Military
- Battle of Black Jack, a battle in Kansas preceding the American Civil War
- Tupolev Tu-160 (NATO reporting name: Blackjack), a Russian bomber
- "The Black Jack Brigade", nickname of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division (United States)
- VMF-441, nicknamed The Blackjacks, a United States Marine Corps fighter squadron
- Black Jack (horse) (1947–1976), served the United States Army as the riderless horse in full honors funerals
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“Personal prudence, even when dictated by quite other than selfish considerations, surely is no special virtue in a military man; while an excessive love of glory, impassioning a less burning impulse, the honest sense of duty, is the first.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
““My ancestors were all famous for military genius.”
My Lady smiled graciously. “It often runs in families,” she remarked: “just as a love for pastry does.””
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)
“My faith is the grand drama of my life. I’m a believer, so I sing words of God to those who have no faith. I give bird songs to those who dwell in cities and have never heard them, make rhythms for those who know only military marches or jazz, and paint colours for those who see none.”
—Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)