Military police which comprised members of the "Gendarmerie". Other units included the Army Patrol Service ("Heeres-Streifendienst"), the Train Station Guards (Wehrmachtstreifendienst), and the "Feldjägerkorps". Criminal investigations were conducted by the Geheime Feldpolizei or Secret Field Police. The "Feldjäger" are the current military police of the German "Bundeswehr". The term "Feldjäger" ("field rifleman" or "field hunter") has a long tradition and dates back to the mid-17th century. Their motto is "Suum Cuique" ("To each his own", derived from Cicero, "De Finibus, Bonorum et Malorum", "liber V", 67: ""(...) ut fortitudo in laboribus periculisque cernatur, (...), iustitia in" suo cuique "tribuendo.""). The paramilitary Greek
Line in the sand (phrase) Line in the sand (phrase) A line in the sand is a metaphor with two similar meanings: Biblical link to John 8:6. Some have (perhaps erroneously) interpreted Jesus' writing in the sand, as drawing a line in the sand in order to address those who are about to stone a woman caught in adultery. However, the literal translation is not that he drew a line in the sand, but that he "wrote" (or "drew lines" in some translations) in the sand, an important distinction. The exact origin of the phrase is unknown: the "Oxford English Dictionary" suggests a transitional use