Red Squad - Other Use of "red Squad"

Other Use of "red Squad"

Outside of politics, the term "red squad" is used without negative connotations:

  • During the 1981 Springbok Tour in New Zealand, riot police were formed into Red and Blue Squads to control protesters opposed to the tour.
  • In the NFL Pro Bowl, the AFC is often referred to as the red squad because the AFC team color is red while the NFC team color is blue.
  • In Star Trek, Red Squad is the name of an elite corps of cadets at Starfleet Academy.
  • In the episode of Strangers with Candy entitled "Is My Daddy Crazy?", Jerri's stepfather claims to have a "secret enemy" which he calls The Red Squad.

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Famous quotes containing the words red and/or squad:

    “a flock of bright red lanterns
    has settled.”
    —Charles Reznikoff (1894–1976)

    “Americans think of themselves collectively as a huge rescue squad on twenty-four-hour call to any spot on the globe where dispute and conflict may erupt.”
    —Eldridge Cleaver (b. 1935)