the 4th drafting of 'La Defense Nationale'. (The French army).
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Hard to say-sounds kind of generic.\n\nDont know if all nations wore paint, but a lot did and it signifies something.. Dont know what though.\n\nThis is usually reserved for Men who are Warriors
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O.K. - \nabbreviation of "oll korrect", alteration of "all correct" : all right. Mutilple emails (see contrib list) have indicated that the abreviation O.K. was not an english expression, they claim that the term came from the germans during the W W II, because the merchandise that they used in war was revised and stamp with a seal stating OLL KORRECT, so the abreviation for those words were O.K. \n\n\n:)\n\nhey your avatar is similar to mines! :)
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coward is an antonym.\n\nMettle - The soldiers received an award for their mettle in battle.
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The flower they wear is a poppy. They wear it to remember the soldiers that died during WW1 as poppies used to grow in places like Flanders Fields. It's predominatly a British thing in the run up to "Remeberence Day" on Nov 11th.\n\n\nFor more info check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppy
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primary.. the soldier was living everything he was written on the letter. Its  fact of the of teh situation he was living through the war.
1111990
Serving in the armed forces.
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you may want to add some text. like the military part you might want to say "_____ served/is currently serving/served in _______ division. ____ is ____ rank and...."
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My brother served in Iraq until July when he was killed there.  But one of the things he always mentioned was the letters, cards, and little tokens of appreciate that total strangers sent to the troops.  A little something like a card can brighten someone's day.  When I was going through boot camp I got cards from people I didnt know but appreciated them just the same. Especially with the holidays coming up.
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Translation:  "Enlist in the military.  We're going to start a war soon."
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E-1: Private, E-2: Private Second Class, E-3: Private First Class, E-4: Specialist/Corporal, E-5: Sergeant, E-6: Staff Sergeant, E-7: Sergeant First Class, E-8: Master Sergeant/ First Sergeant, E-9: Sergeant Major/Command Sergeant Major/ Sergeant Major of the Army. W-1: Warrant officer 1, w-2: chief warrant officer 2, w-3: chief warrant officer 3, w-4: chief warrant officer 4, w-5: chief warrant officer 5. o-1: second lieutinant, o-2: first lieutinant, o-3: captain, o-4: major, o-5: lieutinant colonel, o-6: colonel, o-7: brigadier general, o-8: major general, o-9: lieutinant general, o-10: general. by the numbers, i'm right all the way, 10 pts for me!!!
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They ran out of colors.\nGreen ribbon: MIAs\nYellow ribbon: support the troops\nBlue ribbon: award\nBlack ribbon: protest\nWhite ribbon: violence against women\nBrown ribbon: open, but the joke is it's for colon cancer\nPink ribbon: Breast cancer\nGrey/silver ribbon: diabetes\nRed Ribbon: AIDS\nPurple ribbon: Domestic violence\nOrange Ribbon: recently used for pro Democracy\nRainbow: gay pride
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There were actually two official colors for soldiers before the Civil War. Blue was reserved for soldiers serving in the federal army, and gray was for the militia forces serving under state authority. The Confederates believed they were fighting for States' Rights, and they were fighting to be separate from the Federal Government, so they chose to remain with the gray uniforms signifying loyalty to state rather than country. When President Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to put down the Southern Insurrection, they were to serve in the Federal Army. At the first battle, Bull Run, there were Southern troops wearing blue and Northern troops wearing gray militia uniforms, which is part of the reason there was so much confusion.