Black Knights’ 2024 Army-Navy uniform honors tradition of 101st Airborne
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Anthony Gharib, ESPNNov 18, 2024, 04:49 PM ET The Army Black Knights unveiled special threads for their annual game versus the Navy Midshipmen on Dec. 14, honoring the soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division.Editor’s Picks
1 Related Army’s threads are influenced by the group that combated in the Battle of the Bulge in the town of Bastogne, Belgium, during World War II.Also called the Shrieking Eagles, the department underwent three weeks of fight in freezing weather condition. According to Army’s release about the uniforms, the group’s commitment to not surrendering was considerable in the failure of the Nazis’ “last great offending” in World War II.The uniforms honor that tradition with thoughtful functions throughout, highlighted by the color that “shows the canopy of fog and snow giving way to the shadows below the snow-covered pine forests in the Ardennes.”
The No. 24-ranked Black Knights revealed the appearance Monday in a video highlighting the history of the division.Inspired by the 101st Airborne Department, we will
honor the unrelenting combating force of the #ScreamingEagles on Dec. 14 #GoArmy x #BeatNavy pic.twitter.com/XpOVQNrHW3!.?.!— Army Football(@ArmyWP_Football )November 18, 2024 The back of the consistent
reads”ARMY!”in typography comparable to the typewritten version of senior official Anthony McAuliffe’s reply to Nazi demands to surrender: “NUTS!” Another style component is the card matches on the helmets, a nod to the markings utilized by 101st
paratroopers and glider troops to recognize their system associations for jumping into Normandy.One of the 4 suits– clover(327th Glider Infantry Program ), heart( 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment), diamond (501st PIR
)and pikes( 506th PIR)– will be randomly designated to each player’s helmet.We will honor the 101st Airborne’s Rendezvous with Destiny at Bastogne in the Fight of the Bulge on Dec. 14. https://t.co/YKwfvINq5u#GoArmy x #ScreamingEagles pic.twitter.com/FDeoCrNNk4!.?.!— Army Football(@ArmyWP_Football)November 18, 2024 Our helmets display the card match markings used by 101st paratroopers and glider soldiers to recognize their unit associations for the delve into Normandy and throughout the European Theater of Operations.They will be arbitrarily designated throughout the group. → … pic.twitter.com/pE3OA7lM5Z!.?.!— Army Football (@ArmyWP_Football
)November 18, 2024 The intrusion star utilized on American aircraft and lorries to assist battleground recognition appears on the front of the uniform. It’s above”Bastogne”in a lettering style similar to
the road indication held by McAuliffe after the siege
was broken.A Screaming Eagle decal is on the helmet’s front, while the 101st Airborne patch is on the shoulder.Army’s consistent unveiling comes amid
its quest to start 10-0 for the first time in school history. It would accomplish that feat with a win versus the No. 8 Notre Dame Combating Irish on Saturday.