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Continuing with our #XVIIIABCHeraldryWeek notable "Sky Dragon" Soldiers, we'd like to share a bit about Greg Robinson. Like Evers and Dunwoody, Robinson embodies the principles of courage, loyalty, aggression, and valor represented by our Dragon insignia.š
Continuing with our #XVIIIABCHeraldryWeek notable "Sky Dragon" Soldiers, we'd like to share a bit about Greg Robinson. Like Evers and Dunwoody, Robinson embodies the principles of courage, loyalty, aggression, and valor represented by our Dragon insignia.š
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US Army Air Assault School is a physically and mentally demanding 10-day course designed āto prepare Soldiers for insertion, evacuation, and pathfinder missions that call for the use of multipurpose transportation and assault helicopters.ā
goarmy.com/soldier-life/bā¦
US Army Air Assault School is a physically and mentally demanding 10-day course designed āto prepare Soldiers for insertion, evacuation, and pathfinder missions that call for the use of multipurpose transportation and assault helicopters.ā
goarmy.com/soldier-life/bā¦
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The course is divided into three phases, but to graduate, Soldiers have to finish a 12-mile road march in less than 3 hours, with full gear PLUS rucksack.
The course is divided into three phases, but to graduate, Soldiers have to finish a 12-mile road march in less than 3 hours, with full gear PLUS rucksack.
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Next up on our notable "Sky Dragons" list as part of #XVIIIABCHeraldryWeek is General Ann Dunwoody. Commissioned in 1975, Ann Elizabeth Dunwoody didnāt know she would make a career out of the Army.
Next up on our notable "Sky Dragons" list as part of #XVIIIABCHeraldryWeek is General Ann Dunwoody. Commissioned in 1975, Ann Elizabeth Dunwoody didnāt know she would make a career out of the Army.
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She didnāt know that she would become the first female battalion commander in the 82d Airborne Division. The first female battalion commander in XVIII Airborne Corps history.š
She didnāt know that she would become the first female battalion commander in the 82d Airborne Division. The first female battalion commander in XVIII Airborne Corps history.š
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She didnāt know she would become the first female General to serve at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.
She didnāt know she would become the first female General to serve at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.
We're going to tell a few stories today about some notable "Sky Dragons" - and before anyone challenges it, we know some of the XVIIIABC connections are a bit loose, but we're counting them anyway because it's our Heraldry Week and we canš We're going to start with this guy:
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Born in Mississippi in 1925, Medgar Evers, along with his siblings, walked 12 miles every day just to go to school. Segregated schools, no less. And another 12-mile walk to get home.
Born in Mississippi in 1925, Medgar Evers, along with his siblings, walked 12 miles every day just to go to school. Segregated schools, no less. And another 12-mile walk to get home.
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āā¦when we were walking to school in the first grade, white kids in their school buses would throw things at us and yell filthy thingsā¦ā myhero.com/Evers_NW
āā¦when we were walking to school in the first grade, white kids in their school buses would throw things at us and yell filthy thingsā¦ā myhero.com/Evers_NW
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So all week we've been throwing around the word "Heraldry." What does it really mean? What is heraldry?
#XVIIIABCHeraldryWeek
So all week we've been throwing around the word "Heraldry." What does it really mean? What is heraldry?
#XVIIIABCHeraldryWeek
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Heraldry refers to the method of creating and maintaining the symbols of rank, peerage, nobility, etc.
Formal heraldry date back to the High Middle Ages (1200 CE) but there are earlier examples.
Coats of arms are the most well-known product of heraldry.
Heraldry refers to the method of creating and maintaining the symbols of rank, peerage, nobility, etc.
Formal heraldry date back to the High Middle Ages (1200 CE) but there are earlier examples.
Coats of arms are the most well-known product of heraldry.
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Coats of arms got their start as just symbols on a shield ā an actual shield ā during chivalric tournaments (a mock joust in which knights displayed martial skills) in the 1100s.
Coats of arms got their start as just symbols on a shield ā an actual shield ā during chivalric tournaments (a mock joust in which knights displayed martial skills) in the 1100s.
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In the summer of 1944, the XVIII Corps (no longer Armored, but not yet Airborne) was a corps HQ in California (it wasn't needed for the war). By now, the corps, really just a bunch of lazy staff officers hanging around the beach, had this Should Sleeve Insignia.
In the summer of 1944, the XVIII Corps (no longer Armored, but not yet Airborne) was a corps HQ in California (it wasn't needed for the war). By now, the corps, really just a bunch of lazy staff officers hanging around the beach, had this Should Sleeve Insignia.
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The dragon's head symbolized cunning, endurance, and ferocity and the ability for a rapid strike against our enemies. Although, let's face it, if the staff officers wearing this patch were as cunning as the dragon implies, they'd in Europe and not Monterey, California.
The dragon's head symbolized cunning, endurance, and ferocity and the ability for a rapid strike against our enemies. Although, let's face it, if the staff officers wearing this patch were as cunning as the dragon implies, they'd in Europe and not Monterey, California.
Since it's #XVIIIABCHeraldryWeek our #TuesdayTrivia is related to heraldry...and it's a tough one!
What active Corps component has elements going back to the some of the oldest regiments in the @USArmy - but coats of arms only about half that age?
First hint at 9:30AM!
What active Corps component has elements going back to the some of the oldest regiments in the @USArmy - but coats of arms only about half that age?
First hint at 9:30AM!
First hint: Both regimentsā coats of arms reflect their service in 6 conflicts ā but not all the same conflicts. Next hint at 10:00 AM!
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Second hint: Both regiments have a very responsible Social Distancing motto. Next hint at 11AM!!!
