The U.S. Army chalked their third consecutive year of winning over the U.S. Navy in the annual Army-Navy Game. Already on its 119th year, the Army-Navy Game is an American Football Game of two oldest branches of the U.S. Military. Held last December 8, 2018, the Army Black Knights won over the Navy Midshipmen with a score of 17-10.

For this game, the Army Black Knights wore the Big Red One uniform designed in cooperation with Nike. This was in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the army’s 1st Infantry Division that was deployed to help end the First World War. It was the first American division to meet the Germans in the battlefield during the Great War.

Both teams traditionally wore uniforms in honor of a unit or significant military event. The 1st Infantry Division is known as “The Fighting First” and “The Big Red One.” The black and red colors of the uniform by the Black Knights is in honor of the uniform colors of General Pershing who is an 1886 West Point graduate and commanded the American Expeditionary Forces in World War 1.

The helmets are in black matte showing a red "1″ on the front which is also the shoulder patch on the division’s original helmets. The American Flag at that time of the War feature 48 stars and are seen in the uniform. The black lion on the shoulder of the uniform was added in honor of first major American victory at the Battle of Cantigny and with the Division’s 28th Infantry were then called the as “the black lions of Cantigny.”

As for the U.S. Navy their uniforms is in honor of their mascot, Bill The Goat. It was designed in cooperation with Under Armour.

To learn more about the U.S. Army Black Knight’s “The Big Red Army” Uniform, you can visit the Nike website.