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Guidon may refer to: ;Flags: *Guidon (heraldic flag), a type of heraldic flag *Guidon (Commonwealth), a swallow tailed flag for the colours of a light cavalry regiment * Guidon (Portugal), a ''guião'' (small square guidon) is carried by each unit of battalion size *Guidon (United States), a military standard ;Other: * Guidon (rank), a military rank equivalent to ensign * Guidon Club, an anti-woman's suffrage club founded by Helen Kendrick Johnson People * Niède Guidon *Giachem Guidon * Anita Moen-Guidon Publications * The GUIDON, Official Newspaper of the Ateneo de Manila University See also *Colours, standards and guidons *Guidon Games Guidon Games produced board games and rulebooks for wargaming with miniatures, and in doing so influenced Tactical Studies Rules (later TSR, Inc.), the publisher of '' Dungeons & Dragons''. The ''Guidon Games'' publishing imprint was the prope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guidon (heraldic Flag)
In heraldry and vexillology, a heraldic flag is a flag containing coats of arms, heraldic badges, or other devices used for personal identification. Heraldic flags include banners, standards, pennons and their variants, gonfalons, guidons, and pinsels. Specifications governing heraldic flags vary from country to country, and have varied over time. Types Pennon The pennon is a small elongated flag, either pointed or swallow-tailed (when swallow-tailed it may be described as a banderole). It was charged with the heraldic badge or some other armorial ensign of the owner, and displayed on his own lance, as a personal ensign. The ''pennoncelle'' was a modification of the pennon. In contemporary Scots usage, the pennon is 120 cm (four feet) in length. It tapers either to a point or to a rounded end as the owner chooses. It is assigned by the Lord Lyon King of Arms to any armiger who wishes to apply for it. Banner The banner of arms (also simply called ''banner'') is square ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guidon (Commonwealth)
In military organizations, the practice of carrying colours (or colors), standards, flags, or guidons, both to act as a rallying point for troops and to mark the location of the commander, is thought to have originated in Ancient Egypt some 5,000 years ago. The Roman Empire also made battle standards a part of their vast armies. It was formalized in the armies of Europe in the High Middle Ages, with standards being emblazoned with the commander's coat of arms. General use As armies became trained and adopted set formations, each regiment's ability to keep its formation was potentially critical to its, and therefore its army's, success. In the chaos of battle, not least due to the amount of dust and smoke on a battlefield, soldiers needed to be able to determine where their regiment was. Regimental flags are generally awarded to a regiment by a head of state during a ceremony. They were therefore treated with reverence as they represented the honour and traditions of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colours, Standards And Guidons
In military organizations, the practice of carrying colours (or colors), standards, flags, or guidons, both to act as a rallying point for troops and to mark the location of the commander, is thought to have originated in Ancient Egypt some 5,000 years ago. The Roman Empire also made battle Vexillum, standards a part of their vast armies. It was formalized in the armies of Europe in the High Middle Ages, with standards being emblazoned with the commander's coat of arms. General use As armies became trained and adopted set formations, each regiment's ability to keep its formation was potentially critical to its, and therefore its army's, success. In the chaos of battle, not least due to the amount of dust and smoke on a battlefield, soldiers needed to be able to determine where their regiment was. Regimental flags are generally awarded to a regiment by a head of state during a ceremony. They were therefore treated with reverence as they represented the honour and traditi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guidon (United States)
In the United States Army, United States Navy, Navy, United States Air Force, Air Force, United States Marine Corps, Marine Corps and United States Coast Guard, Coast Guard, a guidon is a Colours, standards and guidons, military standard or flag that company (military unit), company/battery/troop or platoon-sized detachments carry to signify their unit designation and branch/corps affiliation or the title of the individual who carries it. A basic guidon can be rectangular, but sometimes has a triangular portion removed from the fly (known as "Swallowtail (flag), swallow-tailed"). Significance The significance and importance of the guidon is that it represents the unit and its commanding officer. When the commander is in service, his or her guidon is displayed for everyone to see. When the commander leaves for the day, the guidon is taken down. It is an honor to be the guidon carrier for a unit, known as a "guidon bearer" or "guide". He or she stands in front of the unit alongside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guidon (rank)
Ensign (; Late Middle English, from Old French (), from Latin (plural)) is a junior rank of a commissioned officer in the armed forces of some countries, normally in the infantry or navy. As the junior officer in an infantry regiment was traditionally the carrier of the ensign flag, the rank acquired the name. This rank has generally been replaced in army ranks by second lieutenant. Ensigns were generally the lowest-ranking commissioned officer, except where the rank of subaltern existed. In contrast, the Arab rank of ensign, لواء, '' liwa''', derives from the command of units with an ensign, not the carrier of such a unit's ensign, and is today the equivalent of a major general. In Thomas Venn's 1672 ''Military and Maritime Discipline in Three Books'', the duties of ensigns are to include not only carrying the color but assisting the captain and lieutenant of a company and in their absence, have their authority. "Ensign" is ''enseigne'' in French, and '' chorąży'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guidon Club
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Guidon may refer to: *Guidon (heraldic flag), a type of heraldic flag *Guidon (Commonwealth), a swallow tailed flag for the colours of a light cavalry regiment * Guidon (Portugal), a ''guião'' (small square guidon) is carried by each unit of battalion size *Guidon (United States), a military standard * Guidon Club, an anti-woman's suffrage club founded by Helen Kendrick Johnson People * Niède Guidon *Giachem Guidon * Anita Moen-Guidon Publications * The GUIDON, Official Newspaper of the Ateneo de Manila University See also *Colours, standards and guidons *Guidon Games Guidon Games produced board games and rulebooks for wargaming with miniatures, and in doing so influenced Tactical Studies Rules (later TSR, Inc.), the publisher of '' Dungeons & Dragons''. The ''Guidon Games'' publishing imprint was the prope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Kendrick Johnson
Helen Kendrick Johnson (January 4, 1844 – January 3, 1917) was an American writer, poet, and prominent activist opposing the women's suffrage movement. Early life Helen Kendrick Johnson was born in Hamilton, New York to her father, Asahel Clark Kendrick a professor in Greek at University of Rochester and mother Anne Elizabeth Kendrick (born Hopkins) who died in 1851 after the birth of Helen's third sister. After the death of her mother, Helen aged 7 spent much of her childhood living with her aunt in Clinton, New York until 1860 when she spent time in Savannah, Georgia with her father's brothers leaving in 1861 due to the outbreak of the American civil war. In 1863 she enrolled as a student in the Oread Institute, in Worcester, Massachusetts and studied there until June, 1864. After the end of the civil war she briefly returned to Savannah and spent the rest of her childhood between there, an aunt's house in Utica, New York and her father's house in Rochester, New York where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niède Guidon
Niède Guidon () (born 12 March 1933) is a Brazilian archaeologist known for her work in pre-historic archeology of South American civilizations and her efforts to secure the conservation of the World Heritage Site Serra da Capivara National Park. Educated in Brazil and France, she worked in Paris for most of her career. She was the founding president of the Fundação Museu do Homem Americano (American Man Museum Foundation), a non-profit organization created to support the Serra da Capivara National Park, a World Heritage Site. In 2005, she was one of the 1000 women nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Since the early 1970s, Guidon has conducted archeological research in Southeast Piauí, where thousands of archeological sites have been discovered. Her dates from those sites indicate that human settlement preceded North America's Clovis people by tens of thousands of years. In the late 1980s, these findings challenged the mainstream theory of Clovis First and have generated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giachem Guidon
Giachem Guidon (born 4 September 1961 in Bever) is a Swiss cross-country skier who competed from 1982 to 1994. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he earned his best career finish of fourth in the 4 × 10 km relay at Calgary in 1988 and his best individual finish of 12th in the 15 km event at Sarajevo in 1984. Guidon's best individual finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was eighth twice (30 km: 1985, 15 km: 1989). His best World Cup finish was second in a 30 km event in Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ... in 1985. Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Olympic Games World Championships World Cup Season standings Individual podiums * 2 podiums Team podiums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Moen
Anita Moen (born 31 August 1967), sometimes credited as Anita Moen-Guidon, is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who competed from 1987 to 2003. She won five medals at the Winter Olympics with three silvers (4 × 5 km relay: 1994, 1998, 2002) and two bronzes (15 km: 1998, Individual sprint: 2002). Moen also won four 4 × 5 km relay medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three silvers (1995, 2001, 2003) and one bronze (1993). Her best individual finish at the World Championships was fifth in the 30 km event in 1997. Moen won eighteen races in her career at all levels from 1992 to 2002. In 2001, she won the Tjejvasan. Moen now has a ski academy, where she teaches skiing. Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Olympic Games * 5 medals – (3 silver, 2 bronze) World Championships * 4 medals – (3 silver, 1 bronze) :a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather. World Cup Season s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
