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Wednesday, April 02, 2003
MILITARY COMMAND JARGON: A TENTATIVE PRIMER. Which is the bigger unit: the 101st Airborne or the Seventh Marines? That's an easy one: the 101st Airborne is much bigger; it's a division, whereas the "Seventh Marines" refers to a regiment. I feel obliged to mention this because I just heard a television commentator refer to the "Seventh Marine Division" -- a blunder. It occurred to me that it might be useful to post a general summary of the sizes and commanders of the different infantry units in the Army and Marines. (From: Volokh Conspiracy)
Take Back the Language
Words Tell a Story of Their Own
By Keith M. Woods [Mar. 20, 2003]
(From: Poynter Online)
KAZAMA 4/02/2003
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